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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Auburn pushes to enhance its downtown: ‘It’s kind of chicken or egg’ thing.
Auburn’s downtown was once vibrant, with buildings lining both sides of Court Street, but after urban revitalization roughly 50 years ago business waned and buildings were torn down.
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Annual pet vaccination clinic in Poland | Sun Spots
DEAR SUN SPOTS: There will be a vaccination clinic for cats and dogs at the Excelsior Grange at 446 Harris Hill Road in Poland on Saturday, Jan. 3, from 9 a.m. to noon. The veterinarian will be Don McLean from Kind Animal Care in Norway. He will check your pets’ general health and offer many […]
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
How Maine’s county budgets affect property taxes
Rising county taxes come as Mainers are already feeling financially pinched, but it’s too early to know the impact on homeowners’ bills.
Posted inMaine, News, Rumford Falls Times
Soup kitchen to reopen in Rumford next week
A permanent home for the group will be 33 Roxbury Road in Mexico.
Posted inMaine, News
Portland waterfront fire ravages 4 businesses
‘We’re not going to do anything but rebuild what was here,’ wharf co-owner John Jabar said.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
How some Maine parents are fighting back against conservative education groups
Parents of Maine students are beginning to organize against the anti-LGBTQ rhetoric from the growing number of conservative parents’ organizations in Maine.
Posted inMaine, News
Somerset County deputy’s yellow flag order expired. But he’s still out of work.
The case underscores the stigma around mental health in law enforcement and what’s at stake when an officer is subject to such an order.
Posted inMaine, News
How gambling profits are causing political discord on Passamaquoddy reservation
Sipayik government has been split, driven apart by calls for transparency over the use of $26 million in sports betting revenue
Posted inMaine, Mark LaFlamme, News
Vienna sausages, a one-eyed cat and Sydney Sweeney for Christmas | Column
Mark LaFlamme ruminates on his eyes: scorched, fluttering at Olympic speed, and desperate for spring.