AUGUSTA - This week, the Maine House and Senate advanced a bill from Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, that would establish a commission to improve tenant-landlord relationships and increase the use of housing vouchers and other rental assistance programs.
Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, (left) joins other legislators on Thursday in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Ireland.
Rep. Bruce White, D-Waterville, nominated Robert Chenard to be inducted into Maine's Franco-American Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
Chenard is an author, lecturer and instructor with a specialty in Franco-American genealogy. He has volunteered at the Taconnett Falls chapter of the Maine Genealogical Society for the past 32 years, helping to connect many with their ancestry and heritage.
Contact:
Brian Lee [White], c. 305-965-2744
Photo: Robert Chenard and Rep. Bruce White.
Rep. Raegan LaRochelle, D-Augusta, nominated Mary Jeanette (Jan) Michaud and her late husband Victor Michaud to be inducted into Maine's Franco-American Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
The Michauds created an oral video history of Franco-American workers in Augustas mills called "Manufacturing Augusta" and raised $20,000 towards preserving the history of the Franco-Americans who worked in the mills.
Contact:
Brian Lee [LaRochelle, Bridgeo], c. 305-965-2744
Photo: Rep. Raegan LaRochelle, Mary Jeanette Michaud and Rep. Bill Bridgeo.
L'Heureux, who grew up speaking French, is a retired U.S. Navy master chief who did two tours in Vietnam and a tour at Subic Bay in the Philippines. He has received the Naval Commendation Medal, several Vietnam service medals and the Terence Cardinal Cooke Award for humanitarian support of military families.
LHeureux's wife, Juliana, was also inducted into the Franco-American Hall of Fame in 2016. Currently, she is the vice president of the Franco-American Collection Board of Directors and has written about Maine's Franco-American community in several newspapers since 1988.
AUGUSTA - The Maine House enacted legislation on Tuesday sponsored by Rep. Vicki Doudera, D-Camden, to establish a clean hydrogen pilot program.
Rep. Raegan LaRochelle, D-Augusta, Rep. Bill Bridgeo, D-Augusta, and Sen. Matthew Pouliot, R-Kennebec, welcomed Parker Sergent of Augusta to the State House on Tuesday and presented him with a legislative sentiment.
Sergent, a student at Cony High School and a player on the boys' basketball team, recently scored his 1,000th career point.
Contact:
Brian Lee [LaRochelle, Bridgeo], c. 305-965-2744
Left to right: Rep. Raegan LaRochelle, Vikki Sergent, Parker Sergent, Sen. Matthew Pouliot and Rep. Bill Bridgeo.
AUGUSTA - A bill sponsored by Rep. Kathy Shaw, D-Auburn, that will make it easier for more Mainers to grow their own food, was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills last week.
AUGUSTA - Mainspring, a southern Maine resource hub under development by Fair Tide, Footprints Food Pantry and York County Community Action, is set to receive $1 million in federal funding as part of the recent funding bill for fiscal year 2024 approved by Congress last week.
AUGUSTA - A bill sponsored by Rep. Melanie Sachs, D-Freeport, to appropriate $15 million to fully cover the state's reimbursement to municipalities for costs associated with the Property Tax Stabilization Program, was signed into law by Gov. Janet Mills on Wednesday. The bill would also appropriate $50,000 to reimburse municipalities for administrative costs associated with the implementation of the program.
