More than 1,000 received products from the suspected source, but none got the injection tied to the outbreak.
Leslie Bridgers
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Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Ogunquit man finds fame as Romney impersonator
OGUNQUIT — Mike Cote never paid much attention to politics, but the presidential election in November could give him a second career.
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Maine impersonator hopes he looks presidential
Mike Cote’s resemblance to candidate Mitt Romney offers him the possibility of a second career.
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PERVERSION FILES: Boy Scout documents include Mainers
Thousands of newly released Boy Scout files documenting allegations of sexual abuse by scout volunteers include detailed files on eight Scout leaders in Maine who were banned from the organization. The eight represent just a fraction of the so-called “perversion files” involving Scout leaders nationwide. Thousands of those files, from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, […]
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Brunswick Republican leader backing a Green? Ask his wife
Meanwhile, a Republican running for House District 66 calls the yard sign ‘a bit of a slap in the face.’
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Maine State Housing Authority commissioners lift pot ban for 6 months
Tenants in subsidized housing can continue to use or grow medical marijuana in their homes for another six months, the Maine State Housing Authority’s commissioners decided Tuesday.
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Maine State Housing Authority puts medical marijuana ban on hold
The Board of Commissioners enacts a 180-day moratorium on a policy that would prohibit tenants from having, using or growing medical marijuana in Section 8 housing.
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Maine State Housing Authority to revisit medical marijuana decision
Don LaRouche believes he has a right to continue growing and smoking marijuana in the trailer he rents in Madison with the assistance of a Section 8 voucher.
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Their ship has come in
The World, an enclave of the wealthy, drops anchor in Rockland before heading to Portland on Sunday.
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Yellow car stickers indicate medical history
In the next six months, as many as 15,000 cars in Cumberland County could be sporting round yellow stickers on their back windshields, indicating that information about the driver’s medical history can be found inside.