The air quality was deemed unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Ellie Wolfe
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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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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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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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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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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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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.