Former Gardiner City Manager Christine M. Landes will begin her three-year contract May 10 at a starting salary of $92,500.
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Posted inNation & World
South Carolina House adds firing squad to state’s execution methods
Corrections officials said 3 of South Carolina’s 37 death row inmates are out of appeals, however lawsuits against the new death penalty rules are also likely.
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Judge declines to release Oregon man charged in U.S. Capitol attack
Two brothers have pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including aiding and abetting in the obstruction of an official proceeding, in connection with the Jan. 6 riot that disrupted the certification of the presidential election.
Posted inNation & World, News
Jury in Rome convicts 2 American friends in slaying of police officer
The two young men, both from the San Francisco Bay area, are sentenced to life in prison for killing the officer, who was stabbed 11 times.
Posted inMaine, News
South Portland says technicality could cost city $16 million in federal aid
Maine’s fourth-largest city says it is getting a lot less American Rescue Plan funding than other cities because of an administrative technicality.
Posted inNation & World
For first time in a long time, Netanyahu’s rule threatened in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to meet a deadline for forming a government so opposition leader Yair Lapid will now try.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
UMaine System proposing 2.5% tuition increase for 2021-22
The tuition proposal, approved by the board of trustees’ finance committee Wednesday, will go to the full board May 24.
Posted inMaine, News
Oxford studying ownership before placing dock at boat launch on Thompson Lake
Town officials hope to resolve the issue by next week so the dock can be placed at the popular access point along Route 121.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Committee recommends moving UMaine law school to temporary location in Old Port
Dean Leigh Saufley says the current law school building is ‘literally falling apart’ and the move is necessary as the university continues planning a new building on the USM campus.
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Freeport’s proposed budget could raise property tax rate by 4.34%
As of now, the proposed municipal, school, transit and county budgets would put Freeport’s tax rate at $14.56 per $1,000 of property value.