The letters ‘H.M.’ and ‘J.M’ were etched into the middle of the sign at the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the state park said Thursday.
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EPA and Brunswick Executive Airport clinch chemical spill deal
The deal gives the airport board 2 years to clean or replace fire suppression systems, but does not hold the board responsible for off-campus pollution or levy a fine for the largest firefighting foam spill in Maine history.
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‘I looked up to him a lot.’ Young conservatives in Maine mourn death of Charlie Kirk
The right-wing activist who was killed in Utah on Wednesday had visited Maine last month, and his followers included college students and other young people here.
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POW/MIA search expert to speak in Jay: ‘We have not forgotten them’
A representative of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency will address the public Sept. 18.
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Review prompted by Lewiston mass shooting shows gaps in how military reports violent threats
Attorneys representing the victims of the 2023 shooting called the report ‘earth-shattering.’
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Dennis Fogg, legendary Maine comedian and pancake artist, dies from cancer
Fogg, 64, was twice voted New England’s Funniest Comedian and ran the landmark Uncle Andy’s Diner in South Portland for nearly 2 decades.
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Suspended Lewiston police detective has extensive history of disciplinary problems
One criminal justice expert said it is rare, if not unheard of, for a police officer’s career to survive four complaints that result in discipline.
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24 years later, Maine remembers lives lost in 9/11 attacks
Ceremonies on Thursday morning honored the thousands who were killed in the deadly terror attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Rising inflation strains Americans and affects rent, minimum wage in Maine
Inflation rose last month as the price of gas, groceries, and airfares jumped, while a measure of layoffs also increased, putting the Federal Reserve in a tough spot as it prepares to cut rates at its meeting next week despite persistent price pressures.
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Collins votes with Republicans to defeat Democrats’ effort to force release of Epstein files
The effort to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into the late Jeffrey Epstein.