Xylazine can cause severe skin wounds, but whether it is leading to more deaths is not yet clear.
2023
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden will sign order seeking to protect birth control access year after Roe was overturned
The president and fellow Democrats have already seen the power of the issue: A majority of Americans want legalized abortion nationwide.
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Infighting among Putin’s lieutenants hurts Russia’s war footing, if not his hold on power
Some see Putin’s failure to squelch the infighting as a sign of potential shifts in Russia’s political scene that set the stage for more internal battles.
Posted inSports
Central Maine Athlete of the Week: Spring Week 10
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel sports writers nominate high school athletes from the prior week’s games.
Readers vote for their top choice and the winner will be announced in the newspapers the following Saturday all season long!
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local Government, Maine, News
Somerville voters to consider budget with 9% tax hike, whether to sue over road project
The Somerville annual Town Meeting is Saturday, at 9 a.m., at the Somerville School.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Groups start new effort to buy land, protect water quality of Lake Wesserunsett in Madison
The Lake Wesserunsett Association says that in order to ensure water quality doesn’t decline, it will be raising $30,000 for an emergency fund to purchase and conserve land around the lake as it comes on the market.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
‘Titanic’ director James Cameron says the search for the missing sub became a ‘nightmarish charade’
Cameron told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Friday that he “felt in my bones” that the Titan submersible had been lost soon after he heard it had lost contact with the surface.
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Three-bedroom, single-family homes for $250,000 across Maine
Listings in Washington, Waldo, and Piscataquis Counties.
Posted inBooks, Life & Culture, Maine Authors
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Reading Life’ and ‘Comfort is an Old Barn’
A colorful, poignant and funny collection of columns by Peter Bollen, and a delightful collection of columns, essays and stories by Amy Calder
Posted inOn this date
June 23, 1987: Two teenagers arrested after recent shooting of state trooper who was investigating Norridgewock burglary, winner of $2.1 million Megabucks jackpot from July ’86 has yet to claim prize, and dance legend Fred Astaire has died
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