Bowdoinham residents will congregate for fun-fueled contests, games and an its infamous duck derby on Sept. 15 and 16.
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Posted inCommunity, Local Government, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Pittsfield appoints town manager who served as Bucksport’s municipal clerk
Jacob R. Gran, 26, is scheduled to begin his new job Sept. 25, working under the terms of a three-year contract.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel
Madison man pleads guilty to wire fraud in ‘ticket switching’ scam at Maine stores
Aaron Hoster, 51, entered the plea Monday in U.S. District Court in Bangor for switching the price tags for pricey items at Home Depot and Lowe’s stores.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
UMaine System hopes to invest $1.2 billion in 400 projects over the next 5 years
Saying an investment in the schools’ infrastructure is overdue, leaders of the system and the individual universities laid out capital plans for the next 5 years at a board of trustees meeting Monday.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
From 25 years ago, lessons for Maine as it begins to distribute opioid settlement money
Loose oversight and political ambitions have directed some funds from a 1998 tobacco settlement away from their original target of curbing tobacco use.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Uncategorized
Those who make, love cheese gather in record numbers at annual Pittsfield festival
The Maine Cheese Festival was held Sunday at Manson Park in Pittsfield, with more than 60 artisan cheesemakers and related vendors from throughout the state selling goods to an appreciative crowd.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine employers step up to relieve child care pressures on working parents
Finding ways to make child care more affordable and accessible is a strategy Maine businesses hope will help them find and keep employees.
Posted inMaine, News
5 people taken to hospital after walkway collapse at Arrowsic lighthouse
Six others were also hurt but didn’t require treatment after the Doubling Point Lighthouse walkway collapsed during Maine Open Lighthouse Day on Saturday.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine recovery community mourns Freeport woman found dead in South Portland
Friends of Danielle Goodwin say the 52-year-old was passionate about helping others enter recovery. Goodwin’s body was found Tuesday and police are investigating her death as a homicide.
Posted inNews, Times Record
Brunswick Staples worker said he was fired for trying to form union
Workers at the Brunswick Staples are trying to form the company’s first union in the United States.