The Navy's Distinguished Public Service Award is the highest honor the Navy bestows civilians.
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TV show filmed in Maine, ‘Growing Home,’ to focus on veterans-turned-farmers
Each episode will focus on a veteran, or a veteran and their family. Their businesses include potato farms, blueberry fields, a winery and a deer farm, in towns from southern coastal Maine to Aroostook County.
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Photos: Last supermoon of 2016 shines brightly
Clear skies enabled Mainers to savor the third such supermoon in a row.
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Four Mainers who died aboard El Faro included captain and novice
A fifth crew member was a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy, as were the Mainers.
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Interactive map: see where Maine swung to the right in the 2016 election
Hillary Clinton won Maine’s overall popular vote, but president-elect Donald Trump won a far greater share of votes than Mitt Romney did in 2012, especially in rural parts of the state.
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Measure to fund schools with tax on wealthy is close, but backers claim victory
Question 2 calls for a surcharge on household income over $200,000 to help the state meet its mandate to cover 55 percent of education costs.
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Hillary Clinton concedes, saying Trump deserves ‘chance to lead’
She tells a roomful of supporters that American democracy depends on the ‘peaceful transition of power.’
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U.S. stocks settle down after Trump’s conciliatory remarks
Shares jump for drugmakers, who expect to face less regulatory scrutiny over drug prices, and for defense contractors and private prison operators.