The Senate is expected to take it up for final time next week.
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Bowdoin College preparing for ‘distinct possibility’ of coronavirus case on campus
Six Bowdoin College students studying in Italy, where there have been more than 3,000 confirmed cases of the virus, have returned home after increasing health threats, according to college officials. None of them will be returning to Bowdoin this semester.
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Richmond voters opt to extend TIF district, explore school district withdrawal
A steady stream of voters turned out at the Public Works garage on High Street to vote on two local issues as well as the state referendum on the vaccine law and the presidential primary.
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Richmond man sentenced on sexual touching, other charges in West Bath
Jeffrey Tilton will serve six months in jail on assault and unlawful sexual touching charges and will receive probation on witness tampering charge.
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Richmond voters head to polls Tuesday on local issues
Town officials scheduled votes on whether to extend the Pipeline TIF district and whether to explore leaving Regional School District 2 for the same election as the people’s veto on the state’s vaccination law and the Democratic presidential primary.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Times Record
3 charged with trafficking meth in Topsham
Maine drug agents seized 4 pounds of methamphetamine and a pound of cocaine worth $60,000 in the vehicle they stopped in the Topsham Fair Mall.
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Maine Audubon aims to stop turtles from getting squished
According to Sarah Haggerty, a conservation biologist at Maine Audubon, habitat loss and vehicles are the biggest threats to Maine’s turtle population.
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Brunswick’s The Daniel is for sale for $3 million
The hotel has faced financial and operational struggles in recent months and still owes the town nearly $80,000 in back taxes. The sale is “part of a strategic decision” by the hotel’s management company, which has faced similar problems at an out-of-state property.
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Fire damages Bath’s Hyde School faculty apartment
The fire closed a portion of High Street for about an hour.
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Wiscasset man dies when snowmobile crashes on Moosehead Lake
The victim is identified as Gregory Lemar, 59.