The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure, rose by 2,250 to 236,750.
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Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Search continues for Waterville man believed to be missing in Kennebec River
Police launched the search in collaboration with the Maine Warden Service and other agencies after receiving a report Monday that John Lessard, 42, had entered the water at the RiverWalk.
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Embrace the chase: Pursuit of glory at annual Oxford 250 comes at a price
From unlikely beginnings, Gray car owner Jay Cushman seeks elusive victory in Super Late Model racing’s biggest events.
Posted inMaine
Tractor-trailer rig goes off state Route 27, strikes utility pole in Coburn Gore Township
The pole fell across both lanes blocking traffic near the Canadian-Maine border for about four hours Thursday morning.
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Journalism has seen a substantial rise in philanthropic spending over the past 5 years, a study says
The struggling news industry is increasingly relying on donations and subscriptions, although it hasn’t come close to making up for the collapse in advertising that has led to the dramatic drop in outlets that cover local news.
Posted inMaine, News
Bomb threats disrupt Walgreens stores across Maine
The threats were quickly deemed not credible, according to police in Portland and Windham.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Pingree swings through Waterville to highlight city’s humming arts scene
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree was joined Thursday by the chairwoman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Maria Rosario Jackson, for a stop at the Schupf Art Center before heading to Colby College.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
North Yarmouth pilot, student pilot identified as 2 dead in Litchfield plane crash
The pilot of the Wiggins Airways plane has been identified as James Shepard-Kegl, 69, of North Yarmouth, the student pilot was Jumaane Omari Stanley Melville, 37, of St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Record sea ice melt in Antarctica doomed thousands of penguin chicks to a watery grave
Using satellite imagery, researchers found that four of five observed emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea region experienced ‘catastrophic breeding failure,’ meaning that no chicks born in 2022 are believed to have survived.
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Wilton man accused of breaking into home, threatening, assaulting woman
Derek S. Campbell, 37, of Wilton is accused of punching a woman in the back of the head, and then hitting in the forehead with a gun resulting in about 20 stitches.