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fridaycat t1_jc63g0f wrote

Reply to comment by slade2501 in Did not register my vehicle for 9 months due to not using it and i forgot about it? What will happen if I call to register my vehicle now that I need to use it? by Efi_befbi

If the car was not insured, your license may be suspended. This happened to me when I was on a medical treatment for 11 months so I couldn't drive. I was charged 35.00 to restore my license.

She then told me I could have avoided the 35 dollars had I only paid for the insurance the 11 months I couldn't drive, lol.

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crypto_crypt_keeper t1_jc62o5x wrote

Reply to Did not register my vehicle for 9 months due to not using it and i forgot about it? What will happen if I call to register my vehicle now that I need to use it? by Efi_befbi

Yeah I've made it over a year before 😅 I might be the state record and believe it or not the reminder to register came from getting pulled over, they didn't tow ticket or arrest me. I got a warning, I registered like normal online that night. No new inspection needed since you did that already

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slade2501 t1_jc61hov wrote

Reply to Did not register my vehicle for 9 months due to not using it and i forgot about it? What will happen if I call to register my vehicle now that I need to use it? by Efi_befbi

unless you have a legal issue with who owns the car, you should be able to simply register your car for the usual fees and get new stickers for your plate. you will need a valid inspection and current insurance as well as a clean title. there is no problem owning an unregistered vehicle, as long as it stays off the road till you re-register it. Lots of people store vehicles for many legal reasons. registration lapses all the time.

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DrMcMeow OP t1_jc5w21n wrote

Reply to Maine’s largest cities and counties lag in spending federal COVID-19 aid by DrMcMeow

Maine’s eight largest counties, plus the cities of Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland and Auburn, had only spent or finalized plans to spend about $84 million out of $318 million in aid, according to the latest available federal data through the end of September.

The relatively slow rollout of federal stimulus money in Maine underscores the disagreement among local officials about how to spend it. Maine counties have fewer responsibilities than others across the country, yet they got the same shares of money. Some of them had to stand up unfamiliar regional processes to allocate aid that will run for the next year or two.

About a third of committed funds in these Maine communities so far went toward government services. The major projects in that category included a $9.5 million Cumberland County office building in Portland, $5.3 million for broadband expansion in Hancock County and $4.6 million for a new Androscoggin County sheriff’s office in Auburn.

At the end of last year, Maine towns, cities and counties had set aside 8.9 percent of the funds so far committed in the state toward hazard pay for their employees, more than the region and country, which each had 3.5 percent.

A larger share in these places has also gone to premium pay bonuses for public employees and nonprofits than in the rest of New England and the country. For example, York County is sending $1.5 million to a Biddeford mental health service provider to open another location.

Last November, Bangor City Manager Debbie Laurie told the Bangor Daily News that the city was planning to move deliberately. It had not spent any money as of September but has since laid out a rough budget and committed $2 million to a YMCA expansion.

Pillsbury said she hopes local leaders will find ways to spend the rest of the money on new projects that will help benefit their communities. In particular, she said the communities need to focus on areas that will help people recover and rebuild from the pandemic.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230314071559/https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/14/politics/maine-lags-spending-federal-covid-19-aid-joam40zk0w/

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