Around 30 residents attended the annual Town Meeting on Wednesday night.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Auburn Manufacturing Inc. has endured and persevered
The specialty textile manufacturer battled through COVID-19 and took on the Chinese for targeting her business.
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Mills administration names new director of Maine CDC
Dr. Puthiery Va, currently leading public health for the Navajo Nation in Arizona, will take over as Maine’s top public health official on Aug. 28.
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Bernie Sanders backs Pine Tree Power’s utility takeover campaign
The Vermont senator urged Mainers to support the upcoming referendum to create a statewide public power company and push out Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
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State prosecutor reveals inconsistencies in stories teen told following death of girlfriend in Mount Vernon
Further details were revealed Wednesday in Waterville during the second day of testimony to determine if Aidan Grant, 16, will be tried as an adult in the death last year of his girlfriend, Brooke McLaughlin, 14.
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Flavored tobacco ban gets tabled, faces uncertain prospects
The bill passed the Senate but failed to get a vote in the House, so advocates are regrouping for next year.
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Maine state flag referendum will wait until next year
A spokesperson for Gov. Janet Mills said she will allow a bill calling for a referendum on the state flag to take effect without her signature, effectively delaying the statewide vote until November 2024.
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Biden will be first sitting president to visit Auburn since 1912
When Biden speaks at Auburn Manufacturing on Friday, he will be only the fifth president to visit the Twin Cities while in office.
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State corrections official charged with theft, bribery
Gerald E. Merrill, a deputy superintendent with the Maine Department of Corrections, was arrested Tuesday and accused of operating a kickback scheme for nearly a decade.
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Thousands expected to turn out this weekend for OakFest 2023 in Oakland
The two-day celebration kicks off Friday evening with a parade downtown.