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Tariffs on European food and drink will take a bite out of holiday spreads
Local retailers and importers of European wines and cheeses are trying to buffer their customers from sticker shock, and hope that any price hikes resulting from new tariffs are temporary.
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Farmington family surprised with Disney World trip
Onile Nile, 9, who was diagnosed with leukemia, was surprised to learn Friday that he and his family were given a free trip to Walt Disney World in Florida.
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Lewiston to receive $5M for lead abatement
The city will address lead hazards in 280 housing units.
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Bryce Wilson, 18, is being held without bail at the Oxford County Jail.
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Ashton Heald, 19, of Madison is charged in a campus incident April 2.
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A woman from Farmington and a man from Strong died in March.
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The men and two juveniles are accused of redeeming false reward points at Gould's Service Station.
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The state's estimate of unemployed people in the Portland metro area was even lower, at 1.9%.
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The emerald ash borer, one of the most destructive invasive insects in the country, had previously been found in small pockets in Aroostook and York counties.
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Andrew Waite was found with a 2010 Ferrari, 100 pounds of pot and more than $200,000 in cash in warehouses in Turner.
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Police arrested Tyler Malmstrom of Sebago on unrelated charges this week, and Sanford police have charged him with stalking and criminal threatening.
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Central Maine Power warns customers in hard-hit areas that it could be days before power is restored.
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Jason Bagley, a 12 year old from Farmington joined the 4-H dairy program four years ago. His career path includes studying at the University of New Hampshire then returning to farm and milk cows.
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The Caribou native and fellow astronaut Christina Koch accomplish the feat when they replaced a battery charger outside the space station orbiting 250 miles above Earth.
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No decisions were made at Thursday's meeting, which kicked off the mascot selection process after the school board voted to retire its controversial "Indians" nickname for high school sports teams.
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Sweetser will step down in May 2020 as the leader of the organization that champions Maine's Alpine and Nordic ski industries.
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A compactor and a stainless steel trailer will cost $139,900.
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A Great Falls Forum discussion hit on the changing markets for recycling products, as well as the low recycling rates in Lewiston and Auburn.
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Laurent Roy of Lewiston and Marilynn Barr of North Carolina show the ceramic shoes they made.
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"All disasters start and end locally ... how long does it take before it ends locally? We don't know. Certainly, it has not ended yet." — Fred White, American Red Cross disaster mental health co-leader for Maine.
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Twelve exchange students attending Mountain Valley High School came to the RSU 10 board of directors meeting to introduce themselves to the board last Tuesday.
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A woman told police she was knocked unconscious and tied up for hours before she escaped.
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Nicholas Shurtleff, 25, of Strong died in the crash.
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Daniel Brown Jr., 17, of Kingfield was riding his skateboard on the edge of Route 142 when a car driven by Isaac Moody of Kingfield allegedly struck him and took off, police said.
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The Wednesday morning blaze destroyed a farmhouse at 182 Foundry Road.
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The Passamaquoddy’s attorney was the victim of a state-sponsored conspiracy while doing work that led to the Indian land claims settlement act.
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Tong Jiang, who has owned the restaurant for four years, has never failed a health inspection, according to Robert Long of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, including the most recent inspection performed on Wednesday.
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A resident reported the dog missing Wednesday and told police she suspected coyotes, but there was no evidence that a wild canine was involved, police said.
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Maine's secretary of state has certified the voter signatures on a petition that calls for voters to decide on the law ending religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines.
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Classes at five elementary schools in Farmington, Wilton and New Sharon were canceled.
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Health officials say the shortage is only temporary and supplies of the high-dose shots often used by seniors will be available soon.
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The resolution passed the House by an overwhelming bipartisan majority on Wednesday.
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Winthrop interim Superintendent Cornelia Brown said the student threatened to "harm students" at the high school early Thursday morning.
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Saturday’s annual event at Togus will provide medical services, housing connections and other support to homeless veterans across Maine.
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The 59-page report by a Boston-area law firm says officials did not take appropriate steps to investigate allegations by Rosa Slack, who filed a complaint with the Maine Human Rights Commission in 2018.
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The idea of holding the meeting of world leaders at a resort owned by the president has been criticized by government ethics watchdogs.
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Roast magazine, which covers the specialty coffee industry, recognized the Maine coffee company.
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Augusta records 25-mile-per-hour winds and less than inch of rain, while along the coast nearly 3 inches of rain was measured and gusts were recorded up to 62 miles per hour.
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A company spokeswoman said a program running Thursday morning caused the reporting portal to fail. Customers reported difficulty reaching the site, and some listings said power wouldn't be restored for nearly 5 decades.
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The income needed to exit the bottom 99% of U.S. taxpayers hit $515,371 in 2017, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
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Daniel "Danny" Roberts is seeking a new trial based on advanced DNA detection technology.
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Some disruption of services were reported inland but not as much as along the coast of Maine.
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Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland distances himself from the president and tells Congress that he disagreed with the directive.
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Cummings died of complications from longstanding health challenges, his office said.
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The nor'easter that pummeled the area with winds topping 60 mph leaves a trail of downed power lines and damaged cars and homes.
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Job growth in the sector has been 14% over the past 5 years, compared with only 4% for all industries combined, says the Bioscience Association of Maine.
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Starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson, the murky drama is set at a fictional Maine lighthouse in the 1890s, with dialogue and visuals heavily influenced by Maine writings, history and art. It opens nationally Friday.
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The School Department has more than five positions open.
