The funding, being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Association, will allow Maine to provide $300 per week on top of a worker’s unemployment benefit, FEMA said Tuesday.
2020
Posted inSports
MLB roundup: Giolito pitches 1st no-hitter of year as White Sox top Pirates
Lucas Giolito strikes out 13 and allows just one runner in the 4-0 win.
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Poland voters approve $5.18 million municipal budget
POLAND – Residents voted Tuesday to approve a $5,184,844 municipal budget, a decrease of $282,916 from the previous year’s budget. The reduced municipal budget is expected to bring down the town’s property tax rate, according to the town meeting warrant. In a break from tradition, residents voted for the annual budget at the polls rather […]
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Maine lobsterman’s Republican National Convention speech sets off political spat
Jason Joyce of Swan Island’s says, ‘As long as Trump is president, fishing families like mine will have a voice.’ But Maine Democrats say the president has hurt the industry.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington board approves 2020 tax numbers; rate to be determined
The assessor will have to recalculate the rate after selectmen cut $50,000 from the Downtown Tax-Increment Financing account.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Local Sports, Sports, Varsity Maine
‘Feeling of community when he’s around’ — Auburn’s Troy Barnies still a mentor, even from long range
Thirteen years after graduating from Edward Little High School and nearly a decade into his professional career, Auburn native is still giving back to his school, town and state.
Posted inMaine, News
Dead whale pulled from Saco Bay to be studied
The 2-ton minke whale was loaded onto a trailer in Scarborough and hauled to Gorham for a necropsy.
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NHL notebook: Penguins reacquire Kapanen from Maple Leafs
In the six-player deal, Kasperi Kapanen returns to the team that drafted him in 2014.
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Federal government to require COVID-19 testing of nursing home staff
More than 5,500 test kits have already been shipped to care homes around the country.
Posted inMaine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County police log
• Patrick C. Daniels, 37, transient, on a probation violation, 1:43 a.m. Sunday in Paris by Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. • Shannon Dupree, 43, of 49 Canal St., Rumford, on charges of refusing to submit to arrest or detention, violation of condition of release, assault, aggravated criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, 10:22 p.m. Saturday on […]