Maine is the third state in the nation to offer the option of non-binary gender designation on driver’s licenses and identification cards. The change was made after Ian-Meredythe Dehne Lindsey – a South Portland person who identifies as neither male nor female and has suffered through decades of alienation and abuse because of it – […]
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Timothy Paul Dotts
AUBURN — Sweet Tim is at peace. Timothy Paul Dotts, 64, of Auburn died early Wednesday morning, July 26, at the Androscoggin Hospice House. Tim had suffered a long illness. Friends need to take comfort knowing Tim is no longer in pain. Tim was born in Chicago, Ill., on July 31, 1952, the only child of […]
Jennifer Ames
LITCHFIELD — Jennifer Reichel Ames, of Litchfield died on Friday, July 14, after a battle with kidney disease. Jenny was born on April 8, 1954. She earned her education at Monmouth Academy, and the University of Maine at Augusta. She had been employed by Value House in Lewiston, the Bureau of Taxation and Bureau of […]
State warns of fake collection calls from the ‘Maine DMV’
AUGUSTA — People in Maine are getting phone calls from people claiming to be from “Maine DMV” collecting unpaid fines. Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap, who oversees the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), released a statement that says the bureau does not make collection calls. “The citizen is given notice by mail, either from our […]
Correction: Rumford building lease pending approval
RUMFORD — A story published on Page B2 of the Region edition Monday about the Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles moving into the former Amato’s building should have added that the lease signed with Gateway Plaza LLC is pending state approval, David Duguay of Gateway Plaza LLC said.
Mexico Bureau of Motor Vehicles moving to former Rumford Amato’s building
Editor’s note: According to David Duguay, the lease is pending state approval. (updated April 9, 2014) RUMFORD — The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Mexico will move this summer to the former Amato’s restaurant building across from Hannaford on Route 2. A 10-year lease was signed Friday, David Duguay said. “It’s a state-of-the-art […]