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Maine’s liquor prices are a mystery, and some say unfair. That may change.
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Survivors recount their struggles to overcome brain injuries after motorcycle crashes
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Demonstrators rally in Portland to demand permanent cease-fire in Gaza
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Graduation season begins as hundreds receive degrees from the University of Southern Maine
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Sun Journal photographers select some of their favorite images from last week.
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The incident comes at a time when Gaza is facing a humanitarian crisis with shortages of food, medicine and other humanitarian items.
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Keynote speaker Monica Wood told UMF's 2024 graduating seniors to 'sweat the small stuff' on Saturday at their commencement ceremony as over 300 students received their bachelor's and master's degrees.
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College professors condemned severe responses by universities and police to protests across the country and called on the school to honor a referendum that students are voting on this week.
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Two adults have serious injuries to lower extremities from the incident, which officials say appears to be an accident.
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Grace Leavitt, president of the Maine Education Association, was the class of 2024 commencement speaker.
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More than 6 months after a deadly shooting at the business, the lanes were open again and bowling clans were reunited.
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People living in smaller residences, 800 square feet or less, were exposed to the highest concentrations of nitrogen dioxide, according to the study.
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BerryDunn, a Portland accounting firm, and Reliable Networks of Biddeford are trading blame about who is responsible for the breach that resulted in the theft of personal information ranging from Social Security numbers to medical data of more than a million people.
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Police, fire and rescue crews were called to the area about 4:30 p.m. Friday after a caller reported finding the body in the woods under the bridge.
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The district has nearly $250,000 in debt and no trustees.
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'Dreamers' will be able to access tax breaks when they sign up for health care this fall.
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Dirigo Elementary School Principal Charlie Swan is recognized Friday.
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The Democratic lawmaker from Texas denied all the charges. He was indicted Friday alongside his wife, Imelda Cuellar.
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The former aide said Donald Trump was worried about his wife Melania's reaction to alleged affairs.
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If approved as is, the property tax rate would increase by $1.36 per $1,000 of assessed valuation.
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Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
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Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed 4 unarmed students and wounded 9 others on May 4, 1970.
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The outdoor sports retailer said the law will have 'irreversible consequences' for its business, which relies heavily on tourism.
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Eleven people with ties to Maine have been charged, and most sentenced, for their alleged roles in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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Benjamin Bowden, 26, was arrested Friday on 5 misdemeanor charges for allegedly participating with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Gov. Jeff Landry clapped back, posting 'You can't always get what you want.'
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Terri Kelly of Mechanic Falls and Edouard Plourde of Lewiston are stepping down at the end of the year.
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Her remarks serve as a sort of warning for business leaders who may overlook Trump’s disregard for modern democratic norms because they prefer the former president's vision of achieving growth by slashing taxes.
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Future war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the U.S. the ability to penetrate airspace without high risk to pilot lives.
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The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Rockport on May 30.
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The April 25 shooting occurred in the area of 84 College St. shortly before midnight. Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots, roughly a dozen, fired near the intersection of College and Sabattus streets.
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The biggest antitrust trial in more than two decades has revolved around how much Google derives its strength from contracts with companies like Apple to make Google the default search engine preloaded on cellphones and computers.
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The Federal Reserve’s decision Wednesday to keep its benchmark rate at a two-decade high should have ripple effects across the economy.
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The agreements to even discuss divestment mark a major shift on an issue that has been controversial for years, with opponents of a long-running campaign to boycott Israel saying it veers into antisemitism.
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Like many Americans, Jewish students’ views on the war in Gaza and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict are wide-ranging and often nuanced.
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Patrick J. Barr, 53, was arrested by a state fire investigator Thursday on a charge of arson.
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A flash flood warning was also in effect in the Houston-area on Friday morning.
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The support of fans from Maine and around the country has helped propel Gagnon to the final seven contestants. She'll next appear on the show Sunday.
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The U.S. Attorney’s office said Friday that federal authorities are investigating an estimated 100 illegal growing sites in Maine, as well as similar activities in 19 other states.
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Jurors on Thursday heard a potentially crucial piece of evidence: a recording of Trump and Cohen discussing a plan to pay off an ex-Playboy model who claimed to have an affair with Trump.
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Scientists want to learn how the weather and other wildlife influence deer tick populations and the health risks to humans. The state already has recorded 261 Lyme disease cases this year.
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Six months into bargaining, administrators and the union have reached tentative agreements on just two of 22 contract issues.
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After the moose was tranquilized, Blanchette's Moving and Storage helped Lewiston Public Works lift it into a warden's truck.
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Over more than 30 books, Auster often used New York as a backdrop for stories of characters struggling to make sense of life’s random chaos.
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A tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of fuel crashed in Norwalk on Thursday morning. There were no injuries but there was significant damage to a highway overpass, which must now be demolished.
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The arrival of Russian trainers in the West African country about 3 weeks ago came in the wake of Niger’s decision to order out all U.S. troops.
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Thompson has worked for the Gorham Police Department for the past 30 years.
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One side of the four-lane highway in the city of Meizhou gave way about 2 a.m. on Wednesday after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong province.
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In 2022, just 4.5% of calls that came into Maine fire departments were for fires. Almost three-quarters were for medical assistance.