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Friday, February 5, 2021
Volume 17 • Issue No. 6
2021 Tax Filing Season Begins February 12 that provided a second round of Economic Impact Payments and other benefits. To speed refunds during the pandemic, the IRS urges taxpayers to file electronically with direct deposit as soon as they have the information they need. People can begin filing their tax returns immediately with tax software companies, including IRS Free File partners. These groups are starting to accept tax
returns now, and the returns will be transmitted to the IRS starting February 12. Last year’s average tax refund was more than $2,500. More than 150 million tax returns are expected to be filed this year, with the vast majority before the Thursday, April 15 deadline. Overall, the IRS anticipates
neers. While scoring a ticket to the hottest game in town is often an expensive endeavor, with ca-
pacity restrictions for this year’s game it likely will be even more
MDOT Work Plan for State Projects
Berwick-Rollinsford, NH; Intersection located on Route 1A and Long Sands Road in York. New construction of onroad sidewalk/trail on Route 103 beginning at Old Ferry Lane and extending west 0.53 of a mile in Kittery. Highway paving on Route 103 beginning 0.09 of a mile northwest of Main Street and extending east 0.31 of a mile, and Wentworth Street extending north 0.19 of a mile to Whipple Road, including signal at Walker and Wentworth streets – all in Kittery. Operating assistance for Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 5307 for KACTS, administrative assistance for KACTS, FTA 5303 for metropolitan planning of Fiscal Year 2021, and transit operating assistance for Cooperative Alliance for Sea-
STATEWIDE The Internal Revenue Service announced that the nation’s tax season will start on Friday, February 12, when the tax agency will begin accepting and processing 2020 tax year returns. The February 12 start date for individual tax return filers allows the IRS time to do additional programming and testing of IRS systems following the December 27 tax law changes
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Ways to Celebrate Super Bowl 2021 NATIONWIDE The Super Bowl is the culmination of the National Football League season, which traditionally begins in early September and ends in late December or early January. The Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated professional sporting events each year. In most years, around 75,000 fans pack the stadium hosting the game to watch the Super Bowl in person, and millions of people around the globe tune in to view the live simulcast, typically at private parties with friends or alongside fellow fans in sports bars. However, this year Super Bowl watch parties are ex-
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pected to look quite a bit different. The 2021 Super Bowl may set the record for the smallest crowd in attendance due to the COVID-19 virus. The game is slated to be played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL, and ESPN reports that the NFL is planning for 20 percent seating capacity at the game. Super Bowl I, which took place in 1967, was the only Super Bowl in history not to sell out, and that drew a crowd of 61,946 fans. Fans are
AUGUSTA Senator Mark Lawrence, D-Eliot, shared details of Maine’s three-year transportation infrastructure work plan, and what it means for residents of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick, York, and part of Berwick. The plan is released annually with an outline of the Maine Department of Transportation’s strategy for road, bridge and other transportation upgrades and maintenance projects. According to the MDOT, the work plan covers approximately $2.71 billion worth of construction and maintenance, which includes 2,180 work items. The three-year plan estimates MDOT will invest in 100 miles of highway construction and rehabilitation; 893 miles of pavement preservation; 2,175 miles of
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expected to wear masks this year and will sit in pods separated by six feet. As many readers may have seen in the news already, Kennebunk’s 85-year-old Don Crisman will be attending his 55th Super Bowl in Tampa, along with his daughter Susan Metevier. They are among the lucky 22,000 fans the NFL is allowing to attend. Usually a New England Patriots fan, Crisman is rooting for Tom Brady and the Bucca-
light capital paving for roads and highways; 222 safety and spot improvements; and 166 bridge projects. The following breakdown is the planned capital and maintenance work for the communities in Senate District 35 in 2021: Improvements include: Intersection of Route 236 and
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Depot Road in Eliot; Highway improvement on Route 91 beginning at Scotland Bridge Road in York and extending northwest 3.75 miles in Eliot, South Berwick, and York; Badger Island Bridge over Piscataqua River located 0.07 of a mile south of Water Street on Route 1, intelligent transportation systems created for the I-95/Piscataqua River Bridge over Piscataqua River located 0.27 of a mile north of Eliot Road, gate rehabilitation and re-striping the parking lot at the Kittery visitor information center – all in Kittery; Improvements of the toll bridge over Salmon Falls River located 0.27 of a mile northwest of Waterside Lane and improvements of Salmon Falls Bridge over Salmon Falls River in South Berwick, located on the South
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