Everything from housing and industry booms to fewer job-seekers and the state’s status as the oldest in the nation has contributed to a run of low jobless rates, experts say.
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Mom charged in 3-year-old’s death in Milford says she left child in car to retrieve trash, then fell into river
Kelly Brown, of Havertown, Pennsylvania, has been charged with manslaughter and is being held on $50,000 bail after police found her toddler and dog dead inside her vehicle at a gas station in a small town north of Bangor.
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A Maine woman paid her back rent. Her record still says she was evicted.
Repayment plans are supposed to help public housing tenants avoid eviction. In Maine, these deals have put evictions on tenants’ permanent records, even if they’ve fulfilled all the terms and were never actually evicted.
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Maine’s rising humidity signals shifting climate: ‘We’re living in a wetter world’
The state’s biggest cities have seen a gradual rise in temperature and dew points since the late 1940s, making the summer heat more oppressive.
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Girls Who Code is bridging the gender gap in STEM fields
The program is geared to knocking down obstacles that girls may face pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics.
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Mainers rally by the thousands for ‘No Kings’ protests against Trump
Large crowd gathered in Portland, Augusta, Auburn and elsewhere as part of a nationwide day of protests. Demonstrations were peaceful, though 2 arrests were made in Portland as police tried to move protesters onto the sidewalk.
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Bangor man sues hospital, Covenant Health over data breach
The class-action lawsuit, filed in Penobscot County, says St. Joseph Hospital and its owner should have done more to protect patients’ private information.
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Eaton Peabody law firm, one of Maine’s largest, closing after 85 years
The full service firm said it was closing because of ‘evolving market conditions and the demographics of the firm.’
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UMaine history professor puts knowledge to the test in ‘Jeopardy!’ win
Kara Peruccio, a professor of history and gender studies at the University of Maine, won $12,400 on the show Friday.
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Miss Maine crowned as pageant receives national attention
Shelby Howell of Bangor won the crown from a field that included the pageant’s first openly transgender contestant and the girlfriend of Bill Belichick. The former Patriots coach was in the audience Sunday.