College professors condemned severe responses by universities and police to protests across the country and called on the school to honor a referendum that students are voting on this week.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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University of Maine at Augusta graduates 551 Saturday in 56th annual commencement exercises
Grace Leavitt, president of the Maine Education Association, was the class of 2024 commencement speaker.
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Two adults, child suffer burns after Anson campfire started with accelerant
The incident was reported just after 7 p.m. Friday on New Portland Road in North Anson.
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Hartland voters approve $1.7 million municipal budget
The annual town meeting was held Saturday at the Irving Tanning Community Center on Elm Street.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Waterville apartment building fire displaces 5 people in city’s downtown
The fire was first reported late Friday night at 6 Front Place off Front Street and firefighters extinguished the fire by 1:30 a.m. Saturday, but returned later in the morning after the flames had rekindled.
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Major data breach involving 2 Maine firms headed to court
BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.
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College graduations begin in Maine even as protests disrupt ceremonies around the U.S.
Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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Kittery Trading Post threatens to move firearms sales to New Hampshire over new gun law
The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have ‘irreversible consequences’ for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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Water main break in Waterville disrupts service to 60 customers off Kennedy Memorial Drive
The Kennebec Water District said crews were working at ‘a very challenging site’ and did not know when water service would be restored to the impacted areas.
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Orrington man is the latest Mainer to face charges after storming of the U.S. Capitol
Benjamin Bowden, 26, was arrested Friday on 5 misdemeanor charges for allegedly participating with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.