Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion takeover of Albertsons would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
Maine
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Federal inmates’ return helps Cumberland County Jail finances but hurts staff morale
Housing federal prisoners is crucial to the jail’s funding, but adding inmates to the facility comes at a cost for correctional workers, who say they already were struggling with the workload.
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Posted inNews, Oxford Hills, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Mexico residents ask questions about future of town’s police department
Residents had plenty of questions for Mexico officials, who described hiring difficulties and staff stress as leading causes for ‘idling’ the police department.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man admits to having gun illegally
Authorities found a gun in the motor vehicle Bret Binette was driving.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston to hold public meeting on city administrator search
The city of Lewiston will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday for residents, businesses and organizations to weigh in on the city’s next administrator.
Posted inFranklin, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County commissioners approve $700,000 TIF application for new emergency operations building in Farmington
The county has also been awarded $2 million from Congress and has $1.67 million to use from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to help pay for the $4.4 million center.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Poland request to review school cost-sharing formula to be addressed at next RSU 16 meeting
Of the three towns in the district, Poland pays 67% of the total local funding for the school budget required by the state.
Posted inOxford Hills
Vehicle hits pedestrian on Main Street in West Paris
West Paris and Woodstock fire crews responded to calls about a pedestrian struck by a vehicle on Main Street in West Paris.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Check out this Augusta boy who’s hunting for gems, geodes and rocks in the Sandy River in Farmington
Bodhi Bilyeu, 8, has made it a hobby to dig for rocks and gems. He has two shelves of gems and geodes at his home, he said.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Resurrected ship a reminder of Maine’s once-thriving sardine industry
But an effort to save the Jacob Pike by the great-great-grandson of the vessel’s namesake has been torpedoed by the need for expensive environmental remediation.