The troubling part, says writer Mark LaFlamme, is that most Mainers sending diseased ticks to the state lab are finding them in their yards and gardens, not forests and fields.
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For Maine farmers, CSAs bring more certainty to an unforgiving industry
Many farmers have embraced community supported agriculture as a way to stabilize income and promote the benefits of local agriculture.
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Federal judge in Maine orders release of Ecuadorian man whom Border Patrol flew to Texas
Edgar Vicente Bermeo Sicha was arrested July 28 and flown to Texas several weeks later. A judge ruled that detention violated Bermeo Sicha’s due process rights.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Police must confirm Maine suspects have waived constitutional rights before they are questioned, top court says
Law enforcement must ensure suspects in custody understand and have relinquished their rights to a lawyer and against self-incrimination before questioning them, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
Posted inMaine, Politics, Schools & Education
Maine colleges mostly unaffected by decline in international students
The state has bucked a national trend that has seen a 30% drop in enrollment by foreign students in the wake of Trump administration immigration and education policies.
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Back to school and sports, farms and fields | Week in Photos
Sun Journal photographers share their favorite photos from Aug. 23-29.
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State suspends license of Lewiston needle exchange group
Meanwhile, the Church of Safe Injection says the condemnation of the Lewiston building that houses its office is the latest move in city’s ‘war on harm reduction.’
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News, The Bethel Citizen
Greenwood man sentenced to 45 years in wife’s 2024 murder
When first police and rescue crews arrived at the scene of a crash in Peru on May 28, 2024, they discovered a blue Hyundai on the side of the road with 59-year-old Dale Gaudreau dead in the driver’s seat.
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Some Maine pharmacies to require prescriptions for COVID vaccines
The change comes after the FDA restricted the coronavirus shots to those at high risk, breaking with previous public health policy that recommended annual booster shots for all Americans older than 6 months.
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Trump administration to release AmeriCorps funding
Maine was one of more than two dozen states challenging the administration’s deep cuts to the national service volunteerism program.