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A nonprofit is taking over a few dozen rental units in Thomaston under a first-of-its kind model for preserving affordable housing properties. State officials and housing advocates believe that same model could be used to rescue the hundreds of other federally subsidized rentals at risk of being sold across rural Maine in the coming years.
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The state will seek bids Wednesday for a new bridge between Brunswick and Topsham, after the state says has received final, federal approval to replace the Frank J. Wood bridge, now 91 years old and deteriorating. -
The U.S. Department of Agriculture provided more than $15 million of funding for the project developed on the Souther Farm.
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The University of Maine is working with the Wabanaki tribes on developing a plan for climate adaptation.
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Horses have been subjected to drugging and abuse, with more than 600 violations issued by the state governing body for the sport since 2016.
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These debates have pitted parents against each other and even led to some accusing school officials without evidence of “grooming” children, corroding a fraught relationship between parents and schools lingering from the COVID-19 pandemic. In the crossfire are a small number of transgender and gender non-conforming students.
A passive house in Maine is able to maintain a temperature of around 70 degrees without the use of a furnace.
On the campus of Unity College in Maine is a solar panel that former President Jimmy Carter once installed on the White House.
In the decade since Unity divested, the movement has snowballed, with hundreds more institutions following in its steps.
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Jerusalem has turned out to be about much more than he bargained for.
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The investigation stems from payments Donald Trump made, allegedly to prevent accusations that he had had an extramarital affair with adult film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public.
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The Department of Energy allowed a taxpayer-funded breakthrough in batteries to transfer overseas with little oversight
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"Reckless Son" is a one-man show by singer/songwriter Matt Butler inspired by the convicts he's met while touring American prisons and jails.
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Dr. Henry Marsh felt comfortable in hospitals — until he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. "I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," he says. His book is And Finally.
!["I was much less self-assured now that I was a patient myself," says neurosurgeon Henry Marsh. "I suddenly felt much less certain about how I'd been [as a doctor], how I'd handled patients, how I'd spoken to them."](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/894ed03/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5700x3176+0+550/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2023%2F01%2F30%2Fgettyimages-107217575-033d8d9803b721fe7bbb3f7870efed17d85ed370.jpg)
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