Residents complained this week to the Board of Select Persons that Benton’s cemeteries are not being mowed enough and are unkempt.
Local & State
Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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President Biden to visit Auburn on Friday
Auburn’s mayor confirmed the visit, although details have not yet been released by the White House.
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Seven members appointed to Winthrop Moorings Committee
The committee is expected to explore whether the town needs a mooring ordinance and, if so, what it should accomplish.
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Legislature sustains Mills’ veto of farmworker minimum wage bill
After her veto was upheld, Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order establishing a formal stakeholder group to pursue a state minimum wage for farmworkers.
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Advocates look to fall referendum to ban foreign campaign spending
The Legislature failed to muster the votes to override Gov. Janet Mills’ veto of the measure, setting the stage for a statewide vote in November.
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New law will put more dollars into pockets of older, low-income Mainers
About 19,000 Maine residents over 65, many of them low-income women living alone, will be made eligible for the program under the new law.
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Jay continues repairs to damaged roads, collect information for federal disaster declaration
The town and other entities locked in a price of $3.23 per gallon of diesel fuel for 2023-24.
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Three people injured when car crosses centerline, rolls over on state Route 27 in Farmington
The 17-year-old driver and two passengers were taken to a hospital by ambulance.
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Biden to focus on economy, manufacturing in visit to Maine on Friday
The president’s stop is part of a national push touting ‘Bidenomics,’ which supporters say is an attempt to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up, rather than the top down.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Waterville property owners to see tax bills increase this year
A $2.5 million jump in the municipal and school budget for 2023-24 is driving most of the tax bill increases, although property valuation adjustments made this year are also contributing factors.