To achieve 300 or more miles of range per charge from an EV, batteries have to weigh thousands of pounds.
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Posted inGirls Basketball, Sidelines, Sports, Varsity Maine
Sidelines: Historic night just a piece of special season for Gardiner’s Lizzy Gruber
With her turn in the spotlight here, the Gardiner girls basketball star is putting together something remarkable, Mike Mandell writes.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Initial round of PFAS testing of groundwater finds about 75% of Maine sites within safe levels
The state last year tested more than 1,600 private wells seen as high-priority sites, and inspectors this year will test hundreds more for groundwater contamination.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
Jeff Beck, guitar virtuoso who influenced generations, dies at 78
Beck won 8 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame twice – once with the Yardbirds in 1992 and again as a solo artist in 2009.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Statue of Richmond shipbuilder, which survived at least two fires, moved to Town Office
The relocation of the statue of T.J. Southard, considered one of the founders of Richmond, brings a slice of the town’s history into view during its bicentennial year.
Posted inLocal Government, News
Jay to begin talks on proposed $5.88 million municipal budget Tuesday
A budget workshop will be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Spruce Mountain Elementary School gym.
Posted inNation & World, News
Jill Biden in ‘good spirits’ after having cancerous lesions removed, White House says
Basal cell carcinoma is the most curable form of skin cancer.
Posted inNation & World, News
Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82
He won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s.
Posted inNation & World, News
Hussein Husseini, father of peace deal that ended Lebanon’s civil war, dies at 85
The politician was a harsh critic of Lebanon’s sectarian-based political system that divided top posts in the country of 5 million between Christian and Muslim communities.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education, Sports, Varsity Maine
Winthrop fundraising group plans to gift $4.5 million athletic complex to town, schools
The group has raised $1.2 million so far, nearly enough to complete the first phase of construction.