The state is deciding how to use federal funds for improving high-speed internet access, and wants public input on some of the priorities that have been identified so far.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Wiscasset voters OK marijuana shops
Wiscasset will allow recreational and medical marijuana stores for the first time.
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All four SAD 75 towns back $52.8 million spending plan
Voters approved the budget at the polls on Tuesday.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Following multiple camp break-ins on Hoyt Island, police continue search for leads
Several seasonal residences on the island in Belgrade were damaged recently, and a suspect has not yet been identified.
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Sexual harassment complaint against former Maine judge dismissed
Samantha Pike and Natasha Irving sued former District Judge Charles Budd last fall, accusing him of making sexual advances toward them at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Republicans embrace absentee voting as key to Maine special election win
‘The results in Maine are proof positive that focusing on pre-Election Day voting will be critical to delivering Republican victories in 2024,’ the Republican National Committee said.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Voters pass Gardiner-area school district’s $30 million budget
The budget passed in MSAD 11’s four municipalities, with 281 in favor and 89 against the spending plan.
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Federal lawsuit challenges Maine’s limits on public funding for religious schools
The Catholic Diocese of Portland, St. Dominic Academy in Auburn and parents of a student from Whitefield say the state’s tuition program discriminates against religious schools.
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‘American Pickers’ in search of Maine collectors
The History Channel TV Show is coming to the state in August and looking for people to barter with.
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Roundup: Central Maine school budget validation results by town
A roundup of unofficial results from Tuesday’s school budget validation referenda in greater Augusta and Waterville.