Eric Samson said departments in surrounding communities are paying more money.
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Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Thursday’s high school roundup: Marshwood sends Scarborough to first defeat
Boys’ soccer: The Hawks earn a 2-1 win over the No. 1 team in the Varsity Maine poll.
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Watch the video: Varsity Maine Live, Oct. 7
Travis Lazarczyk and Steve Craig of the Press Herald and Adam Robinson of the Sun Journal discuss the latest news in high school sports. Their guest this week is Mike Hagerty, the boys’ soccer coach at Yarmouth High.
Posted inMaine
Advocates of smaller shelters say their referendum could force Portland to shrink its current plan
A lawyer for opponents of the city’s planned 208-bed homeless services center in Riverton threatens a lawsuit if city officials say that referendum votes can’t scale back the plan.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Biden to restore 3 national monuments, including 1 off New England, cut by Trump
They are the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments in Utah and the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Cape Cod.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Land-use panel staff recommends rejecting mining proposal near Baxter State Park
Land Use Planning Commission staff said they found ’59 inconsistencies, errors and failures to provide information’ in the rezoning proposal by Ontario-based Wolfden Resources.
Posted inNation & World
Man who fled Afghanistan sues U.S. to reunite with young sons
Mohammad is one of thousands of Afghans who worked for the U.S. government in Afghanistan and were forced to leave behind close family members to be able to get to safety, his lawyer says.
Posted inSports
NLDS: Rivals Dodgers, Giants prepare for instant playoff classic
The Brewers and Braves were spurred to the playoffs by bold midseason deals.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Specialized health care services, nursing homes worry about staffing as vaccine deadline looms
Health care workers have until Oct. 29 to be fully vaccinated. One provider is weighing whether to seek another extension of the deadline from the Mills administration.
Posted inNation & World
Now in power, Taliban crack down on Afghan drug underworld
Hundreds of homeless men addicted to heroin and methamphetamines have been rounded up, beaten and forcibly taken to treatment centers.