Rising production costs, climate change and an aging population of farmers ready to retire are among the challenges facing the agriculture sector in Maine.
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Career fair for students with disabilities, special learning plans draws scores to Auburn college
More than 150 students from 20 schools learned about opportunities after high school.
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Portrait of Bernard Lown to be unveiled June 7 in Lewiston
The painting of the inventor of the defibrillator and a Nobel Peace Prize honoree is part of Brooksville artist Robert Shetterly’s ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ series.
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Balloon festival organizers say ‘gap’ to pull off 2024 event is considerable
As organizers of the Great Falls Balloon Festival consider a proposal from the city to partner on this year’s event, board members and officials discussed the costs and obstacles associated with putting on the annual festival.
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Police say Lewiston woman was killed in Auburn motorcycle crash
Jessica Carter, 40, of Lewiston was killed Friday evening trying to avoid a collision on her 2010 Kawasaki motorcycle on South Main Street in Auburn.
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In Lewiston, state commission hears testimony on police response to 2023 mass shooting
State police chief said there is ‘always room for improvement,’ but he is proud of what police did during the Oct. 25 incident that killed 18 people.
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The next generation of Roopers redemption is well underway
The beverage retailer and wholesaler started as a small redemption station on Sabattus Street and has grown into one of the largest in the state.
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Sex trafficked at 14, Sonia Bermonty of Lewiston tells her story in hopes of helping others
Bermonty and her husband use their free time to help homeless people, and she calls on her ‘horrific’ experience on the streets of New York to address sex trafficking here in Maine.
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Windham man acquitted on manslaughter charge in crash that killed a Fayette woman
A jury also finds Curtis Randy Fogg not guilty on another felony charge in connection with the crash that killed a Fayette woman.
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Windham man’s manslaughter trial underway in crash that killed Fayette woman
Prosecutors say, in December 2022, Curtis Fogg was chasing another pickup truck when it crashed into a car driven by a woman from Fayette, killing her.