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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Employees of Maine charter school vote against unionizing
Staff at Maine Connections Academy voted 10-9 against joining the state teacher's union, reversing the results of a previous election that resulted in a federal labor board dispute.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
CMP president orders internal review of winter disconnect notices
Central Maine Power's Doug Herling said he was disturbed by the ‘tone’ used in the utility's shutoff notices to customers with outstanding bills.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Portland’s Shalom House to end mental health program for 170 clients
The nonprofit says Maine's stagnant Medicaid reimbursement rates led to mounting losses that forced it to close the program that assists adult mental health patients with daily tasks.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Bill pending in Maine to make producers pay for disposal of packaging
Maine is drafting a first-in-the-nation law to shift the cost of disposing of packaging materials from consumers to private companies.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Woman pleads not guilty to attempted murder in Augusta
Quashay Phillips, 24, allegedly slashed a woman's throat in February 2019 during an argument over going to Walmart.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Bill aims to avert large fines in Maine’s hands-free cellphone law
In addition to clarifying that the fine for a first offense is $50, not $170, the bill would make it illegal to use a handheld cellphone while driving through a parking lot.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Brunswick church, businesses alarmed by weekend burglaries
Two Brunswick churches and two Bath Road businesses were burglarized.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Bill seeks to bar large retailers from using the ‘dark store loophole’ in property tax battles
The bill, expected to appear before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Tuesday, would require that retail sales facilities more than 20,000 square feet be valued based on current use, or, if vacant, according to their highest and best use. Walmart recently challenged Brunswick's valuation of its Cook's Corner property, a move that could cost the town more than $200,000 in tax revenue.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Officials keep close watch on Augusta ice jam on Kennebec River
An ice jam impeding the flow of the Kennebec River in Augusta caused the water level to rise Sunday to just shy of flood stage.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2020
Topsham middle school student serving on education department’s first student cabinet
Madison Bleau, a seventh-grader at Mt. Ararat Middle School, is part of the alternative education program, giving her type of project-based learning opportunities she will advocate more students have access to.
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