AUBURN — Benjamin Doherty of Auburn and Cindy Ring of Stoneham have been awarded the 2020 Spaulding Memorial Scholarships at Central Maine Community College (CMCC). The college awards these scholarships in memory of Jason Spaulding, who was a student at the college prior to his untimely death. An honors student in the life sciences program, […]
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Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Wilton Select Board Agenda – Tuesday, Feb. 4
SELECTBOARD MEETING AGENDA Wilton Town Office 158 Weld Road, Wilton, ME 04294 Town Office Phone: 207-645-4961 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Selectboard Meeting 6:00 PM Pledge of Allegiance 1. Minutes of the Selectboard Meeting of January 21, 2020 2. Public Comment 3. Library Report – Jennifer Scott, Director 4. Bicentennial Celebration – Walking tour of Downtown […]
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Immigration advocates in Maine worry about new ‘public charge’ rule
The regulation could make it more difficult for applicants to get green cards if they have taken public assistance.
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Border dispute between Maine’s 2 oldest towns goes back 368 years
Meanwhile, the uncertainty over the York-Kittery line has left a local developer in limbo, York officials say.
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On this date in Maine history: Feb. 3
Feb. 3, 1997: The Portland and South Portland city councils vote to approve the name “Casco Bay Bridge” for the new $130 million span crossing the Fore River between the two cities. Earlier, a committee of representatives from the cities and the town of Cape Elizabeth recommended the name after evaluating 137 naming proposals. The […]
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Portland landlord pays record fine, retains apartment building
Sulan Chau was ordered to pay over $500,000 to the city for years of unaddressed housing and code violations at 112 Woodford St.
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Readers have more offers for obtaining hand egg beater
DEAR SUN SPOTS: On Wednesday, Jan. 15, I returned a fleece NB jacket I had purchased to T.J. Maxx in Auburn. Unfortunately, I believe I left my Trac-phone in one of the pockets. I called the store, but they said it was not found. If someone went to T.J. Maxx and bought the jacket and […]
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Looking Back on Feb. 3
100 Years Ago 1920 The adjustment of a wage dispute in Boston between the telephone operators union and the New England Telephone company, the time in which operators will receive the maximum wage after assignment, has been shortened from seven years to five and a half. and the lower paid operaters will receive increases of […]
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Lewiston takes on poverty
Educators and community leaders travel to Harlem to find ideas to help combat poverty in Lewiston’s troubled neighborhoods.
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This week’s agenda
Monday Jay: Select Board and Budget Committee budget, 5 p.m., Spruce Mountain High School Peru: Selectmen, 6 p.m., Town Office Tuesday Buckfield: Public hearing, 6 p.m., Municipal Center. Select Board meeting to follow. Casco: Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Casco Community Center Farmington: Franklin County Commission, 10 a.m., county building Farmington: RSU 9 board of directors, 6:30 […]