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PublishedOctober 26, 2021
Augusta City Council draws 5 candidates among 2 contested races in upcoming election
Voters will decide a two-way race, pitting incumbent Kevin Judkins versus newcomer Alyssa Wingate, for Ward 2 council, while three candidates, who each would be new to the council, are vying for one at-large spot.
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PublishedOctober 24, 2021
Should this 230-year-old house be torn down to be saved?
The current owners of the Barnard Tavern in Kennebunk say fixing it up will require taking it apart first. But first voters must release the town from a deed covenant.
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PublishedOctober 19, 2021
In Augusta Board of Education race, 3 candidates run for 2 at-large spots
Current board members Pia Holmes and Kevin Lamoreau face a challenge by newcomer Sergei Chaparin in the school board election.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
Here’s what you need to know about Question 1
CMP's $1 billion project has been painted both as a clean-energy link and as a scar across the Maine landscape, and some ads have made it seem to be about something other than a power transmission line.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
Sen. Craig Hickman: Vote yes on Question 3 to reaffirm that all power is inherent in the people.
Maine should amend our Constitution to enshrine a right to food, the state senator and organic farmer writes.
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PublishedOctober 17, 2021
One crucial mile creates wide gap for power line project
The New England Clean Energy Connect project's future could hinge on whether it can cross over a short section of public land.
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PublishedOctober 5, 2021
Energy companies keep pouring millions into battle over power line corridor
Competing energy giants from Quebec to Texas continue historic spending in a battle over a transmission corridor in western Maine that aims to bring hydropower from Canada to the New England grid.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Malinowski elected to Pittston Select Board
A special election also took place in Richmond, with a citizen's petition to amend the Land Use Ordinance to allow individual well and septic systems for developments defeated at the polls.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Attorneys argue over whether CMP power line referendum should be 1 question or 3
The issue is whether voters will have an ‘all-or-nothing’ choice this November on a ballot question that aims to block the 145-mile transmission line.
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PublishedJune 12, 2021
Augusta residents to decide whether to borrow $20.5 million to build new police station
Augusta Police officers say the current station, a former Navy building on Union Street, is in deplorable condition and bad for morale.
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