The town will join Freeport in considering a ban on plastic shopping bags.
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Old Orchard Beach school budget calls for ‘significant’ staff cuts
If approved, the $13.4 million education budget will result in at least 12 layoffs.
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Cape Elizabeth voters to consider school budget, transfer station upgrade
The $1.4 million transfer station proposal was developed after a town resident was killed in an accident in the compactor building.
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Biddeford voters to consider $35.1 million school budget
The budget would allow the district to add teachers and programs without raising property taxes.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Two candidates from Cumberland running for vacant school board seat
The two men are seeking to serve the remaining year of a term on the School Administrative District 51 board.
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Three competing for seats on Yarmouth School Committee
Incumbent faces challenges from political newcomers for two open seats on the panel.
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Freeport voters to consider bag ban, charter amendment
Residents will consider a ban on disposable shopping bags, joining a growing number of Maine communities prohibiting or regulating shopping bags.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Trump raises personal attacks on Clintons
The Republican’s searing reminders of sex scandals seek to take the shine off Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Posted inElections, Nation & World
Trump changes position as National Rifle Association backs him
He once praised President Obama’s push for gun control but now transforms into a gun-rights advocate.
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Trump-RNC deal confirms big money’s back in politics
Fourteen years after a campaign-finance overhaul clamped down on the flow of unregulated money to party coffers, both political parties are raising huge contributions again.