In an analysis of the 150 most populous metro areas in the country, U.S. News & World Report also ranked Maine’s largest city as the safest place to live.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment
Meghan, Harry to develop new Netflix animated series
The project will focus on a 12-year-old girl’s adventures.
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Posted inMaine, Nation / World, Politics, Uncategorized
Sens. Collins and King unveil earmark funding requests for over 150 Maine projects
The senators’ requests total almost half a billion dollars; most of the earmarks submitted by Reps. Pingree and Golden advance.
Posted inBoston Bruins, National Sports, Sports
Bruins extend defenseman Brandon Carlo for 6 years, $24.6M
The Boston Bruins have signed defenseman Brandon Carlo to a six-year contract extension that will pay him an average of $4.1 million per year
Posted inSports
MLB notebook: Red Sox call up Duran for series with Yankees
Jarren Duran played 82 games for the Sea Dogs in 2019 and stole 28 bases.
Posted inFranklin, The Franklin Journal
Wilton Selectboard hears suggestions on American Rescue Plan Act spending
The board also heard from the public on concerns about Blueberry Fest funding.
Posted inMaine, News
Mills to hold Maine’s 3rd annual opioid crisis summit
Thursday’s event is designed to assemble health care providers, policy experts, law enforcement officials and members of the public to work together on the opioid crisis.
Posted inNation / World
In medical breakthrough, scientists turn paralyzed man’s thoughts into sentences on computer screen
A California team is developing a device to decode brain waves that normally control the vocal tract, the tiny muscle movements of the lips, jaw, tongue and larynx that form each consonant and vowel.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Business, Oxford Hills
Livestock vets in short supply but 3 serve Oxford Hills
Oxford Hills has the benefit of not one but two young vets who have joined longstanding practitioner Dr. Matt Holden at his veterinary hospital in South Paris.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Youth mentoring pilot helps kids aspire to community connections, adventures
Aspirations Incubator is in its third year of a six-year pilot project for rural youth. SAD 44 is one of six Maine groups participating, led by Bryant Pond’s 4-H Center’s Lyndsey Smith.