The Board of Selectmen has nixed an idea to charge Boosters fees to offset costs to maintain playing field.
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Cape Elizabeth told parking fees at Fort Williams could bring in $400,000
CAPE ELIZABETH — The Town Council is continuing to push toward charging for parking at Fort Williams Park, despite two failed referendums on the matter. This week, the council directed the Fort Williams Park Committee to research how it could be done. The town had sent the question of implementing parking fees to referendum votes […]
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Interior backing away from steep fee hikes at Acadia, other national parks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department is backing down from a plan to impose steep fee increases at popular national parks in the face of widespread opposition from elected officials and the public. The plan would nearly triple entrance fees at 17 of the nation’s most popular parks, including the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone and […]
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Lawmakers oppose new fees on Maine hybrid and electric cars
AUGUSTA — Democratic lawmakers rejected a proposal from Gov. Paul LePage’s administration to make owning hybrid and electric cars more expensive in a committee-level vote Thursday. The 6-5 vote of the transportation committee fell along party lines, with Republican lawmakers opposing the panel’s recommendation to the full Legislature that the bill should not pass. The bill […]
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Jay to put tax-acquired property out to bid after title search
JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to have title searches done on two tax-acquired properties and, if they come back clean, to put the properties out to bid. The board put a minimum bid of $15,000 on a house and 0.18 of an acre at 425 Old Jay Hill Road. The town values the property at […]
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Oxford slashes dump fees
OXFORD — Lower costs in waste management are being passed down to residents disposing of trash at the transfer station. In a memo to selectmen, station manager Warren Bennett noted some charges from Maine Resource Recovery Association, the town’s trash collector, had been declined, a savings the town could pass down to residents. Bennett hoped […]
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Parking rules pass first City Council vote
AUBURN — A plan to increase parking fees and shift uses at some city lots passed its first hurdle Monday. Councilors voted unanimously Monday to approve changes to the city’s parking management plan. The ordinance would increase monthly parking permits downtown from $35 to $45 and put the Auburn Police Department in charge of managing […]
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Time Warner blackout of CBS goes into 2nd day
Time Warner Cable’s blackout of CBS continued Saturday, and neither side indicated a resolution of their dispute over fees is imminent. Time Warner dropped CBS Friday in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and several other cities, leaving three million customers without the network’s programs. The issue is fees that the cable company pays CBS to […]
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Tow truck operators say Portland may lose their services if the city doesn’t charge higher towing fees
PORTLAND — Drivers whose cars or trucks are towed in Portland will soon be charged more to get their vehicles back. But tow company operators say the fee hike still isn’t enough to cover their increasing costs. As a result, the wrecker drivers say, the city may find itself without enough tow trucks to call […]
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Maine DEP investigating why Pan Am stopped paying monthly oil shipping fees
AUGUSTA — As revenue to a state oil spill clean-up fund shrivels, officials are investigating why Pan Am Railways has not paid the legally required monthly fees into that fund for crude oil the company has shipped over Maine rails. Every company that ships crude oil or refined petroleum products through Maine is required to […]