The tree fell Wednesday on Lakeview Drive in China and resulted in the loss of power to around 1,250 Central Maine Power customers in China and about a dozen in Albion.
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Pittsfield man involved in police confrontation died of multiple gunshot wounds, medical examiner says
Gregory Lasselle died Feb. 25 following a 12-hour standoff, but state authorities have yet to explain what prompted law enforcement personnel to use deadly force on Lasselle.
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Dana Wilde: Lives of the stars
Pondering the “life cycle of stars,” Dana Wilde reflects on the process of shining, burning out and disappearing, while sometimes becoming a diamond.
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Twinkle, twinkle: Astronomers discover farthest star yet
It’s a super-hot, super-bright giant that formed nearly 13 billion years ago at the dawn of the cosmos.
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UMaine football hits the field for spring practice with its new coach
Wednesday morning’s session was the first under Maine native Jordan Stevens, who was hired in December.
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Wednesday’s college roundup: Holloway leaves Cinderella Saint Peter’s for Seton Hall
Men’s basketball: Shaheeen Holloway will be a substantial raise.
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Two bills to ease Mainers’ energy costs clear legislative committees
One would provide tax breaks to qualifying businesses with high energy bills, and the other would create a council to advise ratepayers.
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Putin being misled by his advisers on Ukraine, U.S. intelligence determines
The intel community has concluded that Putin was unaware that the military had been using and losing conscripts in Ukraine.
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McDonald’s linked to deforestation of Amazon, report says
In its report, Reporter Brasil reviewed several cases in which beef from illegally cleared ranches was shuffled between farms to hide its true origin, then shipped to slaughterhouses owned by companies that supply McDonald’s.
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Maine’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations hold steady as more vaccine boosters are approved
Additional booster shots are now approved for everyone who is 50 and older or immunocompromised and for anyone who received the J&J vaccine.