Augusta To Consider A New Flag Policy

Augusta City Councilors will discuss a policy on what flags, other than the traditional options, can be flown on city flag poles and property. Since June is Pride Month, the Augusta City Council is also looking at showing support for the LGBTQ community with some sort of proclamation. According to centralmaine.com, there is a potential legal concern over showing support with the pride flag.

In the next town over, Hallowell had Pride flags lining the downtown, a colorful crosswalk with the colors of the more inclusive flag, and a rather large color sculpture near Vaughan Field.

In Augusta, they do not have a policy on flying flags other than traditional choices like the US and state flags. Flying the Pride flag could set up a situation where different groups would want to fly a flag and could have legal consequences in the future. Augusta is being proactive and starting to look at a policy so that a flag can be flown in the future.

June is Pride Month, but it was only a few years ago I learned why. It had to do with the Stonewall Riots in New York City on June 28, 1969. If you don't know the history, check it out.

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Every beach town has its share of pluses and minuses, which got us thinking about what makes a beach town the best one to live in. To find out, Stacker consulted data from WalletHub, released June 17, 2020, that compares U.S. beach towns. Ratings are based on six categories: affordability, weather, safety, economy, education and health, and quality of life. The cities ranged in population from 10,000 to 150,000, but they had to have at least one local beach listed on TripAdvisor. Read the full methodology here. From those rankings, we selected the top 50. Readers who live in California and Florida will be unsurprised to learn that many of towns featured here are in one of those two states.

Keep reading to see if your favorite beach town made the cut.

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Many of the actresses in this story not only made a name for themselves through their collection of iconic performances, but also through the selfless, philanthropic nature with which many of them approached their stardom. In an age of flipping the script on societal norms, many of these actresses are using their voices and platforms to be advocates for those who are otherwise unheard.

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