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Bill would give towns first dibs on UMaine properties after Belfast backlash

Summary by Bangor Daily News

The acrimonious debate over the University of Maine System’s sale of the Hutchinson Center in Belfast to a private organization — despite the unsuccessful efforts of a citizens group to buy the facility — has prompted legislation that would make it easier for host communities to purchase properties from the state in the future. Rep. Janice Dodge and Sen. Chip Curry, both Democrats of Belfast, have sponsored the bill that would require quasi-inde…

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Bangor Daily News

Bill would give towns first dibs on UMaine properties after Belfast backlash

3 days ago·Bangor, United States

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The Maine Wire

'Shocked,' 'Horrified,' 'Appalled' -- Emails Show Rabid Anti-Christian Backlash Against UMaine's Hutchinson Center Sale to Calvary Chapel Belfast

Newly obtained emails show a wave of heated, anti-Christian opposition from community members and University of Maine staff after UMaine initially agreed to sell the Hutchinson Center to Calvary Chapel Belfast, a Christian church. The emails, secured through a Freedom of Access Act request, reveal deep outrage over the church’s conservative beliefs, with some calling [...] The post ‘Shocked,’ ‘Horrified,’ ‘Appalled’ — Emails Show Rabid Anti-Chri…

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