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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 multimillion-dollar budgets to pressing social issues.
MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — The town meeting, for centuries, was a staple of New England life — but the coronavirus pandemic could accelerate the departure from t
Read Article MONMOUTH — A proposed 55-acre solar array could be on its way to Ridge Road, but a moratorium on the March 9 ballot could stop it in its tracks. The solar array project is being planned out by Longroad Development Co., a Boston-based renewable energy development company that is also working on a 42-acre solar installation in Augusta. Longroad is contracting the project with Bath Iron Works, which will be the sole recipient of the power. The website touts the benefit of the project to Monmouth is “an additional source of tax revenue with no additional burden to town services....
Wayne, Readfield search for combined code enforcement officer The previous code enforcement officer was recruited by a larger community, and candidates are sometimes drawn to positions in the construction industry, which has been healthy during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to officials. Share Wayne and Readfield officials are looking to find a joint code enforcement and plumbing inspector, a position that has been difficult to fill and retain. The towns’ struggle to keep someone in the position is reflective of a statewide issue, according to Eric Conrad, spokesman for the Maine Munici...
Stretched thin, nurses call for Newsom to end stringent nurse-to-patient ratios KTVU's Jesse Gary reports. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Recently scores of nurses rallied outside hospitals in multiple cities around the state. "These nurses have been running like a marathon, only to ask them to sprint at the end is unreasonable," said Allan Kamara, the president of the Santa Clara County Registered Nurses Professional Association. In a tweet on Tuesday, the National Nurses United urged its followers to write the state’s health department. The union and others want to end Gov. Gavin Newsom’s w...