DENMARK — The Denmark Arts Center will celebrate the revival of vinyl records in recent years with its new event, “Final Vinyl,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at the Center, 50 West Main St. (Route 160). Folks should feel free to bring along their favorite records and dress in vogue — represent their favorite […]
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Requests for help obtaining public records in Maine on a steady uptick
AUGUSTA — Maine people are interested in what their governments are up to. That’s the upshot of a new report issued by the state’s ombudsman for opening meetings and public records. In 2015, there were 416 inquiries about public meetings and public records handled by Brenda Kielty, a lawyer with the Maine Attorney General’s Office. […]
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Maine Legislature shields staff salaries from Open Checkbook disclosure
AUGUSTA — State employees working for the Maine Legislature have had their salary and benefits information shielded from a state-operated, public database that provides the same information on all other state workers. While the salary information for partisan and non-partisan employees at the Maine Legislature remains public information, officials have been unable to explain exactly […]
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Maine Legislature to take up ethics bill for state government
AUGUSTA — Maine lawmakers Wednesday will debate a bill aimed at strengthening the state’s ethics code for executive branch officers and employees, including those who run the biggest departments in state government. The bill is the result of a document-shredding scandal that erupted after a 2012 Sun Journal records request that sought information from the […]
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New technology, old problem: Oxford registry of deeds addresses preservation in the digital age
PARIS — The Oxford County Registry of Deeds stands mostly empty, but not idle. The metal shelves containing the recorded history of land ownership over the past 209 years are unattended; the climate-controlled room is occupied by only the register and a small staff. But across the country — and maybe the world — unseen […]
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FOAA: LePage’s office flooded with records requests
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine legislative panel is examining whether to set a deadline for government officials to release documents sought under freedom-of-information laws, but those officials argue it can take months to fulfill such requests because of a bombardment of queries seeking hundreds of pages of records. The Republican governor’s office says responding to […]