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2022
Stocks climb on Wall Street as investors focus on earnings
Major indexes are still stuck in a bear market, which is when they’ve fallen at least 20% from their most recent all-time highs.
Small town in southern Mexico hosts thousands of migrants
San Pedro Tapanatepec grew from an influx of 7,000, mostly Venezuelans, at the start of October to 14,000 Monday.
91-year-old Boston woman stabbed at park thanks ‘angels’
Civil rights activist Jean McGuire says she no longer feels safe walking alone.
Bear mauls 10-year-old in grandparents’ Connecticut backyard
The bear was scared off by a neighbor who heard the boy screaming. The boy was taken to a hospital and released.
Waterville to begin public listening tours to get input for improving outer downtown
Waterville City Council Chairperson Rebecca Green on Tuesday announced the process is set to start next week and continue into February to plan for improvements around downtown that are not included in the current revitalization project.
Girls soccer: Oxford Hills and Mt. Blue can’t settle their differences in season finale
Mt. Blue’s Emma Dunn and Oxford Hills’ Ashley Richardson each score a goal in a 1-1 tie.
Dive team recovers body of missing Vinalhaven man
Owen Adair, 31, had not been seen since Oct. 13.
Local roundup: Winslow boys soccer rolls past rival Waterville
Joey Reynolds scores 2 goals to help carry Black Raiders in regular season finale.
Former Washington County officer sentenced for drug, gun charges
The case against Jeffrey Bishop, 55, unfolded with his arrest for providing opioid pills to a teenage girl last year in a high school parking lot.