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The Impact Of Conservation Land On Property Taxes And Municipal Budgets In Maine: A Mixed-Methods Study, Abigail Bennett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study is an interdisciplinary project done in collaboration with the Municipal Budget and Conservation Working group, a group of stakeholders that formed in 2018 to study conservation and town budgets. We use mixed methods to explore the impacts of conservation and municipal budgets in Maine. We use regression analysis on 21 years of panel data to identify causal relationships between conservation and mill rates, controlling for economic and town budget factors. We found statistically significant but small effects on average, with a 1% increase in conserved acres in a town associated with average tax bill increases of $1 or …

The Defense Of American Exceptionalism: President Trump's Covid-19 Rhetoric, Sabrina Paetow

Honors College

This thesis uses grounded theory and content analysis to examine the political rhetoric President Donald Trump used in the Coronavirus Task Force press briefings during the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. I collected 44 transcripts of these press briefings from when they began on February 26, 2020 until April 27, 2020. This time frame marks the period during which the press briefings happened with consistency and when Trump spoke at all of them. Through my research, I established that United States presidents have employed rhetorical tropes of American exceptionalism, including Trump. Trump invoked American exceptionalism in a three-pronged rhetorical …

Lessons Learned From Maine’S Lifelong Communities Movement: Special Topics For Lifelong Communities, Jennifer Crittenden, Brandy Lachance

Maine Center on Aging Education and Training

The University of Maine Center on Aging in partnership with the Maine Community Foundation hosted a special learning and networking event specifically designed for lifelong communities (LC) initiatives. Such initiatives include age-friendly communities, village models, and independent lifelong community planning efforts. The event featured three panels on key topics related to LC initiatives. This publication is a report out of the day’s discussion and panels

Council-Manager Charter Of The Town Of Yarmouth, 2018 Revisions, Yarmouth (Me.). Municipal Officers

Maine Town Documents

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Dawnbreaker Vol 65 No 1 (Fall 2018), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Town Of Veazie, Maine. A Community Connected By Choice, Veazie Town Office

Maine Town Documents

The Town of Veazie is nestled between the City of Bangor and the Town of Orono and is located along Bangor’s public transportation route. Veazie is a small town with only 4.2 square miles of land and approximately 2,000 residents. Despite being small in size, Veazie offers a full range of services which include full time Police and Fire.

Veazie is governed by a five-member elected Council that exhibits extraordinary teamwork, civility and collaboration. The Town has recruited and appointed its employees with the goal of continuous improvement and the goal of excellence in local government. Come see what we …

Dawnbreaker Vol 64 No 3 (Spring 2018), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3 (Spring 2017), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 2 (Winter 2016-2017), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 1 (Fall 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3-Amended (Spring 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 63 No 3 (Spring 2016), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 62 No 1 (Fall 2015), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 3 (Spring 2015), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 2 (Winter 2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 1 (Fall-2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 3 (Spring 2014), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Impacts Of Pay-As-You-Throw And Other Residential Solid Waste Policy Options: Southern Maine 2007–2013, Travis Blackmer, George Criner

Maine Policy Review

Municipal solid waste management in the U.S. began a transformation in the 1980s as a result of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulation requiring the closure of municipal “dumps.” This legislation, coupled with increasing total and per capita waste, resulted in waste management receiving national attention. Maine and other states began broad efforts to reduce and wisely manage their municipal solid wastes. Many states established solid waste goals, with Maine targeting a waste diversion rate of 50 percent. Four common residential waste management programs in Maine include curbside trash collection, curbside recyclable collection, single-stream recycling, and pay-as-you-throw programs. This article …

Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 1 (Fall 2013), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 61 No 3 (Spring-2013), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The Impact Of Post-Recession State Revenue Reductions On Maine's Municipalities, Emily Shaw

Maine Policy Review

Maine municipalities have received substantially less revenue from the state over the past several years, due to a combination of financial pressures on state budgets and state administrative policy preferences. The result is that municipalities have been forced to restructure the provision and funding of local services through a combination of reducing spending in some categories, raising additional money from residents and other users of town services, or taking on additional municipal debt. However, on average, Maine’s municipalities have so far been unable to reduce their total spending. This discussion of municipal responses to reduced state revenue is based on …

Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 2 (Winter 2012-2013), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 60 No 1 (Fall 2012), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 59 No 3 (Spring 2012), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 59 No 1 (Fall 2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 3 (Spring2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 2 (Winter 2010-2011), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 58 No 1 (Fall 2010), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Dawnbreaker Vol 57 No 3 (Spring 2010), Dawnbreaker Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The Maine Women's Advocate (2010 - Winter), Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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