Take flight with Derald Young, pilot of the Damn Yankee hot air balloon, who has a lifetime of wild stories and record-setting adventures. This event took place on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine
Florida man drowns in Damariscotta Lake while swimming to retrieve boat
Witnesses told authorities that 74-year-old Richard Eason swam after his drifting boat for about 75 yards before he went under the water.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
St. Dom’s board ends effort to keep Auburn high school open for another year
School leaders say they will reconvene later to consider the future of the Auburn campus and Catholic secondary education in the community.
Posted inMaine, News
Tracking Maine’s wild mussel beds: Declining or retreating into the deep?
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute would like the public to help hunt for wild mussel beds below the low-tide line.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Maine health experts still recommend children, pregnant women get COVID-19 vaccine
This conflicts with guidance from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine advocate, who is recommending that healthy children and pregnant women not get COVID-19 shots.
Posted inMaine, Nation & World, New England, Religion and Values
Convicted former Catholic priest, Cheverus teacher dies at 87
James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
Posted inMaine, News
Nonprofit founder who trained Maine’s first comfort dogs mourns unexpected death
Baxter, a 3-year-old comfort dog for the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications, died after being left in a state vehicle.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Lawmakers postpone debate on 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases until next year
A legislative committee wants to allow time for the courts to rule on a lawsuit challenging the statute’s constitutionality.
Posted inMaine, News
Searsport woman desperately trying to find fiancé held by Border Patrol
Lucas Segóbia and his friend Marcos Henrique have been shuffled between jails this week after being taken into custody after a traffic stop Monday night.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Morning Sentinel, News
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