Abortion-rights protesters greet the governors, their families and staffers, as they kick off the three-day National Governors Association conference with dinner on the waterfront.
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Latest impact of PFAS contamination: Rising sewer rates
The looming cost to homeowners in public sewer districts is the latest impact of an expanding crisis that has contaminated agricultural fields and drinking wells, closed farms and left some fish and game unsafe to eat.
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Bomb threat forces Maine Medical Center to temporarily cancel visits to patients
But the Portland hospital reopened to visitations Sunday evening after Portland police and Maine State Police gave the all-clear.
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Maine Med videographer wins regional Emmy award for COVID film
Charlie Berg’s brief film recognizes the efforts of ICU nurses struggling to care for unvaccinated COVID-19 patients during a virus surge last summer.
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Headstone, finally installed, brings comfort to Afghan general’s widow
Press Herald readers and others donated thousands of dollars to help a Westbrook immigrant in many ways.
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Former Portland police chief running for Michigan governor may not qualify for primary
Michigan’s elections bureau says five Republican candidates for governor, including James Craig, failed to file enough valid nominating signatures and shouldn’t qualify for the August primary.
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UNE receives $5 million to help relocate its medical school
The relocation of the College of Osteopathic Medicine is part of a plan to consolidate all the college’s health programs at its Portland campus.
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Gov. Mills says Maine economy is on the right track
Investments in job creation, high-speed internet and an influx of new residents are setting the state up for future growth, the Democrat said during a conversation at the Roux Institute on Fore Street.
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State police execute search warrants at 2 properties owned by former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler
The searches took place Wednesday morning at homes in Portland and Brooklin following a 2-month investigation, but state police would not say who was being investigated or why.
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Busiest stretch of highway in Maine shutting down to traffic next month
I-295 between Falmouth and Portland will close for 64 hours while crews install a new bridge over Veranda Street in Portland.