Privacy concerns kept many Mainers from getting the enhanced identification, raising the possibility of travel disruptions and airport delays if the mandate is strictly enforced.
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Biddeford’s Seeds of Hope could see influx of people seeking assistance
For almost a year, the city and Seeds of Hope have been working together to combat homelessness.
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Transfer station and ambulance among topics at New Gloucester town meeting
Residents debated topics that included an aging transfer station, retention of an ambulance and restrooms at the fairgrounds.
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Brunswick exhibition raises funds for art therapy programs
ArtVan opened its annual art show at Dutchman’s in Brunswick on Monday, with art sales benefiting its work bringing art therapy to communities.
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Maine housing advocates warn of coming ‘tsunami’ of USDA foreclosures on rural homes
The Department of Agriculture says it’s clearing a backlog of 400 foreclosures and more than 800 delinquencies left by the Biden administration. But local housing advocates say the crisis was years in the making and that the USDA has always been slow to act when its borrowers default.
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L.L.Bean Outlet opens in Biddeford
Located at The Shops at Biddeford Crossing, the store is L.L.Bean’s fourth outlet in Maine.
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Cumberland approves $16 million town budget
The level services budget is “a steady increase over previous years,” said Cumberland Town Manager Matthew Sturgis.
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Westbrook sets $99.2M budget; school spending goes to voters
The total municipal and school budget raises the estimated tax rate 3.86%.
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Dana Street project developer praises ‘collaborative’ process in Westbrook
“There’s momentum building downtown,” says Quaker Lane Associates founder Matthew Welter.
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Gorham Notes: One candidate for school vacancy
Reynolds unopposed for school seat Jaci Reynolds is the lone candidate who returned nomination papers for an elected School Committee seat. She will run unopposed to fill the remainder of a three-year term that expires in November. Stewart McCallister stepped down in January after being elected to a three-year term in 2022. Reynolds was appointed […]