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Good Shepherd Food Bank President Heather Paquette says that's an increase of 41,000 residents since 2022.
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Yibin Zhao, 55, was at the home on Mercer Road. He was arrested and charged with Cultivation of Marijuana and Trafficking in Scheduled Drugs.
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Residents will vote Saturday on an ordinance drafted by high school students, local restaurants and environmental advocates.
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Bookings are already up 15% as the international CAT ferry service between Bar Harbor, Maine and Yarmouth, Novia Scotia begins another season.
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State lawmakers had attempted to push back the referendum until 2026 to allow a special commission to come up with an alternative design. But the bill to delay the vote fell victim to late-session tensions with Gov. Janet Mills.
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If approved, the federal grant would cover about two-thirds of the nearly $760 million that the state of Maine estimates it will need to build the port and a heavy-lift semi-submersible barge that's needed to launch the floating wind turbine foundations.
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It's rattlesnake season in Arizona, where the number of bites has surged. And it turns out most of what you thought you knew about the reptiles isn't true.
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Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old senior airman, was shot and killed at his apartment by a deputy this month. Lawyers for the family dispute the sheriff's office claim of self-defense.
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President Biden met with plaintiffs from the Brown v. Board of Education case Thursday. On Friday, he's meeting with members of historically Black sororities and fraternities.
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Louisiana could be the first state to regulate mifepristone and misoprostol in the same way as some narcotics and stimulants. Opponents predict harmful delays in miscarriage and other lawful uses.
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Across the city, power lines and trees are downed, traffic lights are out and glass is scattered across downtown. About 900,000 customers were left without power early Friday.
Monday—How the statewide housing crisis is affecting rural communities, and what small towns are doing to find solutions ( part of "Cost of Living: Maine's Housing Shortage series)
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