National prices saw their highest overnight increase in years Tuesday, and prices are still going up in Maine.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Mills is trailing Platner in US Senate primary, another poll shows
The Pan Atlantic survey shows Graham Platner leading Gov. Janet Mills by 7 percentage points.
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Does the Penobscot River host the largest population of Atlantic salmon in the U.S.? | Fact brief
The species once spawned in rivers as far south as Connecticut but now survives naturally in only a handful of Maine waterways.
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Maine weather map shows how much snow fell overnight Tuesday
Towns across central, southern and western Maine reported several inches of snow as of Wednesday morning.
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Democrat drops out of Maine governor’s race
Jason Cherry, a political newcomer running in a crowded field, announced he will instead seek the District 38 House seat.
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Some Mainers don’t just gaze at the night sky. They capture it.
Astrophotographers across the state have invested thousands of dollars and hours into the celestial hobby.
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Stephen King’s ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ gets Indigenous perspective from Maine educator
John Bear Mitchell, of the Penobscot Nation, works with Hollywood to incorporate Indigenous culture in TV and film. His current project is the HBO horror series.
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Maine prison needs repairs to keep making license plates, but state lawmakers aren’t sold
The joint proposal from the Maine Department of Corrections and secretary of state was struck down last week, meaning that workers at the Bolduc Correctional Facility will have to keep using outdated equipment for now.
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Waterville Staples is closing. Here’s what shoppers need to know
Both a ConvenientMD primary care clinic and separate urgent care clinic are planned for the site at 40 Waterville Commons Drive.
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Maine women inmates accuse transgender prisoner of harassment
‘She is a terrorizer, honestly,’ one woman said of Andrea Balcer. ‘She’s put me through hell.’