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Around 250 asylum seekers, mostly from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti, have arrived in the city over the last year.
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It's the latest move in a multipronged investigation into illegal cannabis cultivation in Maine.
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The sites include the former Great Northern Paper Company Wastewater Treatment Plant Lagoon in Millinocket and a former mill site and power plant in Westbrook.
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Roughly 40,000 pandemic relief payments issued to Maine residents are unclaimed, and both Governor Janet Mills and state treasurer Henry Beck are urging people to check to see if they missed out.
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His contract had been set to expire next year, but it's now extended through June of 2027.
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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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Faliks draws from her Ukrainian-Jewish heritage and Mikhail Bulgakov's anti-censorship novel The Master and Margarita for a new album.
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New research shows lifelong bikers have healthier knees, less pain and a longer lifespan, compared to people who've never biked. This adds to the evidence that cycling promotes healthy aging.
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The Trump's Trials team breaks down why prosecutors have a timeline problem, what Michael Cohen's testimony so far has shown, and why it may all come down to a question of sex and privacy in the end.
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Some otters rely on tools to bust open hard-shelled prey items like snails, and a new study suggests this tool use is helping them to survive as their favorite, easier-to-eat foods disappear.
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In 2006, Patricia Nieshoff's three-year-old son had a seizure. She was a single mother, with no one to accompany her to the hospital. But an hour into her hospital stay, a familiar face appeared.
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