The Maine Secretary of State’s Office says the initiative, inspired by debate in Portland about allowing non-citizens to vote in city elections, did not have enough valid signatures.
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Posted inMaine, News
Fox attacks woman in Brunswick mobile home park before being killed with help from neighbor
Brunswick police say a fox lunged at a woman on Valerie Avenue in the Bay Bridge Estate mobile home park Friday night.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man pleads not guilty to federal charges in alleged pizza dough tampering
Nicholas Mitchell had been fired by a company that made pizza dough sold at Hannaford stores.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine Navy sailor and craftsman helped build vice president’s desk
Donald Morse of Lyman was on a team of four that used materials from the USS Constitution to make heritage desks for Vice President Kamala Harris and the secretary of the Navy.
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World
National ban on renter evictions during COVID-19 pandemic is extended
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moved to extend the pandemic-related protection, which had been scheduled to expire on Wednesday, through the end of June.
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Biden moves to increase offshore wind energy along East Coast
The Biden administration hopes such projects generate enough power to provide electricity for more than 10 million homes by 2030.
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Biden urges state mask mandates as CDC director warns of ‘impending doom’
After CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky makes an impassioned plea to Americans not to let their guard down, President Biden appeals to state and local leaders to reinstate mask-wearing requirements if they have eased them.
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Witness in ex-officer’s trial recounts seeing George Floyd ‘slowly fade away’
Prosecutors at the trial of Derek Chauvin played a video showing the white former Minneapolis police officer kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes, 29 seconds as the Black man pleaded for his life and went limp.
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Passenger vehicle travel rebounding to pre-pandemic levels
Americans may be rounding a corner in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Winds leave thousands without power in tri-county area
Oxford County was hit hardest with nearly 6,500 customers by late morning.