Because the Vassalboro Sanitary District is a private entity, there aren’t any laws restricting how much it can raise its rates and no one can prevent the increases except its board of trustees.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Local & State, News
American Eagle Outfitters sued by fired Augusta employee alleging discrimination
Allison Kurasz says she was discriminated against because she’s a lesbian and has a disability, a finding that was supported by a Maine Human Rights Commission investigator’s report after the company ignored requests for evidence.
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Reporting Aside: The tougher things get, the harder she works
Wanting to be a role model for her kids, Miranda Prime is in a special program where she is learning, hands on, to be a medical assistant.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan woman learns to heal from nearly 20 years of stepfather’s ‘cult-like’ abuse
Aria Sanborn has grown a lot since escaping the rural Liberty mobile home her stepfather trapped her in, although she says her healing is still a work in progress.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Two men in stable condition after crash involving garbage truck, Jeep in Fairfield
The International garbage truck hit the Jeep Gladiator and flipped onto its side on Norridgewock Road, police said.
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Gov. Mills, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin to speak this weekend at Colby College graduation ceremonies
The Waterville college is set to honor Mills and five others Saturday, and the college’s commencement ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday on the lawn in front of Miller Library.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Residents add $85,000, pass Hallowell-area school district’s $29.9 million budget to referendum
The $85,000 budget addition accounts for a civil rights coordinator, which several residents said is necessary in the district to combat bullying.
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Skowhegan-area voters accept proposed $48.89 million budget for MSAD 54
The spending plan for 2024-25 next goes to a June 11 district budget validation referendum for final approval.
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Fairfield man killed in Norridgewock crash Wednesday
Brock Peters, 29, of Fairfield, died Wednesday following a crash on Ward Hill Road in Norridgewock; police say the crash is under investigation.
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Advocates at Augusta hearing urge federal officials to order removal of dams on the Kennebec River
A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission report recommends relicensing four dams between Waterville and Skowhegan, over the objections of residents who say the dams are killing fish and harming the environment.