Author Bruce Robert Coffin, former Portland detective sergeant, will read from his latest book, “Among the Shadows, A Detective Byron Mystery.” The reading will be held on Saturday, March 11, at 2 p.m., at the Waterford Library. There will be books available for purchase and signing. FMI, www.waterford.lib.me.us or 583-2050.
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Tentative good tax news in Sabattus budget
SABATTUS — The early word on the new proposed municipal budget is that it won’t raise tax rates for most homeowners, but a lot still depends on the school budget before that’s clear, Town Manager Tony Ward said Friday. Included in his proposed $3.17 million municipal operational, excise and capital budget for 2018: • Converting […]
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Maine ethics chief says Rep. Ryan Tipping likely violated law
AUGUSTA — The director of the Maine Ethics Commission says a state lawmaker likely violated the state’s ethics law when he failed to swiftly disclose income earned from work he did on behalf of a political action committee. Ethics commission Director Jonathan Wayne issued a clarification about Rep. Ryan Tipping, an Orono Democrat, on Friday, […]
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Democratic AGs step up legal fight against Trump travel ban
SEATTLE — In stepping up legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, Democratic attorneys general are trying to use the court system to thwart the executive branch in the same way their GOP counterparts did under President Barack Obama. Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said Thursday he was asking a federal judge […]
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Volkswagen pleads guilty in US diesel emissions scandal
DETROIT — Volkswagen pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a brazen scheme to get around U.S. pollution rules on nearly 600,000 diesel vehicles by using software to suppress emissions of nitrogen oxide during tests. The German automaker has agreed to pay $4.3 billion in civil and criminal penalties — the largest […]
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U.S. adds 235,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 4.7%
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a robust 235,000 jobs in February and raised pay at a healthy pace, evidence that the economy remains on solid footing nearly eight years after the Great Recession ended. The unemployment rate dipped to a low 4.7 percent from 4.8 percent, the Labor Department reported Friday. More people began looking […]
