There are a few issues Brunswick residents should know about the new 2018-19 proposed school budget. There are 441 employees in it, and I will compare the contract teacher salaries from last year with the projected for the coming year. Keep in mind that these figures do not include the step, stipend, sick or annual […]
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Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Letter to the editor: Legislative limbo for LD 11
Our representatives and senators are busy these days dealing with all kinds of bills that their supporters would like to become law. You can almost hear the wheels churning in Augusta; sometimes progress is made, sometimes the wheels get stuck, hub-deep in mud, in a kind of legislative limbo. A case in point is a […]
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Posted inBusiness, Cops & Courts, Maine, News
State reaches deal with York County oil supplier who left paying customers in the cold
More than 300 people lost money on Nicholas Curro’s prepaid plans in 2007, and likely will get back only 60 cents on the dollar.
Posted inNation & World
Politicians demand answers about Trump-linked firm’s use of Facebook data
Pressure mounts on CEO Mark Zuckerberg and could foreshadow tougher regulations for the social network.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Lewiston-based publisher of Farmers’ Almanac purchasing U.K. firm
The CEO says the purchase of BTC Group will expand the company’s footprint in Europe.
Posted inPortland Forecaster, The Forecaster
Primary election ballots set for Portland seats in Maine Legislature
PORTLAND — Two incumbent Democratic state representatives have primary challengers, while an open seat in Senate District 28 will have a contested Democratic primary. The deadline for candidates from parties to file nomination papers for the June 12 primaries was March 15. Candidates who are not affiliated with a party have until June 1 to […]
Posted inThe Forecaster
Grand jury hands up indictments in 2 Portland accidents
PORTLAND — Two men have been indicted on several charges stemming from traffic accidents in the city last fall. On March 12, Matthew A. Dickson, 23, of 800 Methodist Road, Westbrook, was indicted for manslaughter by a Cumberland County grand jury for his role in a Nov. 2, 2017, accident near Westgate Shopping Center on Congress […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Trump calls for death penalty to get tough on opioid traffickers
Along with harsh penalties to halt the flow of drugs, he also unveils initiatives to battle overdoses, which kill Mainers at the rate of more than one a day.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Uber self-driving vehicle hits, kills pedestrian in Arizona
The accident, something many in the industry feared, could have consequences for the new technology.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Federal judges, Supreme Court reject Republican challenges to Pennsylvania district maps
The combination of rulings mean the districts drawn by the state’s high court will likely be used in this fall’s elections.
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