PERU — Residents voted 158-142 Tuesday to allow the Board of Selectmen to take $40,000 from the revaluation reserve account and money from surplus to hire an independent appraiser in 2014, Town Clerk Vera Parent said. The referendum question asked residents whether or not they wished to allow the town to take $40,000 from the […]
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Three legislators support Portland pot referendum
PORTLAND — At least three Maine legislators from Portland are endorsing a citizen’s initiative seeking to legalize recreational possession of marijuana in the city. Reps. Benjamin Chipman, Matthew Moonen and Diane Russell are holding a news conference Friday expressing their support for the ballot question in next Tuesday’s election. The owner of a cupcake company […]
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Peru voters to consider revaluation referendum
PERU — Voters at the polls on Election Day next month will decide whether to have a townwide revaluation. Town officials are seeking permission to take $40,000 from the revaluation reserve account and “as much as needed” from surplus to hire an independent appraiser for all town real estate and personal property, Town Clerk Vera […]
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Finance Committee to offer budget recommendations Tuesday
RUMFORD — Less than a week after the Board of Selectmen met to approve new budget recommendations, the Finance Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10, to approve their own recommendations for the upcoming election. The Board of Selectmen set a public hearing on the budget for Thursday, Sept. 19, which will be […]
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Groups announce referendum campaign to repeal Common Core in schools
AUGUSTA — A group opposed to new educational standards is launching a campaign to repeal the standards through a statewide vote. No Common Core Maine and the Maine Equal Rights Center say they will soon submit a proposal to the state for a ballot measure to repeal the Common Core Standards. They would need to […]
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Groups join in effort for new Maine bear hunting referendum
BANGOR — For the second time in a decade, animal rights groups are seeking a public vote to ban three bear hunting practices. The groups have also asked providers of food products used as bear bait to stop supplying leftover food waste to bear hunters. The Coastal Humane Society, Animal Refuge League and Animal Wildlife […]
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Will Maine be the only Medicaid holdout in New England?
Since the end of the legislative session, one of the hot topics behind the scenes is “What happens with Medicaid?” Maine may well be alone in New England next year in not offering coverage to its newly-eligible citizens — 70,000 in Maine’s case — who have no other reasonable chance to access health care. Full-bore […]
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Marijuana: The patients, the politics, the future
“Patrick” eats half a marijuana-laced brownie every night to keep away chronic diabetic nerve pain. The Sabattus man has a note from his doctor and buys from the local dispensary. Two years ago, “Barbie” in Peru secretly swapped legal prescription painkillers for marijuana for her chronic neck pain, growing one or two plants on the […]