Kimberly Cheatle says she takes ‘full responsibility for the security lapse’ that allowed a shooter to get so close to a presidential candidate at an outdoor campaign rally.
2024
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Maranacook Community Middle School names honor students
READFIELD — Maranacook Community Middle School recently announced its fourth quarter honor roll students for the 2023-24 academic year. Eighth grade — High honors: Maddie Bailey, Lucy Coryell, Jaden Emmons, Josephine Flannery, Jackson Foth, Lydia Garofalo, RJ Haldane, Caroline Harper, Joshua Herzing, Mesh Jarius, Alex LaBelle, Meka MacDonald, Ellida Martin, Megan Parker, Annalise Roderick, Jonathan […]
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Maine organic farming group sues EPA over forever chemicals
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association created a PFAS Emergency Relief Fund in 2022 that has handed out more than $1.5 million in assistance to more than 50 Maine farmers impacted by forever chemical contamination.
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Auburn’s Life Forest Whistle Ridge is a place of rest
Remains of lost relative found in an Oregon hospital among the cremains of 3,600 other patients has found a final resting place in Maine.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
Doug Emhoff, husband of Kamala Harris, will campaign in Maine Wednesday
Emhoff will be in southern Maine for a campaign visit focused on reproductive rights and small businesses, and will attend a fundraiser later in the day in Falmouth.
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Army disciplines commanders but blames police, hospital for mishandling Lewiston gunman
An internal investigation finds Army Reserve officials made mistakes in Robert Card’s care but were not responsible for his release from a psychiatric hospital.
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St. Giles Country Fair set for Saturday in Jefferson
JEFFERSON — St. Giles Country Fair is set for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at St. Giles Episcopal Church, 72 Gardiner Road. The fair, to raise money for the church and its outreach activities, will feature numerous vendors and the church parishioners have organized their own tables. There will be two raffles, […]
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Swan Island Paddle set for July 30
Friends of Merrymeeting Bay is scheduled to offer an evening paddle as part of its 2024 Outside Summer Series. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, people can join Warren Whitney, former FOMB executive director, in departing from Richmond for a paddle around Little Swan Island in the Kennebec River. Located in the river between Richmond […]
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Dratch, Walsh & Friends: Chicago Style Improv set for Waterville Opera House
Dratch, Walsh & Friends: Chicago Style Improv is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Waterville Opera House, 1 Common St. in Waterville. Rachel Dratch, Matt Walsh, Brad Morris, and Joe Canale make up the fantastically funny improv show: Meadows, Walsh & Friends. Their fully improvised performances are inspired by a short chat […]