ROCKLAND — With overseas markets shaky at best, the leaders of Maine’s $1.4 billion lobster industry came together Wednesday to talk about how to drive up demand and get top dollar in the one market they can count on — the United States. This is a conversation that began long before China slapped a 25 […]
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Feds: Medication plans for foster children lacking
Nearly 30 percent of foster children in Maine who were prescribed powerful psychiatric drugs did not receive a basic “treatment plan” or regular reviews of their medications, a federal investigation has found. Just shy of one-third of children in foster care in Maine during the period reviewed by federal investigators were prescribed anti-depressants, drugs to […]
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Waterville man sues Betty Crocker for $250,000, claims measuring spoons made him sick
WATERVILLE (WGME) – A Waterville man is suing Betty Crocker and its parent company General Mills, alleging the company’s red measuring spoons made him sick, according to a court complaint. Three days after purchasing two sets of Betty Crocker red measuring spoons, Greg Violette claims the Betty Crocker emblem started coming off the two tablespoons […]
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Lewiston counselor hopes his hot-air heroin balloon will prompt a different outlook on solving addiction
It’s a metaphor that just keeps on giving. A few years ago, artist Michael Libby began thinking about the heroin epidemic in terms of a hot-air balloon floating into uncertainty. He had lost a brother to a heroin overdose and he responded to that tragedy in a variety of ways. He walked the perimeters of […]
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Lewiston windsurfer finds balance on the water
NORTH LEEDS — It took Brook Begin 10 minutes. That was all she needed to get her balance, find her rhythm and take flight on a windsurfing board on Androscoggin Lake, some 30 minutes west of Augusta. The determined outdoorswoman was a quick study considering two-thirds of clients at Windsurfing-Maine end up in the water […]
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Maine retains its distinction as nation’s oldest state
Maine is still the nation’s oldest state, according to updated data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The median age in the state is 44.6 years, virtually unchanged from the year before, according to results of the 2017 American Community Survey, an annual look at local economic and demographic data. That means half of Maine’s population […]
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Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition looks at Jewish culture in Maine
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum’s newest exhibition, “Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries,” opens to the public on 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, with free admission all day. Some three years in the making, the exhibition presents the experiences of one of Maine’s most enduring communities, from 19th-century immigrants to more recent […]
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Sherry Keaten
SOUTH PARIS — Sherry (Stevens) Keaten, 62, passed away peacefully at home Friday, Sept. 7, after a long illness. She was born in Farmington on Dec. 11, 1955, the daughter of Frank M. And Audrey (Huff) Stevens. Sherry was raised in Strong and graduated from Mt. Abram High School, Class of 1974. She went on to […]
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Police say York man took psychedelic mushrooms before killing cat
KITTERY, Maine (AP) — Police say a Maine man was under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms when he killed a cat alongside a road this week. Police discovered the crime when responding to a call about a suspicious man. Officers discovered 23-year-old Jared Lafleche, of York, was on drugs and had just killed the cat. […]
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Maine requesting another extension to comply with Real ID
AUGUSTA — Maine is requesting another extension to the Real ID requirement because the latest waiver is due to expire in little more than a month. The state’s current waiver expires on Oct. 10 for complying with Real ID requirements for driver’s licenses to be used to board commercial airplanes. Secretary of State Matt Dunlap […]