In a series of posts on Facebook, Wendy Lee MacDowell, who is running against incumbent Rep. Bill Bridgeo in House District 60, falsely claimed the government is manufacturing “weaponized weather” to target conservative states with storms and seize land for lithium mining.
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TD Bank to pay $3 billion in historic money-laundering settlement with Justice Department
The Justice Department said the bank allowed money laundering networks to move $670 million through TD Bank accounts over a period of several years.
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Federal court sides with Avangrid in dispute over western Maine power corridor
A New Hampshire nuclear power station owned by NextEra must perform a safety upgrade critical to Avangrid’s 145-mile NECEC transmission line through western Maine, a federal appeals court ruled this month.
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Social Security recipients will get 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past
Recipients received a 3.2% increase in their benefits in 2024, after a historically large 8.7% benefit increase in 2023, brought on by record 40-year-high inflation.
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US inflation reaches lowest point in 3 years, though some price pressures remain
Inflation in the United States dropped last month to its lowest point since it first began surging more than three years ago, adding to a spate of encouraging economic news in the closing weeks of the presidential race.
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Prince, Princess of Wales meet with bereaved parents of 3 children killed in stabbing attack
The royal couple met privately with the families of the children who were killed at the Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July. They also met with their teacher and emergency workers.
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W.I.N.G.S. to dedicate clothes closet trailer in Fairfield Oct. 13
The program provides rehab bags for those seeking recovery.
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Augusta school officials freeze vacant positions amid $1.6 million budget shortfall
Superintendent Mike Tracy announced the cuts to the school budget to account for unexpected special education costs this year.
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Maine Senate confirms new DHHS commissioner
Sara Gagné-Holmes had served as deputy commissioner of the department for 5 years and takes over as the agency is facing a federal lawsuit and scrutiny by lawmakers.
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Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, dead at 96
Kennedy had been hospitalized after suffering a stroke in her sleep on Oct. 3, her family said.