The $8,125,086 municipal budget proposal is a 4.8% increase over last year’s $7.7 million budget.
2021
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Congress approves $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill in win for Biden, Democrats
Maine U.S. Rep. Jared Golden was the only Democrat to vote against the bill.
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Posted inMaine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine’s Blanca Millán named a finalist for national honor
The senior guard is one of five candidates in the running for the 2021 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award.
Posted inNation & World
Iowa journalist acquitted in case seen as attack on press rights
Andrea Sahouri was pepper-sprayed and arrested while covering a violent demonstration, even though she had immediately identified herself to police as a reporter.
Posted inForecaster Sports
Winter season in final days, spring sports primed to start on time- Southern edition
End of winter sports doesn’t mean the action will stop.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Rescue pet demand up, supply down during pandemic at Westbrook shelter
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland says interest in pet adoption is ‘three times higher’ than pre-pandemic days, but adoptions were down by about 28% because of a lack of available animals.
Posted inTimes Record
Bowdoinham selectmen deny automobile recycling business license
Selectman Peter Lewis abstained from voting, criticized the town for how it handled the license application.
Posted inAnimals, Nation & World, News
Warming oceans mean baby sharks are born smaller, struggle to survive
Warmer conditions seem to speed up the sharks’ growing process, and that means they hatch earlier and are born exhausted.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine Senate passes budget bill with tax exemption for business relief loans
Two Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the measure, which would exempt businesses from paying state taxes on federal Paycheck Protection Program loans, but it faces a stiffer test in the House.
Posted inTimes Record
Wiscasset nonprofit farm facing $30,000 shortfall receives wave of donations
Morris Farm in Wiscasset received about $25,000 to help cover a shortfall caused by the pandemic.