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Lincoln County mother appeals case of child’s gender expression at school
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Former University of Maine at Farmington professor joins Margaret Chase Smith Library in Skowhegan as new director
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Jay board approves pay raise for police
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Bath mother, daughter killed in murder-suicide remembered as generous people
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A top U.S. commercial bakery is pushing back on a Food and Drug Administration warning to stop using labels that say its products contain sesame – even when they don't.
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The teenage boy denied shooting his brother on Feb. 22, 2023 in Farmington Juvenile Court.
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S&P Global Ratings warned it may cut the planemaker’s credit grade to junk.
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The technology projects a green circle on packages to be delivered at each stop and red Xs on those to be delivered later.
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A donation of $4,046.39, proceeds from the annual Seth Wescott & Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic held at Sugarloaf, was accepted for Dragon's Nest Skateboard Park in Farmington.
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For some residents of storm-prone Southeastern states, the best indicator of a hurricane's severity can be found at the local Waffle House.
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A court in Switzerland has ruled that a manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take it on your own time.
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World Weather Attribution calculated that human-caused climate change boosted the rainfall of Helene by about 10% and intensified its winds by about 11%.
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse's report found new evidence of how the White House’s tightly controlled an FBI investigation into sexual assault claims against the Supreme Court nominee.
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Their work used advanced technologies, including machine learning, and holds the potential to transform how new drugs are made.
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Groundbreaking for the much awaited Hollandstrong Tennis Courts projects begins the first phase of renovations.
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The Buzz: The Lisbon Street store aims to offer customers a healthy alternative for their food shopping.
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'Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,' the National Hurricane Center warns.
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Maine School Administrative District 17's original proposed budget was rejected at referendum June 11, and the second proposal was voted down Aug. 6.
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The arrest comes as the FBI confronts heightened concerns over the possibility of extremist violence on U.S. soil.
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Superintendent Deb Alden said students will switch to remote learning next Tuesday.
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Councilor Steven Milks argued that the committee should have "broader representation" across wards and feature a more diverse group of people, including residents with school-age children. Mayor Jeff Harmon questioned why there wasn't an issue until the nominees were put forward.
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Selectmen voted to Monday to set the 2024-25 property tax rate at $20.75 per $1,000 of property valuation, an increase of $1.50 from last year.
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Brayden Laliberte, 18, of Auburn faces five charges after his arrest following a high speed chase from Turner into Auburn, officials said.
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Prosecutors say the defendant sold a total of roughly 1.5 kilograms of methamphetamine.
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Street Talk: She doesn't drink, she doesn't do drugs, she's friendly with police. That's made this 67-year-old woman a target for the other homeless in and around Auburn's Bonney Park.
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Just one unit of blood can save more than one person's life, according to the American Red Cross.
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Michael Straight walked more than a half-million steps using an exoskeleton, until the manufacturer said it would not maintain machines older than 5 years.
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The request comes in response to the Lewiston mass shooting by an Army reservist who killed 18 people before taking his own life.
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The Buzz: Better Living Center open a second store in Lisbon; Riverside Children's Academy child care ready to open downtown Lewiston.
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The scam involves text messages that appear to be from the Maine Turnpike Authority claiming there is an unpaid E-ZPass toll and threatening an additional fee if not paid immediately.
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Daniel Whitaker, 3, of Dixfield climbs on the climbing dome on Tuesday morning at Bass Park in Wilton.
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Later in the show, the Democratic nominee identified one thing that she would do differently: She would put a Republican in her Cabinet.
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Survey information from Andover residents guided the Andover Community Park Committee in their decision making for the park.
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Hurricane Milton is churning through the Gulf of Mexico toward Florida as an 'extremely dangerous' storm that could wallop one of the state’s major population centers just two weeks after Hurricane Helene.
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The president was expected to announce the final Environmental Protection Agency rule Tuesday in the swing state of Wisconsin during the final month of a tight presidential campaign.
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The manufacturers and gun rights groups challenging the rule argued the Biden administration overstepped by trying to regulate kits for quickly making nearly untraceable guns at home.
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'War,' by Bob Woodward, traces how Trump and Biden responded to international crisis and concludes that Trump is worse than Nixon, the president exiled by the Watergate scandal.
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Landowners of 54 sites will be notified if their site was identified as contributing to polluted runoff and given links to find information on recommendations and cost estimates to fix the issues.
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Maine Department of Education announced new standards back in 2020 but implementation was delayed statewide by the pandemic.
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County commissioners also hired a new temporary part-time dispatcher and adjusted incentives for the assistant director of the Oxford County Regional Communications Center.
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John Hinton, who is known as the godfather of artificial intelligence, is a citizen of Canada and Britain who works at the University of Toronto. Geoffrey Hopfield is an American working at Princeton.
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More than a dozen states and the District of Columbia have filed lawsuits against the video platform.
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An initial view of a hefty document submitted to the Town of Brunswick on Friday shows 6,300 gallons of toxic firefighting foam known as AFFF is stored in hangars owned by the Midcoast Regional Redevelopment Authority.
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Amid dire warnings and predictions of giant storm surges, Floridians puzzled over how far to flee was far enough – or whether to flee at all.
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Rabbi Sruli Dresdner and Rebbetzin Lisa Mayer of Auburn took to stage with their instruments to perform the Shema, 'Judaism's most sacred prayer,' to honor a survivor of last year's Hamas attack on Israel.
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Dozens turned out for Safe Voices' vigil for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
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Golden, a Democrat, is seeking a fourth term in Congress, while Theriault, a first-term Republican state representative and former NASCAR driver, hopes to unseat him.
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The first phase will be finished by Dec. 1, allowing the Pleasant Street drop-in center to begin operations on Mill Street.
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Select Board Vice Chairperson Mike Carlson said the Fayette School Committee is reconsidering its policy on use of Fayette Central School.
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Ukraine has developed long-range drones that have hit oil depots and refineries, as well as armories, as it increasingly targets rear areas that are essential for Russia’s onslaught.