In Senate hearings, Angus King said a reduction from the previously planned two to only one Arleigh Burke ‘sent a shudder through the industrial base.’
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Freeport’s Desert of Maine forms new nonprofit organization
The Desert of Maine, a Freeport tourist attraction founded in 1926, will partner with a newly formed nonprofit organization to offer artistic and educational programming. The Desert of Maine Center for the Arts and Environmental Education, which was incorporated in April, has hired Hannah Gathman, a former coordinating director of the Arts & Cultural Alliance […]
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Bath, Brunswick preps for return to the classroom fulltime after Mills admin order
The announcement comes after a year of hybrid and remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bath shipyard awarded $55 million contract extension
The federal contract modification will allow the shipyard to perform planning and design work on new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers through June 2022.
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Harpswell voters pass $5.6 million spending plan, expect less than 1% tax increase
A home valued at $250,000 would see a $15 hike in its tax bill.
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Wiscasset approves all but two items in $6.1 million spending plan
Wiscasset residents approved all but two items on the town’s new $6.1 million spending plan Tuesday. The new budget, up $249,575, or 4.25%, from last year, but it isn’t yet clear how that increase will impact taxpayers.
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Jones, Heller elected to Wiscasset board
Dusty Jones and Terry Heller will each serve a two-year term on the Wiscasset Board of Selectmen.
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Wiscasset residents approve 20-acre solar farm at airport
Once completed, the 20-acre solar array is expected to be capable of powering 650-800 homes for a year, which will be available for local Central Maine Power customers to purchase.
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Brunswick councilors frustrated with Casella negotiations as costs rise ‘significantly’
It is unclear how much more the town may be pay the waste management company above a $803,000 estimated annual cost provided in March.
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West Bath approves $2.37 million budget, tax rate to remain flat
Although spending is down about $33,400 from last year, representing a 1.39% decrease, town administrators don’t expect the dip to change the town’s current property tax rate of $10.50 per $1,000 of value.