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16 minutes agoVolunteers gather from around the country to help Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village get ready for the season.
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JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to 'take out' Trump supporters.
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The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce is planning to hand off the local icon to a new owner with experience preserving art.
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May 12Funding for the system has been caught up in a budget fight between Gov. Janet Mills and Democratic lawmakers.
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May 12The odds of finding an orange lobster are 1 in 30 million. The University of New England just released 15 orange babies, no wider than a thumb and no longer than a pinky, into the wild to defy those odds.
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May 12A proposal died when the Legislature ran out of time last year. While there's more support for the effort this year, lawmakers wonder if they will have the funding.
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at 5:49 AMOver the past 4 years, Worcester Resources has racked up more than $50,000 in federal fines for workplace safety and record-keeping infractions.
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May 12Ronald R. Hinkley Jr., 25, was indicted on charges stemming from a high-speed police chase ending in a crash Feb. 19 in Winthrop.
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at 8:00 AMThe cuts come after the president vowed to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at ensuring underserved communities have access to the internet and digital technology.
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May 12Maine colleges are joining a national trend or scrubbing words like 'diversity' and 'inclusion' from department websites in favor of more neutral terms like 'community' and 'belonging.'
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May 12In addition to requiring a photo ID while casting a ballot, the initiative would make it harder to vote absentee and add requirements for municipal elections workers.
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May 12More than 40 years after leaving her hometown without a high school diploma, Karen Winfree, back in Fairfield, was named Kennebec Valley Community College Student of the Year.
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May 12President Trump's rhetoric about Canada and high tariffs have many proceeding cautiously.
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May 12Police tried unsuccessfully to find the suspect Sunday using a K9 unit and a Maine Forest Service helicopter.
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May 12Other highlights include Stephen King Day events in Hallowell, a Farmington play by Samuel Beckett, the Eli Lev concert in Madison, a Ron Currie, Jr. author talk in Waterville and more.
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May 12Wondering whether it's worth going to a game? If you like food, drink and a fun atmosphere, you won't regret it.
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May 12Shelby Howell of Bangor won the crown from a field that included the pageant's first openly transgender contestant and the girlfriend of Bill Belichick. The former Patriots coach was in the audience Sunday.
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May 12As we enter graduation season, here are photos of some of the newest alumni of Maine's colleges and universities. In tasseled caps and long robes, graduates from institutions including Maine College of Art & Design, Husson University and University of Maine schools walked across the stage over the weekend, entering the next chapter of their lives.
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May 11The measures include bolstering the state’s enforcement actions, expanding mapping efforts and updating the pay scale for Maine’s chief dam inspector.
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May 11The enhanced tax credits, first approved in 2021, would expire at the end of the year if Congress fails to act.