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Posted inCommunity
Maranacook class of 2003 planning 20th reunion for Aug. 12
Maranacook Community High School’s 2003 class reunion is set for 5-10 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 12, at Le Club Calumet at 334 West River Road in Augusta. Featuring a performance from classmate Evan Haines, Maranacook schoolmates can enjoy conversation, dinner, music, and connection. For more information and to let us know you are coming, email […]
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Posted inFood & Dining, Nation & World, News
Got Sriracha? The price for a bottle of Huy Fong’s iconic hot sauce gets spicy with supplies short
Prices range depending where you look. As of Thursday morning, for example, ads for a single 17-ounce Huy Fong Foods’ Sriracha on eBay stretched from around $20 to a whopping $150.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Legislature’s budget committee wraps up work, leaves many bills unfunded
Measures to invest in the social safety net, waive tuition for certain UMaine students, increase starting pay for teachers and raise the minimum wage were among the casualties.
Posted inNation & World, News
Vermont braces for more rain in wake of historic flooding
Transportation officials were moving equipment to areas that were considered more flood-prone to prepare for the storms as they continued to evaluate damage.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
Soda sweetener aspartame now listed as possible cancer cause. But it’s still considered safe
Aspartame joins a category with more than 300 other possible cancer-causing agents, including things like aloe vera extract, Asian-style pickled vegetables and carpentry work. The guidance on use of the sweetener, though, isn’t changing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Here’s why electricity bills in Maine are getting more expensive this month
The Maine Public Utilities Commission explained some of the reasons for multiple rate changes that are beginning to impact customer bills.
Posted inNation & World, News
Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has a book deal
‘She risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington and some of the most consequential events in recent American history,’ her publisher said.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Uncategorized
Money emerges as key obstacle to housing asylum seekers at Unity campus
Unity Environmental University remains open to a proposal to house as many as 600 asylum seekers on its Unity campus, but no funding source has so far been identified for the approximately $10 million that would be needed.
Posted inNation & World, News
Thousands of Ukraine civilians are being held in Russian prisons. Russia plans to build many more
Nearby, in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia, other Ukrainian civilians dug mass graves into the frozen ground for fellow prisoners who had not survived.