Artifacts featured in the new exhibit reveal Bath-built ships and Maine captains and crews transported both enslaved people and crops manufactured by slavery.
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Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster
Yarmouth Clam Festival to make a comeback next summer
After being canceled for the past two years because of the pandemic, organizers expect a full return of the popular fundraising event in July.
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Posted inBusiness, Coastal Journal, Local & State, News, Times Record
Market Basket grocery store may be coming to Topsham
The store would be the third Market Basket in Maine, following locations in Biddeford and Westbrook.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
Brunswick film puts spotlight on ‘The Mayor,’ a local man with rare genetic disorder
The documentary, expected to premiere in January, follows the life of Josh Duffy, a Brunswick man with a rare disorder called Williams Syndrome.
Posted inCoastal Journal, Times Record
$4.1 million infrastructure project underway at former Brunswick base
Projects for this fiscal year, which began in July and will continue through June 2022, include LED streetlights, an extension to the Allagash walking trail, airport repaving and electric vehicle charging stations.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Coastal Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Local & State, Nation & World, Northern Forecaster, Portland Forecaster, Southern Forecaster
Cancer screenings take hit from pandemic
Nationally, there was an 85% decrease in breast cancer screenings, 75% decline in colon cancer screenings, 74% decrease in prostate cancer screenings and 56% decrease in lung cancer screenings in April 2020 compared to the same time period in 2019.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Southern Forecaster
Abbott Labs layoffs hit immigrants where they live – and work
Abbott announced last week it laid off 400 people in the Westbrook and Scarborough testing facilities, and more than half of them are now seeking help with housing issues, including eviction.
Posted inNorthern Forecaster
Falmouth teen raises $28,000 on AT, plans more hikes
Falmouth High School junior William Addison, who solo hiked the Appalachian Trail last year to raise money for blood disorder treatment across the globe, officially completed the trek this month with a hike up Katahdin.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Local & State, Northern Forecaster
Maine Wildlife Park, visitors mourn death of Annie the moose
Visitors from across the country share their memories of 12-year-old Annie who died of natural causes last weekend.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Portland Forecaster
Windham correctional center revamp moves closer to completion
Modernizing a century-old prison by constructing new buildings and demolishing others is complicated when that prison is fully operating, but completion of the work at the Maine Correctional Center in Windham is expected be completed by August 2022, just off the original June 2022 target date. The $141 million state funded project, which began in […]