AUGUSTA — In a suit filed Thursday, a statewide association for Maine cities is asking a judge to rule on the legality of a new policy from the administration of Republican Gov. Paul LePage that would cut funding to cities that provide welfare benefits to undocumented immigrants. Earlier this year, the Maine Department of Health […]
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Hearing set for revised General Assistance budget
RUMFORD — A public hearing to discuss the upcoming vote for the General Assistance budget is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today at the Rumford Falls Auditorium. Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. and hold another public hearing on whether to amend an appendix of the town’s General Assistance Ordinance. During their June 19 meeting, selectmen […]
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Father of Bates College student defends son, waits for autopsy results
Italian police are continuing to investigate the death of 21-year-old Bates College junior John Durkin, hoping autopsy and toxicology results expected Tuesday will provide insight into what happened in Rome early Thursday morning. According to the news outlet Roma Today, a camera shows Durkin, a linebacker and captain of the Bobcats’ football team, walking alone […]
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Turner salvage yard gets renewed permit
TURNER — Selectmen on Monday unanimously approved renewing a salvage yard permit for Jesse Walker after reviewing photographs of the site. Walker said selectmen have renewed his license regularly since 1985. Used car dealer Jim Hanson apologized to selectmen for being defensive at their previous meeting, adding that they had “valid complaints about his property.” […]
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Margaret L. Whyte
1926 – 2013 WEST PARIS — Margaret L. Whyte, 87, died Monday, Sept. 16, at the Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris. She was a resident of Swift River Road in Byron. She was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on Feb. 13, 1926, and attended schools in Florida. She was married on March 6, 1946, in Charlton […]