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Aroma Joe’s goes head-to-head with Dunkin’ in Bucksport
The Bucksport location is another step in the Maine-based company’s swift regional expansion.
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Letter: Academics must come first in Maine schools
“I lead the effort to shape my child’s character. I need public schools to take the lead in literacy and math.”
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Letter: Now is the time to help Ukraine
“Russia is playing hardball and the longer the delay the more complicated it becomes.”
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Congress should take this chance to address climate change and lower energy costs
“This bill is important to Maine citizens and businesses because it would insert certainty and consistency into strong transmission provisions that can help unlock the enormous amount of clean energy waiting to connect to the grid.”
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Hemp drinks are about to be illegal. There’s a better way.
“Craft beer has been one of this state's great economic success stories, and hemp beverages can be its next chapter.”
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Maine high school soccer regional title games slated for Tuesday and Wednesday
Orono, Fort Kent, Camden Hills, John Bapst and Wisdom High will have both their boys and girls teams seeking championships.
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Freshman goalie to lead UMaine field hockey in America East semifinal
Annabel Halkes has the nation’s third-best save percentage (.811) among goalkeepers at 80 Division I schools.
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Susan Collins and Troy Jackson end their races in 2 places that decide Maine
Their schedules traced the map of a divisive race between two natives of Maine’s northernmost county.
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The last-minute guide to voting in Maine’s Tuesday elections
Still holding your absentee ballot? Not registered yet? We've got you covered.
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Inside one man’s plan to bring a vacant Bangor house back to life
The two-bedroom house is one of more than 70 placarded properties across Bangor, meaning the city has deemed it unfit for habitation.
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Midterm elections coming to a close as voters pass judgment on Trump’s second term
WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters struggling with high prices and angry over an unpopular war with Iran will decide whether to drastically shift power in Washington in midterm elections Tuesday that will serve as a referendum on President Donald Trump ’s second term. Democrats were…
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Monarch butterflies get tiny trackers to help scientists follow their mysterious migration
As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night’s rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies to find those critical stopover…
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Bodycam video shows aftermath of fatal shooting by National Guard in Memphis
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee National Guard troops in Memphis last summer trained their handguns on a man as he lay dying on a sidewalk after a guard member shot him in the back, video released Monday by county prosecutors shows. A Memphis police officer can be heard in the…
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Old Town city manager to retire in January
Bill Mayo has been the Old Town city manager for 15 years.
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Old Town bans automatic license plate reader cameras
The city is the first Greater Bangor community to ban the controversial technology.
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A West Point cadet drugged his girlfriend to force an unwanted abortion. Then he went to grad school
NEW YORK (AP) — A onetime West Point cadet drugged his then-girlfriend in her barracks room, administered abortion pills to her against her will and caused a miscarriage. Then he went on to study at two Ivy League universities, starting at one of them after he pleaded guilty to…
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Harvard over federal demand for admissions data
BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Harvard University over its alleged failure to provide admissions records that the Justice Department had demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions. The Justice…
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Indiana governor says execution will go ahead Thursday against man who killed 2 kids
Indiana’s governor turned down a clemency request Monday and said an execution planned for this week would go forward for a man who set a fire that killed his girlfriend’s two children in 2010. Gov. Mike Braun said he would follow the Indiana Parole Board’s recommendation to let…
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Deputies arrest 2 and seek information on stolen pickup
The 1994 green short-bed GMC pickup has the Maine license plate 628 LRJ.
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Parents of 1-year-old fatally shot by police protest at Mississippi Attorney General’s Office
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The parents of a 1-year-old boy who was shot and killed by a police officer in Mississippi led a protest Monday at the office of the state’s attorney general, who ruled last month that the shooting was justified. Cries of “our baby’s life mattered” echoed…