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Politics
Planned Parenthood endorses Gideon over Sen. Collins for Senate seat
Planned Parenthood says Collins “turned her back” on women and citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Bicentennial
On this date in Maine history: Jan. 21
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Business
Over a half-million guests stayed at Maine Airbnb rentals in 2019
Guests and revenue from the home-sharing service have tripled in the past 4 years.
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Local & State
Electric school buses latest stop on Maine’s climate-change journey
Converting all Maine school bus fleets to electric would reduce carbon emissions significantly, but upfront costs and range restrictions could pose challenges.
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Arts & Entertainment
Old Orchard Beach bartender successfully defends title on ‘Jeopardy!’
Dennis Coffey, 54, who works at Duffy's Bar & Grill in Old Orchard Beach, has won over $38,000 in two appearances on the quiz show, and he's back on Tuesday night.
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Local & State
Historic Kittery library to be renovated with humanities grant
The National Endowment for the Humanities will provide $500,000 for the renovation and expansion.
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A vigil was held Monday morning for Anielka Allen at Beal College in Bangor. About 50 people gathered to remember Allen, a 37-year-old student in the medical assistant program who was found dead Jan. 9 at her Newport home.
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A 2017 documentary by comedian and Bowdoin graduate Hari Kondabolu criticized the show's stereotypical portrayal of the Indian-American character.
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The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands will begin developing a 15-year management plan.
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The bill, expected to appear before the Legislature’s Taxation Committee on Tuesday, would require that retail sales facilities more than 20,000 square feet be valued based on current use, or, if vacant, according to their highest and best use. Walmart recently challenged Brunswick's valuation of its Cook's Corner property, a move that could cost the town more than $200,000 in tax revenue.
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Officials believe that the driver, Elwood Yeaton III, 47, of Peru, may have navigated a turn too quickly, causing the vehicle to roll over.
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David Deas spoke to and performed for more than 100 people who turned out Monday for the 34th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast at Spectrum Generation Muskie Center.
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Steve Marson credits his employees for the success of his company and for his ability to support programs and events throughout Kennebec County.
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Dozens attended Monday's event at St. Francis Xavier Church where several people talked about their personal struggles with substance abuse.
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The company has been in a dispute with 2 dissident shareholders, private equity firms Atlas Holdings and Blue Wolf Capital Partners, which oppose the sale of the mills and back their own slate of directors for Verso's board.
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An ice jam impeding the flow of the Kennebec River in Augusta caused the water level to rise Sunday to just shy of flood stage.
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Lucas Richman, the music director of the Bangor Symphony, will make his first guest-conducting appearance in Portland in the fall.
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A California company wants to buy two leases the city has with Verizon and T-Mobile for space on the city's communication tower atop the fire station for 25 years for $420,000.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 20, 2020.
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Maine State Police say the man ran about a mile in subzero temperatures after suffering injuries in the crash.
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The agency typically strives for a five-day supply nationwide, but has fewer than three days for type O.
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The funds also will be used for scholarships and to strengthen the Bangor-based private university's endowment.
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Officer Sabastain Guptill returned to work last week after being placed on administrative leave after he shot a Fairfield man during an incident on South Belfast Avenue in Augusta.
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Steven K. Allard, 56, of South Hampton, New Hampshire, was declared dead at the Greenville hospital after his snowmobile fell through the ice.
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Master Sgt. Aliah Reyes, who grew up in Eliot and graduated from Marshwood High School, has been in the Air Force for 20 years and is currently stationed in Hawaii.
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Crippling rush-hour congestion on the sole existing exit for Saco and surrounding communities presents a safety hazard.
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A new one is taking shape on the Presumpscot River, almost exactly a year to the date after the first one formed.
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Allyson Beaule's handmade bandannas are proving pupular, thanks in part to her very good model.
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With a defunct Portland NAACP chapter, several organizations step in to help organize the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, which has been a social institution for nearly four decades.
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City officials closed parking Sunday evening on Front Street when the river level rose abruptly.
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Rob Gordon, the former executive director of the United Way of Kennebec Valley, says he has learned a lot about generosity and thoughtfulness from the people with whom he has worked for more than three decades.
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At 110 feet and more than 200 years, 'Herbie' was the tallest and oldest elm in New England when it was cut down 10 years ago.
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The certification allows the company to make food packaging containers, keeping it ahead of competitors.
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Madison Bleau, a seventh-grader at Mt. Ararat Middle School, is part of the alternative education program, giving her type of project-based learning opportunities she will advocate more students have access to.
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James D. Julia, a former Fairfield auction house owner, denies allegations from a Pennsylvania company that bought his business for $7.2 million that Julia breached the contract by referring business to his sister's auction company in violation of the agreement.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 19, 2020.
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The center recently announced a $14 million capital campaign, which will be used to build services for children with disabilities so they can receive in-state treatment.
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Attendees identified access climate change and inequality as some of the most important issues affecting the country right now.
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Department of Defense recommended slashing the number of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers built for the Navy between 2021 and 2025 from 12 ships to seven.
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It barreled into the state Saturday night before slipping out during the early morning hours on Sunday.
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Maine Behavioral Healthcare’s facility opens in 2021 and will serve as many as 700 adult and pediatric patients with intellectual disabilities.
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Superior Court Justices Roland Cole and Nancy Mills founded alternative tracks in the court system to divert vulnerable people – those with addiction and mental illness – from jails and prisons.
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New England’s only Republican senator risks criticism from both sides of the aisle as the president’s trial begins.
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Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.
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Augusta and Waterville area police reports for Jan. 18, 2020.
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Protesters at one of dozens of rallies held around the country Saturday carry signs supporting the impeachment of President Trump and singling out Sen. Susan Collins.
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Route 2 remained closed Saturday morning while crews worked to reconstruct the accident.
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Owners and executives at five business reflect on who or what influenced them to be in business.
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Up to 8 inches of snow is expected in much of the region, with higher amounts possible in mountainous areas.
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They question the benefits and point to the disruption from converting 8 elementary schools to 4 schools for pre-K through second grade and 4 for third through fifth grade.
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Central Maine Power says it is allowed to send the notices to customers with past-due bills, even though it can't shut off their power in the winter without permission from the Public Utilities Commission.
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The conservative political commentator spoke about immigration policy and free speech Friday while addressing a gathering sponsored by the University of Maine College Republicans group.
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Dennis Coffey won his first match on the quiz show by being the only contestant to correctly answer a question about the Russian royal family.
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Officers arrested Mayo Anthony Jones, 44, following a two-month, multi-agency investigation.
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The suit alleges a conflict of interest for co-owner of Mere Point Oyster Co. and Brunswick's Harbormaster Dan Devereaux, and accuses him of 'placing a thumb on the scale of the aquaculture licensing.'
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Mark Ian Gessner served 22 years for a 1994 Bath murder but remains in state custody at Riverview Psychiatric Center because he was found not criminally responsible on other charges.
