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Most recent news stories
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Business
Franklin Memorial Hospital adds pain medicine specialist
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Business
UMF named a ‘Best College’ by U.S. News & World Report for value and affordable access
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Nation & World
The federal government is headed into a shutdown. What does it mean and what’s next?
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Nation & World
Tropical Storm Ophelia moving inland over North Carolina as coast lashed with wind, rain
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Schools and Education
Lewiston accident is latest crash involving Maine school bus
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Patrick Dempsey talks career, high school, bestows wisdom on Leavitt High students
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Health Care
RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns
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Health Care
Surgeons perform second pig heart transplant, trying to save a dying man
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Nation & World
A flamethrower and comments about book burning ignite a political firestorm in Missouri
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Local & State
Augusta councilors renew city manager’s contract for another year
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Local & State
Widow’s plea for new safety rules changes state law on transporting caskets
MORE STORIES FROM MAINE, THE NATION AND THE WORLD
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September 22China is one of the United States’ biggest trading partners, and economic competition between the 2 nations has increased in recent years.
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September 22State police say that a 27-year-old man from Scarborough was out of his vehicle Friday afternoon when he was struck by a box truck driving south on the Interstate 95 in Waterville.
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September 22Streaming services are in a heated tug-of-war over viewers and users are growing more adept at jumping in and out of those services, often depending on price.
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September 22David Greenham, the former board chairman, had taken over the role on an interim basis in 2021.
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September 22City officials also expressed frustration with what they say is a lack of timely state support for helping people who are homeless.
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September 22Steven Dumont, 41, and Shania Tripp, 25, both of St. Albans, were arrested Wednesday and charged with receiving stolen property after deputies from the Somerset County Sheriff's Office recovered three stolen vehicles at a St. Albans residence this week.
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September 22During his long career, Giorgio Napolitano also served as speaker of Parliament’s lower Chamber of Deputies and for 5 years as a lawmaker in the European Parliament.
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September 22Union leadership fears that if Question 3 passes, it will change the status of workers from private to public, affecting their rights. Backers of the ballot measure say that won't happen.
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September 22Nokomis Regional High School has a philosophy of 'doing high school differently,' and it's doing that with a new English elective in which students learn the art of fly-fishing.
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September 22The daylong gathering at the Augusta Civic Center also will honor several individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the lives of older Mainers.
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September 22The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh meant the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him. Al-Shibh remains in custody.
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September 22Abdihamit Ali, 23, was sentenced Friday for the September 2022 shooting that left 1 woman injured and bullet holes in a child's bedroom.
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September 22Here are some of our favorite Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel photos from the past week.
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September 22Stellantis and General Motors are targeted for the expanded strikes while Ford is spared after meeting some of the union's demands.
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September 22Ryan Sirois, 39, was leaving the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen, where he's seen as vital to its operations, when he sustained serious injuries after falling from his bicycle, Amy Calder writes.
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September 22Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
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September 22The latest indictment is unrelated to the earlier charges that alleged he accepted lavish gifts to pressure government officials on behalf of a Florida doctor.
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September 22Massachusetts has about 184,000 people on a waitlist for the state’s public housing.
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September 22While Maine already measures the green carbon storage capacity of its forests, it is one of the first states to consider the potential seaweed has to store carbon when it breaks apart and falls to the ocean floor.
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September 22After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels.
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September 22She got 2 years in prison after being convicted of inciting religious hatred.
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September 22The 43-year-old woman broke an ankle while hiking with a group along the Knife Edge trail.
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September 22The issue of preserving democracy is expected to be a key theme in Biden's reelection campaign.
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September 21First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speedThirty-two trains will run daily, and their owner predicts an eventual annual ridership of 8 million people.
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September 21Forty-two people were taken to hospitals after the bus hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment.
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September 21An Ohio father whose daughter had been manipulated into sending explicit photos to an adult turned to the police for help.
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September 22Mike Soboleski is the second Republican to challenge Jared Golden for Maine's 2nd District seat.
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September 22Paul Harding's third novel, 'This Other Eden,' was one of six finalists announced Thursday for the Booker Prize.
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Raymond Wiers who lives at 1405 Main Street in the East Wilton section of Wilton is facing uncertainty after heavy rains Monday night into Tuesday eroded the bank behind his home.
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Wilton will hold a special town meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 6 p.m. in regards to the cannabis moratorium and updates to ordinances.
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September 22It's the same old song and dance as a tight inventory slows sales and pushes some prices up.
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September 22We take a trip down memory lane through 70 years of newspaper coverage of the Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre, ahead of its final screenings this weekend.
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September 21Charles and Queen Camilla, accompanied by French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, paid much attention to a presentation about ongoing renovation work at Notre Dame.
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September 21It's been nearly 5 months since the Hollywood writers strike began and more than 2 months since actors joined them.
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September 22Maine food and beverage producers and promoters are collaborating in national trade shows in the hope of finding more buyers, retailers and investors.
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September 22Administrators are banning the use of cellphones in classes to curb distractions and increase engagement.
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September 22An Augusta woman was also charged and sentenced in the case involving a police raid of a camper on Blair Road.
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September 22John Pierce, 72, of Newmarket, New Hampshire, was taken to a Bangor hospital after his car hit a pickup truck on Route 139, also known as the Norridgewock Road, according to officials.
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September 21Bruce Obert, Jeffrey Obert and Steven Kirkwood, all of Norridgewock, assaulted two Waterville police officers during a confrontation early Wednesday, according to Waterville police Maj. Jason Longley.
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September 21Trump says he always had autoworkers’ backs. Union leaders say his first-term record shows otherwiseIn a recent campaign video addressed to autoworkers, former President Donald Trump encouraged them not to pay union dues and claimed union leaders have 'got some deals going for themselves.'
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September 22There will be just three traditional drive-ins remaining in Maine when the theater at 201 Waterville Road closes Saturday after showing its final films.
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September 21Four years later, there are still no answers about how the Native American teenager died. No named suspects. No arrests.
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September 22Katherine Spiller, 35, died at the scene of the crash on U.S. Route 202, police said.
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September 21Government shutdown inches closer as House Republicans leave town in disarray amid hard-right revoltA government closure is increasingly likely as time runs out for Congress to act.
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September 21Officials announced Thursday that they have reached an agreement that will keep the triathlon in Augusta for three additional years,
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September 21The tropical storm warning is in effect from Cape Fear, North Carolina, to Fenwick Island, Delaware.
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September 21The two men rode considerably different paths to Apple's executive suite but now find themselves central to the government's case that Google abused its power in the online search market.
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September 21It is another setback for would-be homebuyers navigating an increasingly less affordable housing market.
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September 21The federal guilty plea likely locks in years if not decades in prison for the disbarred lawyer, even if his murder conviction and sentence in state court are overturned on appeal.
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September 21The Ukrainian president arrived at the Capitol to talk privately with Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate as the world is watching Western support for Kyiv.
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September 21His son, Lachlan, will become News Corp. chairman and continue as chief executive officer of Fox Corp.
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September 22A coalition of 25 governors and the Biden administration announced a pledge Thursday to quadruple the number of heat pumps in U.S. homes by 2030.
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September 21Ties between the nations have plunged to their lowest point in years after the Canadian prime minister says there are 'credible allegations' of Indian involvement in the assassination of a Sikh separatist leader on its soil.
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September 21While it hasn't committed to running candidates for president and vice president, No Labels has already secured ballot access in Arizona and 10 other states.
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September 21Authorities said the woman was taken to a hospital but they declined to provide information on the woman's injuries or condition.
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September 21Of 127 samples tested, 57 – or about 45% – would have failed the standards for the recreational-use market, meaning they contained at least one banned material or substance.
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September 21The get-together was prompted by an incident at a recent council meeting where anonymous individuals joined remotely and spouted racist, homophobic, and antisemitic comments.
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September 21After rejecting two prior spending plans, some question whether officials have made enough cuts to win approval
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September 21Unable to attend last year, the popular actor and racing car driver will be here this year, but that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy. Horror movie, anyone?
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September 20'A Walk in the Woods' is the first of more than 400 paintings that Ross produced on-air for his TV series 'The Joy of Painting.'
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September 22The fatal crash happened Wednesday around 2:30 p.m. on Windsor Road.
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September 21An Alabama senator is holding up military nominations unless the Pentagon ends its policy of paying for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or other reproductive care.
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September 22When the Augusta museum reopens, likely in 2025, it is expected to feature interactive exhibits that boost focus on women and minority groups — and two humpback whale skeletons.
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September 20Kayla Alves was convicted in federal court of tampering in connection to a medical marijuana distribution and money laundering scheme in Franklin County.
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September 21Todd Belaire of The Cote Corp. of Auburn returned this week to the Maine State Museum in Augusta to undo work he had done in 1986.
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September 21Two attorneys, concerned about Maine’s legal defense system for the poor, are urging the state's highest court to release a woman they say has been jailed for more than 80 days without a court-appointed attorney – as well as anyone “similarly situated.”
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September 21MSAD 11 officials will send a bid proposal to determine the cost estimate, which is currently estimated at about $75 million.
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September 21United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain has said more plants would face walkouts if General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co., and Stellantis NV didn’t sweeten their offers.
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September 21Erica LaCroix spent three years leading Winslow's municipal operations and is scheduled to take the helm in Farmington in December.
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September 21Police: Waterville man hospitalized after leading officers on multicounty chase in stolen fuel truckPaul Hatch, 37, was injured after the truck flipped onto its side on state Route 133, according to officials. He is expected to be transferred to the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta after being released from the hospital.
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September 21Orders can be placed at COVIDTests.gov starting Sept. 25, and the no-cost tests will be delivered for free by the United States Postal Service.
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September 20A pair of crossed logs in Zambia are nearly half a million years old and provide a rare look at how ancient human relatives were working with wood and changing their environments.
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September 20they call the ChatGPT program a 'massive commercial enterprise' that is reliant upon 'systematic theft on a mass scale.'
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September 20The virus has been detected in Maine mosquitoes for the first time since 2019 and the last known human case of EEE was in 2015.
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September 20Even as inflation has slowed significantly, the job market and the economy have remained resilient, confounding expectations that the Fed’s series of hikes would cause widespread layoffs and a recession.
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September 20The only countries that touted their efforts – 'first movers and doers,' the United Nations called them – were responsible for just one-ninth of the world's annual carbon pollution.