Large retailers have been pressuring Maine communities to lower their property taxes based on hypothetical arguments about the properties’ resale value.
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Topsham hires Scrapchansky as new town manager
Assistant Town Manager Derek Scrapchansky served briefly as interim town manager before selectmen formally hired him as town manager Thursday.
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Richmond residents to weigh in on leaving RSU 2
The question on the ballot asks whether residents want to explore leaving Regional School Unit 2, which would require knowing the costs to leave the district and to have Richmond run its own schools.
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Freeport’s Brad Pattershall announces bid for Senate District 24 seat
Pattershall, a lawyer, is running as a Republican with a “significant Libertarian bend” in the long-Democratic district.
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Navy requests Bath-built destroyer replace submarine in 2021 budget
The destroyer, which Bath Iron Works can compete to build, would inch the Navy closer to the Trump Administration’s 355-ship naval fleet goal, which Congress made law in the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.
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Freeport’s Biberstein to run for Maine House
Freeport resident Kathy Biberstein said she is running for Maine House District 48, the seat currently held by House Speaker and U.S. Senate candidate Sara Gideon. Biberstein recently retired from a 30-year career as an executive in the biotechnology industry. “As I speak to the people in our community about their priorities, I have been […]
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Augusta man charged with murder in connection with Richmond killing
Tyon Shuron, 42, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with the murder of Andrew Sherman at Sherman’s home in Richmond.
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Bowdoin College announces $500M fundraising campaign
$300 million already raised; half of funds to support financial aid
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Brunswick receives $70,000 from Portland to pay cultural broker
The money only scratches the surface of what is needed, as the total cost of assisting asylum seekers is thought to be $400,000.
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To fight rabies, Bath will start trapping wildlife
The trapping process, which will take $26,611 out of the city council’s contingency budget, will take place over 10 days before the end of February.