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With federal stimulus dollars on the horizon, taxes will not rise under the plan.

Portlands coronavirus positivity rate plummets FacebookTwitterEmail The Arrigoni Bridge spans the Connecticut River, joining the town of Portland with the city of Middletown. Here, motorists exit the bridge heading toward Portland.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media PORTLAND — Eleven months into the coronavirus pandemic, Superintendent of Schools Charles E. Britton finally was able to report some good news about the virus. The town’s positivity rate for infections has plummeted over th...

Portland schools to use some fed funding to continue remote learning FacebookTwitterEmail The district has received a $312,000 grant as part of a federally funded coronavirus relief package. Approximately 200 students this academic year have chosen to opt out of in-person learning, Superintendent of Schools Charles E. Britton said Tuesday. “This year, students have been allowed to opt-out for whatever reason,” Britton said. In most instances, they did so because no vaccine has as yet been a...

LOMA VISTA Recording in Hollywood with Sturgill Simpson in the producer’s chair, the Midwest farmer’s daughter tried her hand at a West Coast pop album for her third LP. Rather than country confessionals, then, here were 10 songs taking in Heartbreakers-esque new wave, gospel and prime Fleetwood Mac. Complete with a more oblique, lyrical voice from Price, the result was another step forward for a musician who respects tradition but has never been shackled by it. 49 GWENIFER RAYMOND TOMPKINS...

The wait times are systemic at v.a. hospitals across the country. v.a. officials said they are investigating accusations of mismanagement at more than two dozen medical centers. veterans affairs secretary erik shinseki has refused to resign despite calls for him to do just that from lawmakers in both parties. president obama has stood by shinseki and said he needed more time to review the report of the investigation. now we have this preliminary report. now, the senator from arizona himself, joh...