local government
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PublishedNovember 18, 2021
Commentary: Are public meetings getting stale? How one city is opening them up
By replacing public comment periods with small-group dialogue sessions, Portsmouth, N.H., city councilors are promoting more engagement.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
Maine’s local governments in no rush to spend pandemic relief funds
Counties, cities and towns will receive almost $502 million from the American Rescue Plan Act, a coronavirus relief bill signed by President Biden in March.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Durham residents to vote on hiring a town manager
The town staff has more than doubled in size in the past six years, but the organization has not changed in response to that growth, select board Chair Kevin Nadeau said, adding that the town has “outgrown” the town administrator style of government.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Spectrum owes over $142,000 to southern Maine towns, audit alleges
The cable internet and TV provider underpaid fees to 9 Cumberland County towns in 2017 and 2018, according to an audit commissioned by the municipalities.
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PublishedAugust 17, 2020
Which Nadeau is running for office from Winslow? Catherine or Cathy?
State Rep. Catherine Nadeau, a Democrat, has been termed out, but Republican Cathy Nadeau is running for her seat against Rep. Catherine Nadeau's brother, Ray Caron. And they all just happen to live quite nicely in the same town.
