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North Union Township has been awarded $400,000 in state funding to restore and stabilize two local streambanks, which will protect water supplies and improve public safety. The township received a $200,000 grant to restore and stabilize 135 linear feet of streambank along a tributary that flows into the Redstone Creek Watershed. Water run-off has caused continuous erosion during high stream water flow, resulting in embankment failure putting sediment and other pollutants into the tributary below. A soil nailing wall and bio-engineered riprap will be installed into the slope of the streambank ...

One by one, the Republican leaders of Congress have made the trip to Mar-a-Lago to see Donald Trump. But missing from the appearances has been perhaps the most powerful Republican elected official in the country, Mitch McConnell, a onetime ally who ushered the former president's legislative and judicial agenda to fruition, but now claims to want nothing to do with Trump. 3 hours ago in National, Trending The family of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was shot and killed by Cleveland police in 2014, asked the Justice Department on Friday to reopen the case into his death after i...

Proposed bill would add fees to vacant houses, short-term rentals to support affordable housing On Wednesday, a public hearing will be held for bill L.D. 1337 that would establish 'vacancy impact fees' in Maine and use that money to support affordable housing Author: Jackie Mundry (NEWS CENTER Maine), Chloe Teboe (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 8:19 AM EDT April 14, 2021 Updated: 5:18 PM EDT April 14, 2021 AUGUSTA, Maine — The affordable housing crisis in Maine has become more apparent over the past few years. It's why a state representative is...

JCC hears residents’ thoughts on Impact Fee Study By Toni Milbourne - For the Chronicle | Feb 5, 2021 Community members commented on a proposed change to the impact fee amounts last week. The fees are charged on all new construction in the county. Toni Milbourne CHARLES TOWN — The Jefferson County Commission heard from less than a dozen individuals during a public hearing on a draft Impact Fee Ordinance presented in December. The hearing, held last week, allowed members of the community to share their comments with the governing body regarding a draft ordinance proposing a significant inc...

ADAM HERNANDEZ Notwithstanding the A-J Editorial Board’s reasonable assessment of the case to increase the term limits of the mayor and city council from two to four years and provide them with a wage commensurate to the gravity and demands of their work, we think there are several points that deserve to be added to the argument in favor of doing this. In 2020, our organization undertook advocating for the city’s leadership to enact an Impact Fee policy that would make the city’s developmental strategy more fiscally responsible while at the same time deployed in such a way as to address...