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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Breaching whale slams into power boat, flipping it off Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Two fishermen were rescued by two Maine brothers who were boating nearby and shot video of the incident Tuesday.
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Biddeford man pleads guilty to assaulting police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Christopher Maurer, 45, will be sentenced in November for a felony charge of assaulting officers using a dangerous weapon.
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CDC rolls back some travel requirements for dogs following backlash
U.S. Rep. Jared Golden has proposed blocking the public health agency from enforcing the rules for at least one year.
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Maine ethics watchdog considers penalty for lawmaker’s PAC
A Maine’s ethics commission official says Rep. Richard Campbell’s leadership PAC has a ‘unique history’ of failing to file campaign finance reports on time.
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Fatal Hancock County fire ruled a murder-suicide
Two bodies were found at the residence after the fire in May, who authorities identified as Marie Robbins, 35, of Great Pond and Ryan Devisme, 38 of Aurora.
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Former Maine gubernatorial candidate, lawyer Eliot Cutler disbarred
Eliot Cutler pleaded guilty in 2023 to child pornography charges and was released from a 90-day jail sentence earlier this year.
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Maine spends $6.6 million to strengthen independent electric grids
A distribution system, underwater cable, poles, power lines and other equipment will be replaced and upgraded to prepare for storms.
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Maine organic farming group sues EPA over forever chemicals
The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association created a PFAS Emergency Relief Fund in 2022 that has handed out more than $1.5 million in assistance to more than 50 Maine farmers impacted by forever chemical contamination.
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Auburn’s Life Forest Whistle Ridge is a place of rest
Remains of lost relative found in an Oregon hospital among the cremains of 3,600 other patients has found a final resting place in Maine.