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Complex worker shortage problem strains businesses, employees in central Maine
Employers are struggling to hire in Maine and across the nation, which experts say is the result of several factors exacerbated by the pandemic.
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Every time Barbara Clark gets notified of a new application to Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue, she makes immediate contact.
Rarely, if ever, does she hear back.
“I just shoot them a message asking if they’re available and nobody responds,” said Clark, who owns the Waterville business with her husband, Pete. “You just don’t hear from them.”
Pete’s Pig Catering & Barbecue co-owners Pete Clark, left, and wife Barbara work in the kitchen Tuesday with cook Alex Smith in Waterville.
Waterville community organizations get funding approvals, but resident spars with council over transparency
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Funding outside organizations triggers debate on Waterville’s budget priorities
Some councilors on Tuesday questioned whether the city should commit to funding certain organizations in the proposed budget, while others said the city has the money to do so.
WATERVILLE Should the city donate money toward community service groups?
That controversial question is prompting city councilors to debate other key budget priorities whether to fund a new economic development position at the Central Maine Growth Council, or cut the tax rate as they examine tens of thousands of dollars in municipal funding.
The debate started Tuesday night as the council considered funding the Alfond Youth & Community Center with $10,000 each year for three years; $15,000 for Kennebec Valley Community Action program; and $43,500 for the growth council. Councilors also discussed another $100,000 for a three-year period to hire a person who would be dedicated to economic development
Fairfield Town Council approves medical marijuana zoning change
The council also addressed the results of a recent survey on waterfront development that found more people wanted access to the water.
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Paige Costa, a 2020 graduate of Thomas College, is the co-owner and co-founder of North Star Apothecary in Fairfield. The Fairfield council approved zoning changes that put medical marijuana businesses in the same category as adult use marijuana businesses at their Wednesday meeting.
Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel file
FAIRFIELD The town council approved a change in zoning for medical marijuana dispensaries and reviewed the results of a waterfront development survey at a regular meeting Wednesday.
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Fairfield seeks experts to help with public drinking water expansion
The town considers expanding public drinking water to those whose wells have been contaminated with dangerous ‘forever chemicals.’
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Ashley Gooldrup and her fiance, Troy Reny, bought a house on Howe Road in Fairfield in 2020. Now, their well has tested astronomically high for “forever chemicals.” The town is looking at the possible expansion of public drinking water to those whose wells have been contaminated with the dangerous chemicals.
Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel file
Fairfield has put out a request for experts to participate in an expansion of the town’s public water system to areas where the Maine Department of Environmental Protection has identified unsafe levels of “forever chemicals.”
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