WASHINGTON — Government efforts to protect state and local elections from cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday as the panel released its recommendations for protection from foreign interference in the 2018 primary season that’s already underway. Federal warnings last time did not provide enough information or […]
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Regulators vote to launch investigation of CMP’s billing, metering systems
The Maine Public Utilities Commission said Tuesday it would launch a formal investigation into Central Maine Power’s billing and metering systems following customer complaints about skyrocketing bills and poor quality service. PUC Chairman Mark Vannoy and Commissioners R. Bruce Williamson and Randall Davis agreed to start a “technical forensic audit” to look expressly at metering and billing […]
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LePage pushes for control of job training funds. Agencies say that’s illegal.
First, he wanted to merge them. Then he blocked their funding. Now, Gov. Paul LePage wants to dictate how three regional job training boards spend nearly three quarters of the millions in federal funds they receive to provide job training to laid-off workers, low-income adults, people recently released from prison and struggling young adults. The […]
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Saco begins municipal budget process
SACO — The City of Saco has proposed a municipal budget that would lower the mil rate and help cushion the impact on the mil rate from the school side. City Finance Director Glenys Salas presented on Monday night a $28.7 municipal budget proposal that includes $1.3 million in county tax. The number does not […]
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Mrs. Biddeford aims for state crown in pageant
BIDDEFORD — This year’s Mrs. Biddeford contestant in the Mrs. Maine America Pageant is a familiar face to many middle school students across the city. Elizabeth “Liz” LeBlanc, a sixth-grade English and Language Arts teacher at Biddeford Middle School for the past 11 years, will compete April 22 for the Mrs. Maine America crown at […]
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Deschambault’s restaurant bill enacted into law
AUGUSTA — March 14 passed in Maine without a lot of fanfare, but it also marked the day that a bill proposed by State Sen. Susan Deschambault of Biddeford allowing businesses and restaurants to expand and sell alcohol to customers in non-contiguous spaces became law. The new law, LD 1738, “An Act To Permit the Sale […]
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Saco hopes for easement for Unit 91 heating system
SACO — A plan to move the boiler system in a city-owned property on Saco Island could make the property more marketable, but would require the loss of two parking spaces. The city acquired a property in the former mill complex on Saco Island known as Unit 91 in lieu of unpaid property taxes from […]
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Create a logo for Sanford Performing Arts Center
SANFORD — Artists and graphic designers, get your creative juices flowing. The Sanford School Department is hosting a competition for a logo for the new Sanford Performing Arts Center, set to open in December at the new Sanford High School and Regional Technical Center. The logo contest is open now and continues through Friday, April […]
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Sanford Police Log
SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged by Sanford Police from March 16 to to March 19. If there is no listing for a specific date, it means no one was arrested or charged with a crime on that day, according to police logs provided by the agency: • Valerie R. Chesley, 53, […]
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Curro, state draft deal on paying oil customers, 11 years later
ALFRED — A former oil dealer who took prepayments for heating oil from more than 300 customers 11 years ago has struck a deal with the state that would see him pay slightly more than 60 percent of the amount he owes to customers, over time. The agreement between Nicholas Curro III and the state, struck […]