As more stores, manufacturers and cultivators have been approved, retailers have been able to expand product varieties and lower prices.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
Donna Loring, retired tribal affairs adviser to Gov. Mills, says a sovereignty deal can be reached
The Penobscot elder, politician and writer is encouraged by symbolically important progress, but she says the heavy lifting lies ahead.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
David Trahan: Legislature puts public in the dark
Without every Maine citizen having equal access to the lawmaking process from beginning to end, special interests will own the process.
Posted inMaine, News
Criteria for involuntarily committing patients in Maine is about to change
The state supreme court ruled last month that a Damariscotta hospital erred in holding a patient without getting a judge’s approval and in how it evaluated his petition to be released.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: State legislators face difficult decisions, historic choices
What values will Maine’s budget reflect – social justice or fear and repression?
Posted inCommunity
Local students named to The University of Alabama dean’s lists
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Madison Levasseur and Catherine Gibbs academic recognition for the 2020 fall term at The University of Alabama, with academic records of 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale), or the president’s list with academic records of 4.0 (all A’s). The UA dean’s and president’s lists recognize full-time undergraduate students. Levasseur, of Whitefield, […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
Union library to offer in-person visits beginning Feb. 23
Individuals can sign up in advance for a 20-minute time slot to browse and borrow.
Posted inCommunity
Murray earns academic honors at Northeastern University
BOSTON — Lauren Murray of Augusta, an economics major, has been named to the 2020 fall semester dean’s list at Northeastern University, which ended in December 2020. To achieve the dean’s list distinction, students must carry a full program of at least four courses, have a quality point average of 3.5 or greater out of […]
Posted inCommunity, Kennebec Journal, Morning Sentinel
UMaine Extension to offer farmers’ control options for rodents, wildlife Feb. 23
University of Maine Cooperative Extension will host a webinar about methods for control of rodents and wildlife on the farm from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23. According to a news release from UMaine News, “Rats and Other Vermin Control on the Farm” includes guidance for keeping rodents out of barns and grain storage […]