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New Gloucester residents start petition to recall selectman Following public outcry against George Colbys comment at a Dec. 3 meeting, some residents have begun an effort to remove Colby from his post. Share New Gloucester selectmen on Monday censured a Dec. 3 statement by their colleague, George Colby, that has been interpreted as racist. Screenshot / Zoom NEW GLOUCESTER — A petition to recall Selectman George Colby is underway following a public outcry against his comment at a Dec. 3 mee...

New Gloucester Selectboard: Member’s comments were ‘offensive and inappropriate’ George Colbys comments at a Dec. 3 meeting "do not represent our beliefs, nor do they represent the beliefs of our Town, our citizens and our employees," read the Dec. 19 statement. Share NEW GLOUCESTER —  Selectboard members Karen Gilles, Linda Chase, Tammy Donovan and Peter Bragdon call Selectman George Colby’s comment from a Dec. 3 meeting “offensive and inappropriate.” “Let us be unequivocally...

In praise of sloths Mon, 12/21/2020 - 12:00pm On its website, the Belfast Water District says it is recognized by the State of Maine for protecting its water resources. Well, thats no surprise, given the states recent endorsement of the Nordic Aquafarms plan to spew 7.7 million gallons of effluent a day into Belfast Bay, and Nordics plan to devour 630,000,000 gallons a year of the same water the state commends the water district for protecting. A fox could only dream of a henhouse pro...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced Friday that Alabama’s preliminary, seasonally adjusted November unemployment rate is 4.4%, down from October’s revised rate of 5.7%, and above November 2019’s rate of 2.7%. November’s rate represents 100,537 unemployed persons, compared to 127,425 in October and 61,381 in November 2019. “As we are nearing the end of a definitively turbulent year, it’s truly great news to see o...

Unemployment reports over the past several months make “ The Case for a Job Guarantee" by Pavlina Tcherneva imperative. You should read this book. In June there were 33.4 million people without jobs in the 25 - 54 age population, with the employment-population ratio of 73.5% shown in the chart below. Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. As of June the U.S. had lost 16.6 million jobs since February but the number of unemployed supposedl...

An tall ntagonize us, the media. the lack of transparency and access act, theres a similar critique from this white house towards the media. they feel reporters get up in the briefing room and grandstand, and want to be seen on camera looking tough against the administration. theres such little respect between these two groups now, the white house sees that it has leverage here with the briefing and has decided simply by not holding briefings or holding these briefings off camera they can mess a...