Based on the last two shutdowns, roughly 40% will be furloughed and 60% will have to work because their jobs are considered essential. None of them will get paid during a shutdown.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Hallowell bans pesticides, OKs fertilizers on private property
The new rules, seen in only a handful of Maine municipalities, are to go into effect in January.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Bingham man arrested on charges he sexually assaulted 2 children in Moscow
Christopher C. Cates, 48 and a convicted sex offender, was arrested Monday on charges he assaulted the two girls earlier this year, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Bowdoin College forum keeps focus on plight of graduate jailed in Russia
Evan Gershkovich, a Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter, has been jailed in Russia on espionage charges since March.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Some insured people are being charged for COVID vaccines when they shouldn’t be
Patients with health insurance who paid for their vaccines should seek reimbursement.
Posted inBusiness
Wind power in Maine is no breeze as regulators move slowly
A lease to set up an experimental offshore wind farm and a new energy corridor in Aroostook County were hailed as examples of progress in Maine wind energy development.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Potential federal shutdown looms over Bar Harbor
Tourism-based businesses are wary of the possibility that Acadia National Park will close heading into peak foliage season, but say Mount Desert Island has plenty to offer and they will remain open for business regardless.
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Coastliner excursion train to make another run through Bath, Wiscasset, Newcastle
The debut of the Coastliner’s Brunswick-Rockland weekend service has been delayed as operator Midcoast Railservice works out logistics.
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Bath Iron Works hires former MaineHealth executive for new chief information officer role
Julie Berry worked as a vice president overseeing information technology at MaineHealth.
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Judge chastises Maine attorney general for ‘troubling’ pattern of late disclosures in homicide cases
A judge sanctioned the Maine Office of the Attorney General, claiming it failed to properly disclose records that suggested a witness was not credible in the case of a Bath man who pled guilty to killing his mother.