FARMINGTON — The Greater Franklin Food Council has added three new members to its Steering Committee. Amanda Adams is an accountant and lives in Farmington with her wife, Mary. Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, she moved to Maine in 2014. She is in the process of completing her post-baccalaureate degree in accounting through the […]
2021
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Department seeks help identifying invasive plants
AUGUSTA — Biologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are asking for the public’s help looking out for two severely invasive plants: Stiltgrass (Microstegium vinimeum) and Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium). The plants are only known from a handful of sites in Maine, and the goal is to eliminate them from the state. […]
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Department seeks help identifying invasive plants
AUGUSTA — Biologists from the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry are asking for the public’s help looking out for two severely invasive plants: Stiltgrass (Microstegium vinimeum) and Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium). The plants are only known from a handful of sites in Maine, and the goal is to eliminate them from the state. […]
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Maine Extension Homemakers launches first virtual exhibit hall
ORONO — University of Maine Cooperative Extension has opened the first Maine Extension Homemakers virtual exhibit hall for displaying projects and crafts created by current members. Handiworks on display include quilting, crochet, wool applique and knitting. Maine Extension Homemakers is a volunteer group active in nine Maine counties, advocating community-based adult education through leadership development, […]
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Coast Guard: Shipwreck found in Atlantic off Boston is storied cutter Bear
The vessel spent over four decades patrolling and performing search and rescue in the Arctic and was the first in the U.S. government to be captained by a Black man.
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Boeing pilot involved in testing of 737 Max is indicted in Texas
Mark Forkner is charged with giving the Federal Aviation Administration false and incomplete information about an automated flight-control system that played a role in two crashes that killed a total of 346 people.
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NHL roundup: Sabres stun Canadiens in opener
Lightly regarded Buffalo starts its season with a 5-1 over last season’s Stanley Cup runner-up.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Belfast man charged with assaulting Portland police officer
Portland’s chief said the incident might have had a far more serious outcome if officers had not been trained in crisis intervention techniques.
Posted inMaine, News
Convicted murderer, 55, dies at the Maine State Prison
Kenneth McDonald of Monmouth, who was serving a 30-year sentence for killing his mother, died Thursday morning, corrections officials said.
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U.S. to restore full pension of former FBI deputy director fired under Trump
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has won back his full pension as part of a settlement of his lawsuit arising from his firing during the Trump administration more than three years ago