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The town pays $40,000 to allow its residents to use Hatch Hill Solid Waste Disposal Facility. But in an effort to cut costs, town officials are considering not renewing the contract at the end of the year.

HALLOWELL -- The City Council nudged the Kennebec Ice Arena's tax increment finance proposal another step ahead at a Monday meeting, but not without staunch opposition.

Mark Walker recalls ‘many happy moments’ in 7 years as Hallowell’s mayor Walker, a Republican, who ran unsuccessfully for state Senate in November, will be replaced by City Councilor George Lapointe on Jan. 4. Share Outgoing Hallowell Mayor Mark Walker stops Wednesday near Erskine Hall in Stevens Commons area of Hallowell. The redevelopment there was undertaken during Walker’s seven years as mayor. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal HALLOWELL — After seven years in Hallowell’s top elect...