Sixteen Western Maine farmers will sell their wares on The Parkway each Saturday morning through October.
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In wake of ‘devastating’ cuts, volunteers step up to ready Shakers for the season
Friends of the Shakers gather from around the country to prepare for spring at Sabbathday Lake, the only still-active community of its kind in the world.
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Bill would require strictest standards on ‘forever chemicals’ in water
The proposed bill would require the state to communicate the most stringent contamination maximum with the public and well owners.
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Waterville teacher who threatened Trump supporters says she is ‘deeply ashamed’
JoAnna St. Germain said she was suffering from extreme insomnia and other mental health issues when she made posts on social media calling for the military and U.S. Secret Service to ‘take out’ Trump supporters.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News, Politics
Advocates urge state to shore up Maine’s child care system
Funding for the system has been caught up in a budget fight between Gov. Janet Mills and Democratic lawmakers.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Orange baby lobsters, the rarest of their kind, find a new home in Maine’s ocean
The odds of finding an orange lobster are 1 in 30 million. The University of New England just released 15 orange babies, no wider than a thumb and no longer than a pinky, into the wild to defy those odds.
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Could Maine finally create a statewide system for tracking rape kits?
A proposal died when the Legislature ran out of time last year. While there’s more support for the effort this year, lawmakers wonder if they will have the funding.
Posted inNews, River Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Mexico soup kitchen to reopen Tuesday under town operation
Mexico Select Board member Peter Merrill said, ‘There’s been no misappropriation of their money. It’s been handled legally, and that’s been run by the Maine Municipal Association.’
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Washington County wreath-making company fined nearly $16,000 for worker housing violations
Over the past 4 years, Worcester Resources has racked up more than $50,000 in federal fines for workplace safety and record-keeping infractions.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Upgrading the grid
Utility workers work on Turner Street in Auburn Monday morning.