Large retailers have been pressuring Maine communities to lower their property taxes based on hypothetical arguments about the properties’ resale value.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education, Times Record
Richmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine Authors, Times Record
Governor lends her voice to new televised poetry series
Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum builds on the success of the ‘Poems from Here’ radio program and expands it into a TV series, featuring Mainers – including Gov. Janet Mills – speaking poems.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, Times Record
Augusta man charged with murder in connection with Richmond killing
Tyon Shuron, 42, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with the murder of Andrew Sherman at Sherman’s home in Richmond.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Times Record
L.L. Bean wades into New York Fashion Week with clothing ‘inspired by the outdoors’
For the first time in its 108-year history, the Freeport retailer had a collection shown on a fashion runway in New York Wednesday. The clothes will be on sale in the fall.
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To fight rabies, Bath will start trapping wildlife
The trapping process, which will take $26,611 out of the city council’s contingency budget, will take place over 10 days before the end of February.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics, Sports, Times Record
Maine Senate votes to override Gov. Mills’ veto of sports betting bill
The state Senate voted 20-10 to override, and the measure will go next to the House for consideration, possibly next week.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Times Record
Acadia National Park to give visitor reservation system a test run next fall
The goal is to reduce gridlock and illegal, unsafe roadside parking at some of the park’s most popular spots.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Times Record
Portland investigators seek emails, texts in probe of disabled man’s death
Portland police have a search warrant for communications among employees of a Biddeford-based service provider, as investigators look into the death of a man who was not given insulin he needed to treat his diabetes.
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Mid Coast, MaineHealth merger gets final go-ahead
Mid Coast-Parkview Health will officially join the MaineHealth organization as a member March 1 and will work toward full integration over the next few months.