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PublishedJuly 21, 2021
Western wildfire smoke hanging over central Maine
The air quality was deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2021
New film documents Lewiston High School’s first Black head coach, Ronnie Turner
Local filmmaker Zamzam Elmoge discusses her new film ‘Everything Earned’ and the two years she spent following Lewiston High School’s basketball coach.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2021
More boating patrols planned for Fourth of July weekend
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife effort will focus on preventing drownings and drunken boating.
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PublishedJune 25, 2021
Human feces, unauthorized fires lead to closure of Tumbledown Mountain camping
Though never officially authorized on the mountain, camping has been largely accepted. With more litter, discarded equipment and large, unauthorized fires, the Bureau of Parks and Land is saying no more.
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PublishedJune 24, 2021
Maine’s ban on single-use plastic bags, polystyrene foam containers starts next week
Maine law prohibiting retailers from giving out free disposal plastic bags goes into effect on July 1, about two years after being approved by the Legislature because of COVID-19.
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PublishedJune 17, 2021
Juneteenth now a holiday, but few Maine events planned
Juneteenth, which was recently made a federal and state holiday honoring the end of slavery, will see few official events this year.
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PublishedJune 15, 2021
COVID-19 crunches cookie sales, but Maine Girl Scouts avoid big surplus
Maine Girl Scout troops still reported more than $4 million in sales this year, while sweetly dodging the large surpluses faced nationally.