Joseph E. McLaughlin of Readfield and Jamie M. Perry of Waterville were both indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury this month.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Labor advocates, farmers call for changes to proposed minimum wage for farmworkers
Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
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Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
BIW gets contract to maintain Zumwalt-class destroyers
The Navy renewed a contract with ship-building company Bath Iron Works to continue services on three Bath-built Zumwalt destroyers.
Posted inLocal & State, Local Government
Farmington voters elect officers, honor retiring selectman, Budget Committee member
Selectman Stephan Bunker and Budget Committee member Lloyd Smith were recognized for their many years of service.
Posted inLocal & State, News
1,000 Mainers still without power, days after ice storm
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Sheriffs bust 3 more illegal cannabis operations in Somerset County
More than 1,000 marijuana plants, over 30 pounds of processed cannabis, and other “drug paraphernalia and documentation” was confiscated when authorities executed search warrants at two residences in Norridgewock and one in Madison, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
Posted inLocal & State, News
New affordable rental housing coming to Waterville and Hallowell as Maine makes strides to ease housing shortage
Gov. Janet Mills joined local officials Tuesday at a housing summit hosted by the Greater Portland Council of Governments focused on finding solutions to build more housing to ease the market and improve the workforce shortage.
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Jay to receive $67,000 from feds, state for May 1, 2023, rainstorm damage
The Select Board changed its April 22 meeting to 6 p.m. April 24 at the Town Office.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Travelers at Portland jetport can visit the moon. Or at least a chunk of it
A moon chunk on display there weighs about 94 pounds and is the result of an asteroid striking the moon. It’s on loan from a Bethel museum.
Posted inBusiness
Visa, Mastercard settle long-running antitrust suit over swipe fees with merchants
The charge amount is being lessened, but only temporarily.