Gov. Mills expects to announce Wednesday whether the state will change masking recommendations based on new federal guidance, which currently would affect York and Piscataquis counties.
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Blueberry season blooms at Brunswick land trust
Mills declared Aug. 7-8 as Maine’s first annual Wild Blueberry Weekend to celebrate the crop.
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Bath man indicted on charges of child pornography, solicitation of a child
Steven T. Lunn is facing one count of Possession of Sexually Explicit Materials and one count of Solicitation of a Child to Commit a Prohibited Act.
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Campaign to preserve island off Harpswell gets $50,000 gift
Freeport-based Maine Beer Co. is making the gift toward the $1.3 million the trust needs to buy and manage Little Whaleboat Island.
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COVID-19 uptick continues in Maine with 70 new cases, six more deaths
The seven-day average of new daily cases rose to 70, a few days after the state recorded its first daily count over 100 in more than a month.
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Sen. King: Draft defense bill restores destroyer that could be built at BIW
Congress authorizing two Arleigh Burkes, the primary type of ship BIW makes, opposes the president’s military budget request, which calls for one.
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Former Brunswick athletic director now Cony Middle School’s assistant principal
Jeffrey Ramich, who started his new position on July 1, said he is ready for a new challenge after years of a career focus on athletics.
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Maine CDC reports 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, no additional deaths
Officials are watching rising case counts closely, both here and across the country, but fully vaccinated people remain well protected.
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Former Congressman Bruce Poliquin looks to build housing, park at site of former Bath cannery
Poliquin, who represented Maine’s 2nd District from 2015-2019, wants a zoning change to redevelop the former Stinson Seafood Cannery site.
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Bowdoin student, 11, raffling his new bike to raise funds for child’s treatment
Connor Dobbyn, 13, is battling a rare genetic disorder, but could be helped by Connor Ridley of Bowdoin Central School.