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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Maine National Guard soldiers to deploy to southern border
About 125 members will go to the border with Mexico this fall to replace guardsmen now deployed to support Customs and Border Patrol agents.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Unvaccinated Maine lawyer required to wear mask during trial
Darrick X. Banda, who likened the mask to ‘a dunce cap,’ lost his appeal to Maine’s high court over the requirement that all unvaccinated people wear masks in courthouses.
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PublishedJuly 20, 2021
Maine eyes commission to study paid family leave in state
The proposal would create a commission that would collect feedback from workers, caregivers, employers and others.
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PublishedJune 7, 2021
Searchers recover fisherman’s body off Waldoboro
The Boothbay Harbor Coast Guard Station received a call about a 34-year-old man who had gone out in a skiff that was later found abandoned.
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PublishedJanuary 18, 2021
Massachusetts announces first case of more infectious coronavirus strain
A Boston woman who traveled to the United Kingdom tested positive after feeling ill the day after she returned.
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PublishedJuly 27, 2020
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation react to Senate stimulus proposal
Three of Maine’s four congressional representatives offered reactions on Monday to Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion coronavirus relief package as lawmakers race to replace the jobless aid benefits that are set to expire this week. Sen. Angus King, independent: “On May 15th, the House of Representatives passed the HEROES Act to help lay out the next […]
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PublishedJune 11, 2020
Attorney general says he’ll review 2007 police shooting in Waldoboro
The office says new evidence justifies the review, and a district attorney reaffirms her intention to prosecute the former police officer if the state does not file charges.
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PublishedMay 19, 2020
Litchfield man killed in collision with truck carrying logs in Union
One of two people in a passenger car died after it collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 17 near the intersection with Route 131.
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PublishedApril 8, 2020
Pennsylvania man who prompted search in midcoast pleads guilty
Thomas W. Hackett pleads guilty to burglary, theft and criminal mischief in connection with his disappearance in March.
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PublishedFebruary 12, 2020
Company that studied grid may have had conflict of interest
A company paid $500,000 by Maine regulators to study the state’s electric grid may have been ineligible to receive the contract based on conflict of interest rules.
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