A sustainable product refill shop will donate undamaged eclipse glasses to nationwide recycling campaigns.
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Prosecutors say phone records place shooting suspect near site of 2016 killing
The records are a crucial part of the state’s case against Aristotle Stilley; prosecutors have few other pieces of physical evidence directly tying him to the death of 36-year-old David Anderson in 2016.
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Posted inBusiness, Kennebec Journal, Maine
Readfield Community Library holds open house to celebrate renovations
What was once a one-room lending library is converted into a functional two-story library with a piano, a kitchen, a staff office and a meeting room.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Lawmakers pass paramilitary ban, sending bill to Gov. Mills
Gov. Janet Mills has 10 days to decide whether to sign, veto or allow the bill to become law without her signature.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Proposed constitutional right to abortion fails in Maine Legislature
The proposal failed to get the necessary two-thirds support in a decisive vote late Tuesday, effectively ending the effort to amend the Maine Constitution.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
U.S. Route 201 corridor in Somerset County had some of the heaviest eclipse traffic in Maine, officials say
The Maine Department of Transportation estimated Tuesday that 15,000 vehicles came into Maine from out of state over the weekend.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
Maine House, protecting sand dunes, rejects plan to build offshore wind terminal on Sears Island
It is unclear how severely the decision will delay the buildout of a wind port in Maine, which would create hundreds of high-paying jobs and advance the state’s climate goals.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, Politics
Maine House narrowly supports minimum wage for farmworkers
The proposal would make farmworkers eligible for the same minimum wage and cost-of-living increases as other types of workers in the state.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, News
Winslow council, KVCAP again consider building affordable housing in old junior high
Talks are resuming on a plan to put more than 40 housing units in the former school, after town officials voted down a similar proposal in 2021.
Posted inMaine, News
Watch a time lapse of the solar eclipse in Jackman
This time lapse shows the total solar eclipse from initiation to totality as viewed from Jackman on Monday. The video is by Staff Photographer Gregory Rec.