China residents vying for House and Senate seats also take part in the event, held at South China Community Church.
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29th annual Maine Town Meeting in Skowhegan focuses on fake news
A day short of the anniversary of Margaret Chase Smith’s ‘Declaration of Conscience’ speech, a former journalist and a historian address the evolving role of media in American society.
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Waterville residents drop recall of Ward 7 councilor
Patrick Roy, who started the recall on City Councilor Jackie Dupont, said Waterville needs to work together but with “flat-landers taking over the city council (it) is not just to the people of the city.”
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LePage bill intended to protect elderly from tax lien foreclosure in limbo
The governor, who now is working with a Caribou woman whose home was foreclosed on, vows to ensure the bill gets sponsored next year if a special session, which he has the power to convene, is not called.
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Waterville mayor attempts to frame recall election as a tax issue
Opponents of Nick Isgro say he’s trying to intimidate voters, while an expert said the mayor could be employing a strategy to deflect attention from the reason for the recall.
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Waterville city councilor Lessing to take job at University of Iowa in July
Councilor Lauren Lessing, who is an employee at Colby College, is leaving to become the next director of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art.
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Supporters of Waterville mayor blast opponents, news media over recall effort
Those seeking to recall Nick Isgro say he is not fit to be mayor because he lied about the budget process and attacks people on social media.
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Republican candidates, party officials stand by Waterville mayor
Two gubernatorial candidates and the state Republican party say the public should move past Nick Isgro’s comments on social media and focus on the work the mayor is doing.
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Police: 18 protesters arrested, charged with trespassing at Blaine House
Demonstrators were taking part in the Poor People’s Campaign kickoff event Monday, held in state capitals across the country.
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Waterville council votes to place mayoral recall question on June 12 ballot
Mayor Nick Isgro was absent from Tuesday’s meeting, at which City Solicitor Bill Lee told councilors their role was not whether to put the recall to a vote, but when, as the city charter requires that the election occur.