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Robert F. Bukaty/AP fileThe amendment includes findings from a Department of Defense report linking the Army's lapses in following its own policies and procedures to the Lewiston tragedy. -
Robert F. Bukaty/APUnder the deal The Nature Conservancy will buy four dams on the river that have blocked sea-run fish for generations.
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Graham Platner is one of eight declared Democrats seeking to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, but his campaign has drawn outsize interest for a political newcomer. He's attacking Collins and leaders in the national Democratic Party, who he describes as proxies for a political system abandoning the working class and enriching corporations and wealthy interests. -
As Maine charts increasingly hotter and longer summers, businesses across all industries are planning for more weather extremes. -
Jason Walker and Michael Deslauriers II are credited with saving lives by giving others in Just In Time Recreation time to flee. -
Boston-based shoe brand New Balance today marked the $65 million expansion of its factory in Skowhegan, which employs about 400 workers. -
During a virtual press conference on Monday, Pingree said her office started getting reports last month that ICE was blocking attorney access, and that it has since become a growing trend. -
Latest figures show Maine's jobless rate remains lower than national and regional averages.
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Current funding from the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crimes runs out at the end of September, and no new funding has been announced, Preble Street, the Portland-based nonprofit, said. A spokesperson for the U.S. Justice Department said notice of grant funding opportunities will be rolled out in the new few weeks.
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Nearly 450 acres of woods, wetlands and brook trout habitat is protected from development but open to the public for hunting, fishing and other recreation -
At 365 feet, the tower would be — by far — the tallest in Portland. Buildings of this height are now allowed under new zoning rules that the city approved last year. -
Earlier this week, a report from the Environmental Working Group mapped water supplies that had some traces of harmful chemicals. According to federal standards, Maine utilities are in compliance.
