Freeport - Contracted bricklaying maintenance work
will begin Wednesday, October 7th on Main Street, South Street, and Bow Street
and will continue over the following three weeks. This work will improve the
safety of downtown sidewalks where needed. Sidewalks will remain open with
safe passages for pedestrians. This program will repeat next year for other
sidewalks in need throughout town. View
it on website
Press
Herald - Maine utility
regulators denied Central Maine Power Co.’s request for almost $70 million in
increased rates Tuesday, a major win for advocacy groups that means bills will
not increase this fall. The Maine Public Utilities Commission’s unanimous
denial of CMP’s ask to increase the average household’s bill by about $7 per
month comes with potentially serious financial consequences for the utility,
company representatives said in filings before Tuesday’s hearing. A CMP
executive told employees last week that the company would reconsider workforce
levels if the PUC denied its request.
To
ask the governor candidates a question at an upcoming debate
WBLM - According to WalletHub’s latest ranking of the safest states in America, Maine came in at No. 4 overall, behind only Vermont, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Utah rounded out the top five. WalletHub didn't just look at crime rates, either. The study compared all 50 states using 52 different indicators across personal and residential safety, financial safety, road safety, workplace safety and emergency preparedness. Maine finished fifth in the country for personal and residential safety, eighth for financial safety, eighth for road safety and second for emergency preparedness.
WMTW - Senate candidate Troy Jackson sat down with Planned Parenthood Maine on Monday in Bath and touched on how his opinions on abortion rights have changed over the years. Jackson once held anti-abortion views, but said he has gone through an "evolution."
"It just became clear to me
that I was wrong and that reproductive rights is healthcare and I always have
thought that people should have healthcare," Jackson said.
Jackson told Nicole Clegg,
president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund, that his change of
heart on abortion came after he spoke with Maine women, and said that led him
to push for expanded abortion access in the state. Jackson was in favor of 2023
legislation that allowed for later-in-pregnancy abortions. Planned Parenthood
previously threw support behind Janet Mills during her senate bid, and later
Graham Platner before endorsing Troy Jackson once Platner dropped out.