A public hearing during Monday’s Board of Selectmen’s meeting focused on the possibility of Richmond withdrawing from Regional School Unit 2.
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Coronavirus test on person from Maine comes back negative
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention received confirmation of the tests results on Thursday.
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Posted inAnimals, Health, Local & State, News, Times Record
Bath’s plan to curb rabies threat by trapping animals meets opposition
Though the midcoast city has dealt with an unprecedented number of rabid fox attacks and near-misses dating to last year, critics of the plan say it doesn’t account for predators’ role in keeping rodent populations in check.
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Layoff at Wayfair hits 55 Brunswick employees
The company announced Thursday it will lay off more than 500 employees worldwide, roughly 3% of the company’s workforce.
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Midwinter drop in energy costs gives Mainers unexpected relief
A combination of unseasonably warm temperatures and lower prices for heating oil and gasoline offers a welcome change from the norm.
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Cumberland County sheriff, U.S. attorney at odds over immigration detention
U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank says law enforcement agencies in ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ are ‘imperiling the public,’ but Sheriff Kevin Joyce calls that misleading and says he won’t comply with immigration detainer requests without probable cause.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Times Record
Dresden board maps out work in appeal of controversial gravel pit
The Board of Appeals held a workshop Tuesday to start to establish what it needs to complete its findings of fact in Heather Beasley’s appeal of the stop-work order at the Ballard-Milligan Gravel Corp. pit.
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Woolwich man indicted in accident that killed skateboarder in Portland
Ernest M. Patti will face as much as 5 years in prison if he’s convicted of leaving the scene of the accident last summer in which Wayne Harwood was killed.
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Augusta man charged in Richmond murder makes court appearance
Tyon K. Shuron, who is accused of killing Andrew Sherman on or near Sept,. 29, 2019, is being held without bail at Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset.
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Bill would prohibit a common property tax appeal by big-box retailers
Large retailers have been pressuring Maine communities to lower their property taxes based on hypothetical arguments about the properties’ resale value.