The years spent apart from colleagues have rusted workers’ social skills, and new ways of working have spawned a host of fresh etiquette issues.
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Has everyone at work lost their minds?
There are plenty of tales of boorish, even malicious, behavior – and not just at the water cooler.
Livermore Falls tax rate stays the same
LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to set the tax rate for 2018-19 at $21.60 per $1,000 of value of property, the same as last year. To accomplish that, selectmen also voted to use $100,000 from overlay to offset what could have been a tax rate of $22.20. The board also agreed to go […]
Public invited to tour new Lewiston Middle School during Dec. 3 open house
LEWISTON — To thank taxpayers and show how the money was spent, the public is invited to an open house to show off the new-and-improved Lewiston Middle School. The open house will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3. “We want to welcome the public, who overwhelmingly supported the renovation project,” […]
$6.5 million Hartt Transportation facility breaks ground in Auburn
AUBURN — Hartt Transportation’s expansion means lots of good things for the Twin Cities, according to city Economic Development Director Roland Miller. Company and city officials were on hand Thursday morning to break ground on the Bangor-based company’s $6.5 million business park investment. But Miller said the expansion, a $5.3 million facility with office space, […]
Business office ransacked in Livermore Falls
LIVERMORE FALLS — Police are investigating a burglary at Riverview Plumbing & Heating at 3 Bridge St. that occurred between closing on Tuesday and 7:09 a.m. on Wednesday. Someone gained entry by force through a window and ransacked the office area, police Chief Ernest Steward Jr. said. Papers and other items were strewn all over […]
Sheriff’s Office looks into theft of returnables
WOODSTOCK — Sheriff’s deputies are looking into the possible theft of a stockpile of returnable containers worth approximately $100 from a property near North Pond. Oxford County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Danielle Welch said Thursday that she was called to a residence on Camp Road on Jan. 17 after the owner reported possible trespassing on the property. […]
Roxbury town meeting scheduled for Tuesday
ROXBURY — A special town meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 9, at the Town Hall, 1095 Roxbury Road. The warrant includes three articles: * To see if the town will amend the official shoreland zoning map. A copy of the map and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection conditional approval are […]