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AUGUSTA — The Maine Monitor has hired Renée Johansson, a Bangor resident and well-known Maine non-profit leader and brand strategist, to fill a new position as development director for the non-profit investigative news operation. The Maine Monitor...

Schneider will be the first truckload carrier to conduct a trial deployment of lifesaving technology.

Two firefighters recently left the department for positions paying $4 and $6 per hour more.

An investigation showed two men were involved in an altercation, and the two stabbed each other, police said.

Maine Access Points, a group working to increase access to medication that can help prevent overdose deaths, trained city councilors Thursday night on how to take potentially life-saving action.

Sam Quintana will be featured in a social media campaign promoting the benefits of working for Maine cities and towns, which officials say are are struggling to fill vacancies.

As annual town meeting attendance dwindles, is secret ballot the way to go? Towns that utilized a secret ballot for recent town meetings saw a larger turnout than those that stuck with tradition. Share Sidney resident Peter Beckerman addresses the crowd March 27 during the annual Town Meeting at James H. Bean School. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel file Floor discussions may be a thing of the past at the annual rite of spring — town meetings. While attendance dwindled at traditional to...

Blue Hill selectmen seek to grow their numbers BLUE HILL — Since the 1700s, the town of Blue Hill has been governed by a three-member Board of Selectmen, according to Selectman Jim Dow. But times have changed and the board, which is currently at two members due to former Selectman Vaughn Leach’s resignation, would like to add more members.  The selectmen held a public hearing Monday to discuss the annual Town Meeting warrant, which will be held by referendum due to the COVID-19 pandemic an...

Future uncertain for the traditional New England town meeting The pandemic may accelerate the end of Maines long-standing small town traditional of gathering in a room to set town budgets and make policy decisions. By Daniel DunkleThe Courier-Gazette Share The traditional New England town meeting has long been revered as a pure form of democracy, but decreased attendance, the pandemic and the rise of absentee balloting may mean the end of an era. In the past year, many municipalities have for...

MIDDLESEX, Vt. — The town meeting, for centuries, was a staple of New England life — but the coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the departure from the tradition where people gather to debate everything from the purchase of local road equipment to...