Picked on the library, the author is michael deforge. A toronto based artist.

Lol this person has obviously never been to the county. 7/8 is probably pretty close to accurate. My guess would be 13/16

I love this. What about a cover and place you got it?

As someone who had a friend who required trips to Boston for her own disabilities and illnesses...the more southern in the state you go, the better.

Maine's counties don't have the administrative capacity to run things at that level; what happens in reality is that the state takes over. So far as municipal consolidation goes, even Paul LePage recognized that our many small towns are a key component of our high tax burden, but suggesting consolidations would be met with about the same reaction as putting a big sign in Kittery that read, "Eat Massachusetts Lobster! "

Bright Built if you can get them to respond! Burnham & Lobozzo make great homes too. We bought a used home (unfortunately didn’t have the time to wait for a new build with a kid) but I work with both builders regularly (for work) and their customers seem to be quite happy with them both.

>At some point excessive local control is inefficient and duplicative

Not sure how local control is duplicative. Removing local control takes away the voice of the taxpayer/voter. And, as we have seen with public schools, the combining of entities has often resulted in less than ideal "efficiencies."

Yes and they are Making a fortune off everyone! It is the going rate but I’d rethink your plan at this point! Most of those companies send over the lowest bidder as well!

The best way to compare efficiencies is via the Energy Star ratings. Those tests are done under carefully controlled conditions. Anecdotal remarks from Joe Homeowner are not going to tell you anything since there is no real way to do a perfect comparison due to changes in heating needs from one winter to the next, changes in electric rates, other differences in the exact models, etc.

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The following page hahaha

More small towns in Maine should be disincorporated and run at the county level or merged with other municipalities. At some point excessive local control is inefficient and duplicative

I don’t have a response, but I like the questions you are asking. I hope you get an answer!

And your views are myopic. The USPS' issues and those of other government agencies (the VA, the DoD, etc.) have existed far beyond Trump's four years in office, give me a break. The bloat, mismanagement, waste, inefficiency, outdated systems, have all been the status quo for years, and comes with the territory of being a government run entity. The problems will only get worse until the old farts in charge either die off or embrace modernity. Average people will be the ones who suffer for it, until then.

Not to be confused with the other one.

If anyone's looking for the nebula, it's the middle "star" in Orion's sword (hanging off his belt).

This isn't a prostitution subreddit

Anyone I know with complex issues has had to go to Boston to get competent care. I love this state, and if your health needs are basic and uncomplicated, it's fine, but healthcare here is.. not good.

It literally ranks #43 in education in the US.

And I know nothing about race percentages in most of the states; I was under the impression Mississippi was mostly white. But go ahead, call me racist. Lmao

So touchy about a fuckin joke. As if no one else says states are stupid.

Miss Wells so much.. thank you for this

Love this. I grew up not far from Prospect and it’s probably my favorite place.

Are you a licensed massage therapist? If so, you won't be for long once the licensing board gets wind of this.

No. My grandmother ended up having her body ravaged by cancer after several missed/failed diagnoses. She had been unwell for months. Eventually, they determined that she had had bladder cancer, but by that point, it had metastasized and spread throughout her body. She ultimately succumbed to lung cancer.

Like I said... lets wait and see if it comes out officially 😅

Fun fact, there was a loophole that allowed this (and oral) in Maine until the mid/late 90s. Downtown Bangor, before it’s “revitalization” had numerous massage parlors openly offering happy endings (or so I’ve been told, I arrived in the Bangor area in 1998 as an 18 year old college freshman living in Orono and as far as I know the only sketchy thing left in downtown Bangor was Diva’s gentleman’s club). There was a BDN article about this in relation to the downtown revival

Sinister details?

Not just too many space heaters in an overloaded electrical system?

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