The proposed spending plan calls for a 44% tax increase for property owners.
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Cumberland County Jail reports 2nd inmate death in a month
The state and Portland police are investigating after a prisoner at the jail was found unresponsive in their cell Wednesday.
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Unity man arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault of minor in Hartland
Jesse Harvey, 30, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a child younger than 16 over the past four years, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Boston man, arrested in Anson, sentenced on federal drug-dealing charges
Harold Andujar-Pimentel was sentenced to 15 years in prison on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.
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Update: Moose River woman, seriously injured in logging truck crash, fell asleep at wheel after working night shift, say police
Naomi Trepanier, 37, was taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital with severe but not life-threatening injuries after the Tuesday morning crash, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Former Trump executive Allen Weisselberg sentenced to 5 months for lying in court
Weisselberg admitted lying when he testified during Donald Trump’s civil fraud lawsuit that he had little knowledge of how Trump’s Manhattan penthouse came to be valued on his financial statements at nearly 3 times its actual size.
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Biden praises Japan’s growing clout on international stage as he welcomes leader
The official visit completes the administration’s feting of the leaders of the Quad, the informal partnership between the U.S., Japan, Australia and India that the White House has focused on elevating since Biden took office.
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Carbon credits market to get a huge boost as rules relaxed
The market for carbon credits is still reeling from a period of turbulence, following revelations of projects that failed to deliver on emission cuts.
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EU ramps up pressure on China’s green tech with probe of wind parks
The EU exported wind turbines worth $1.98 billion to the rest of the world in 2023, according to Eurostat data.
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Prosecutors, defense agree there’s only ‘circumstantial’ evidence in deadly 2016 shooting
A dozen jurors started deliberating Wednesday afternoon about whether Aristotle Stilley shot David Anderson and Abdirahman Abdullahi.