The new budget is expected to raise taxes by 5.4%.
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Juneteenth events and celebrations in Maine
Juneteenth will be observed with events in Biddeford, Lewiston, Portland, Westbrook and York.
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Sanford City Council approves moratorium that pauses sludge treatment plant
The 180-day pause takes effect immediately and halts a proposed $65 million facility from Aries Clean Technologies, which wants to burn ‘forever chemicals’ out of sludge.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Portland man found not competent to stand trial in killing of group home employee
Armando Javier Negrete, 40, is accused of fatally stabbing Shalom House employee Marlene McNeill in May. He will remain in state custody.
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South Portland authorizes $58.5 million in bonds for wastewater upgrades
City sewer fees are expected to increase by approximately 22% in sewer project fees each year over the next three fiscal years.
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An informed voter knows Iran war is needless | Letter
Graham Platner did four tours of duty. I rehabbed in a VA hospital as a child for training on a wooden leg. So, when many of my friends came home from Vietnam, they wanted me to go to the VA hospital with them. Graham Platner came back to sanity faster than most. I saw many […]
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Creative Portland will hold first ‘Third Wednesday’ event today
The nonprofit’s first ‘Third Wednesday’ event, happening today from 4-7 pm, will include live music and other festivities.
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Inside the last days at South Portland’s Kaler Elementary
Students said goodbye. Teachers packed up their classrooms. And tears were shed.
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Lisbon agrees to provide dispatch services to Lisbon Emergency for 6 months
Though the town intends to end its dispatch service and contract with the county, it will provide those services for Lisbon Emergency in the meantime.
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Long Island man sentenced to life in prison for the Gilgo Beach killing of a Maine woman and 6 other victims
The architect who lived a secret life as a serial killer was sentenced Wednesday.