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Bar Harbor will limit the number of cruise ships and passengers under a new agreement reached with the industry, but residents will have a chance to vote on a more restrictive proposal in November.
At the Howland Research Forest, carbon and other greenhouse gas measurements are continuously recorded from the top of several meteorological towers.
A growing number of Maine groups are trying to waste less food. Perhaps the biggest mixes the food with cow manure and microbes to make electricity.
While Maine has set concrete goals for introducing smaller electric vehicles into the marketplace, the road ahead is more uncertain for trucks.
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A recently signed law expands eligibility for VA health care and other benefits to veterans with toxic exposures and veterans who served during the Vietnam War, Gulf War and post-9/11 eras. -
The district will send samples from its East End Wastewater Treatment plant three times a week to a lab in order to monitor community levels of the virus.
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The district would limit the difference in incoming freshmen enrollment between Portland and Deering to around 30 students, and also take into account diversity factors at each school.
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Wednesday marked the second day of the federal trial against Kyle Fitzsimons, the Lebanon man facing nearly a dozen charges for his involvement in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year.
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The city of Bangor has chosen a Wabanaki artist to create a piece of public art to cover up an exhaust pipe that’s part of the recently completed 3.8 million-gallon sewage overflow tank project on the waterfront.
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Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. Others say there's no time to waste waiting for human trials.
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In the "new normal" of the hybrid workplace, are remote and in-person workers going to be treated equally? It's a matter of hot debate right now.
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Extreme weather events made worse by climate change are hitting some of the poorest parts of the United States hard. Recovery will be extra difficult at a time of high inflation.
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A new NPR/Ipsos poll shows that half of Americans say there's an "invasion" at the southern border. And that false and misleading claims about migrants are taking hold, particularly with Republicans.
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Experts say the U.S. approach to countering violent extremism has worked well against foreign terrorists. They question whether it will work as well to identify credible domestic threats.
Thursday—What makes Maine's state fruit unique, and how the wild blueberry industry is doing
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