The explosion and fire at a Robbins Lumber in Searsmont on Friday left 1 firefighter dead and at least 10 other people injured, officials said.
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Moratorium won’t impact existing home health, hospice services in Maine, advocates say
The Trump administration announced a 6-month moratorium on new agencies, citing ‘waste, fraud and abuse’ in Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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Live updates: Morrill firefighter killed in lumber mill explosion would ‘do anything for anybody’
Firefighter Andrew Cross, 27, was killed in the explosion at Robbins Lumber, officials say. Several of the victims injured Friday were taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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State police close Route 9 in Chelsea after Friday morning crash
Tow trucks were on scene to remove 2 commercial vehicles that crashed between Intervale Road and Gilbert Drive.
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1 firefighter dead, at least 10 people injured in fire and explosion at Searsmont mill
A large plume of black smoke was visible for miles as firefighters rushed to Robbins Lumber in Waldo County, where state Fire Marshal Shawn Esler said at an afternoon press conference “we have not even really begun a scene examination.”
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Maine will hold its first-ever citizens’ assembly on education next month. What is it?
University of Southern Maine researcher Jennifer Chace says the initiative will bring together delegates from across the state to define forward-looking priorities for pre K-12 education in Maine.
Posted inCommunity, News, Schools and Education
Gardiner-area school district considering moving elementary students to balance class sizes
A proposed policy change would allow the superintendent to transfer students, even against their parents’ wishes, among elementary schools in Gardiner, West Gardiner and Pittston.
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Can a baby boom save the right whale — and Maine’s lobster industry?
Record births are slowing the endangered species’ decline, potentially shifting the regulatory landscape for the state’s iconic fishery.
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Maine gets another mention on ‘SNL.’ Could a Senate race sketch be next? | Column
The return of a Tucker Carlson impersonation has us wondering, who would play Graham Platner?