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| Wiscasset Board Ratifies New Teacher Contract |
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Wiscasset teachers now have a new three-year contract following a school committee decision to unanimously ratify one with the Wiscasset Teachers Association. The staff has worked without a contract since Sept. ...
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| Sheriff's Office Completes Taser Investigation |
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A Lincoln Sheriff's Deputy has been suspended without pay for two work days as a result of an internal investigation into the possible use of a Lincoln County Taser in a bachelor party prank in Knox County last ...
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| Animal Control Officer, A Tough Love Job |
A municipal Animal Control Officer (ACO) is on duty 24 hour a day. The job is part time, low paying and occasionally dangerous, but all that is not enough to keep some people from loving the line of work.
According ...
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| Wiscasset's Joining RSU Faces Cost-Share Issue |
A Wiscasset school board member is challenging the cost-sharing agreement as it stands now for a regional consolidation plan and urges voters to 'pull the plug' on the proposal.
"There is no motivation to maintain ...
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| Private Tire Dump Ignited In Dresden |
Tires and debris ignited on privately owned land in Dresden early Monday afternoon causing what sounded like gunshots to neighbors and sending plumes of black smoke soaring into the air.
Local firefighters extinguished ...
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| Whitefield Faces Special Town Meeting in June |
A hole in the school budget is the primary reason for a special town meeting in June, according to Whitefield Board of Selectman chairman Steve McCormick.
"There's not a lot on the town side," he said. Federal ...
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| New Harbormaster on Deck for Wiscasset |
Ideas and action go hand in hand for Wiscasset's new harbormaster.
No stranger to the harbor scene, Peter Dalton grew up on the Wiscasset waterfront. He dug worms and swam off the pier as a youngster and went ...
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| Coast Clear For Wiscasset School Vote Saturday |
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Wiscasset voters passed over 12 articles last Saturday for the proposed $9.6 million school budget for 2008-09. Four additional articles missing from the warrant will be voted upon this Sat., May 17 at 9 a.m. instead. ...
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| Alna Meeting Saturday On School, Town Items |
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Alna will vote on its proposed $1.12 million school budget as part of the state's plan for voting on school budgets under the new consolidation law at a special town meeting this Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Alna ...
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| Wiscasset Grant to Aid Mooring Field Project |
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Wiscasset has just been awarded a $6000 harbor technical assistance grant from the state for its proposed mooring field project as a fix to the current need for reconfiguration and greater efficiency there. Selectmen ...
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| South Bristol Prom Party Busted For Underage Drinking |
Police issued multiple summonses after arriving at a cottage on Coveside Rd. in South Bristol early Sunday morning to find a group of teenagers, some underage, at a party drinking alcohol.
A summons was issued ...
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| Patrick Damon Honored at Hyde |
One time Newcastle resident Patrick Damon received another honor, this time at his alma mater last week.
A brief ceremony at the Hyde School in Bath, May 7, launched the first annual Patrick Damon Forum. Day's ...
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| April Storm Meets Disaster Assistance Threshold |
Lincoln County has met the threshold to receive disaster assistance for damage suffered during the heavy rainfall on April 29. The storm dropped five to seven inches of rain locally.
At press time Wednesday, Lincoln ...
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| Whitefield Volunteers Receive Awards |
Several Whitefield volunteers received Spirit of America Foundation Awards Monday at the 2008 ceremony.
Two"term school committee Hilary Holm and 16"year planning board member Susan McKeen were recognized for ...
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| Bipartisan Office Subject to Partisan Interpretation |
The fiscal watchdog agency that Democratic leadership tried to eliminate as part of the supplemental budget is still in business thanks to an emergency bill passed at the end of the legislative session.
The question ...
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| The Legislature At Work - A Nuclear Tale |
The state's nuclear safety inspector has been coming to work every day to a job he's held since 1989 even though his position was eliminated by the Legislature in 2005.
Lawmakers were set to eliminate Pat Dostie's ...
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| Cell Phone Tower Proposed On Private Land In Bremen |
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Cell phone company representatives from ATC/Global Tower Partners knocked on Clyde Genthner's door early this year to ask if they could build a tower on his property in Bremen. The issue was briefly raised at the ...
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| New Lobster Boat Sales Dry Up |
Orders for new lobster boat construction are non-existent this year as rising fuel and bait costs, shrinking catches, and increasing government regulations put the squeeze on local fisherman.
"Lobsterman are holding ...
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