The small town in rural Franklin County has seen an exodus of employers over the years and now is bracing for the closure of the nearby paper mill in Jay.
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‘Talkin’ Maine with the Bow Tie Boy’ celebrates 400th show with Sen. Angus King
Host Tom Saviello celebrated the 400th episode by inviting U.S. Sen. Angus King to come on the show and talk about Ukraine. The show has been airing on Mt. Blue TV since 2006.
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Tom Saviello will not run for governor
Saviello is choosing not to run to be the governor of Maine due to a variety of factors including potential difficulties relating to younger voters and enjoying retirement.
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Tom Saviello announces he will not run for governor
Among the six reasons are he “cannot identify” with younger voters and is “tired of party politics.”
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Paul LePage tells Tom Saviello to ‘bring it on’
Former governor said he would love to see the ex-lawmaker from Wilton jump into the 2022 gubernatorial race, but it’s not clear what will happen.
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Tom Saviello mulling a run for Maine governor
The former Wilton lawmaker, an independent, will be deciding “pretty soon” whether to seek election next year for state’s top job against Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage.
Posted inThe Franklin Journal
Wilton filing petition in CMP transmission line
WILTON — The Board of Selectpersons voted 3-0-1 Tuesday to late-file a petition with the Public Utilities Commission to intervene in Central Maine Power Co.’s New England Clean Energy Connect project. The deadline for intervention filing was October 13, 2017, according to information in the PUC project docket. Chairperson Tiffany Maiuri, David Leavitt and Keith […]
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Paul LePage refuses to apologize without Saviello saying he’s sorry first
AUGUSTA (AP) —Republican Gov. Paul LePage said Wednesday that he’ll apologize for calling a GOP senator the “most repugnant human being” once the governor himself gets an apology – or when “hell freezes over.” LePage told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he has responded to a committee’s demand that he apologize to Sen. Tom […]
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Paul LePage urged to apologize for last week’s outburst at Tom Saviello
In an unprecedented move, the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee sent a letter Wednesday to Gov. Paul LePage condemning his actions at a public meeting last week during which he called a lawmaker “the most repugnant human being” he’d ever seen. The committee urged the governor to apologize to Sen. Thomas Saviello, R-Wilton, and to the entire […]
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Paul LePage, Tom Saviello trade insults after watchdog committee finds governor didn’t meddle in timber diversion
Maine’s legislative watchdog has found no evidence Gov. Paul LePage was directly involved in a February decision to divert timber harvested on public lands away from two Maine mills. In a 12-page report released Monday to the Government Oversight Committee, the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, known as OPEGA, concluded the decision did […]