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Maine, News

Tracking Maine’s wild mussel beds: Declining or retreating into the deep?

by Penelope Overton May 31, 2025June 4, 2025

The Gulf of Maine Research Institute would like the public to help hunt for wild mussel beds below the low-tide line.

Health, Maine

Maine health experts still recommend children, pregnant women get COVID-19 vaccine

by Joe Lawlor May 31, 2025May 30, 2025

This conflicts with guidance from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine advocate, who is recommending that healthy children and pregnant women not get COVID-19 shots.

Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education

Lewiston High School graduates 337 at touching ceremony Friday

by Kendra Caruso May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

As the sun dipped low in the sky during their ceremony at the high school football field, graduates said goodbye to high school.

Maine, Nation / World, New England, Religion & Values

Convicted former Catholic priest, Cheverus teacher dies at 87

by PATRICK WHITTLE May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.

Maine, News

Nonprofit founder who trained Maine’s first comfort dogs mourns unexpected death

by Morgan Womack May 30, 2025May 31, 2025

Baxter, a 3-year-old comfort dog for the Maine Bureau of Emergency Communications, died after being left in a state vehicle.

Maine, News

Memorial Day, murals and Muhammad Ali in the Week in Photos

by Russ Dillingham May 30, 2025

Sun Journal photographers select some of their favorite images from last week.

Maine, Politics

Lawmakers postpone debate on 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases until next year

by Staff Report May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

A legislative committee wants to allow time for the courts to rule on a lawsuit challenging the statute’s constitutionality.

Maine, News

Searsport woman desperately trying to find fiancé held by Border Patrol

by Emily Allen May 30, 2025May 30, 2025

Lucas Segóbia and his friend Marcos Henrique have been shuffled between jails this week after being taken into custody after a traffic stop Monday night.