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Two city boards had recommended that Portland keep a historic designation for the former Children's Museum on Free Street. The Portland Museum of Art owns the building and wants to demolish it to make room for a proposed expansion.
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As the first destination on their 2024 Hurricane Awareness Tour, NOAA hosted an educational event at the Portland Jetport on Monday to tell Mainers about the upcoming Atlantic hurricane season in June.
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Milestone Recovery will nearly double its capacity to 30 beds. The new $3.1 million facility near the Jetport will complement Milestone's current medically-monitored withdrawal program in downtown Portland.
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While lawmakers will return to the State House next week to take up the governor’s vetoes, the 131st Legislature has already left its imprint on some of the issues and challenges confronting the state.
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According to court documents, Michael Fournier admitted to entering the Capitol building for several hours on January 6 and shouting at a line of police officers.
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Latest government statistics continue to show a tight labor market with few people needing unemployment benefits.
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Among the six vetoes that legislators will consider are bills that would ban rapid-fire gun modification devices and to increase income taxes on the wealthiest Mainers.
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In a historic shift, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous substance. It's currently ranked as a schedule one drug, in the same category as heroin and LSD. Reclassifying it won't make marijuana legal.
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Dr. Merideth Norris is charged with 17 counts of distribution of a controlled substance to five patients.
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The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says the agency has made substantial progress addressing staff recruitment and retention. But critics say the department, and lawmakers, need to do more.
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Their concerns were echoed by U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine's second congressional district. Fishery regulators have said gauge changes are necessary after observing what they perceived as a troubling decline in the juvenile lobster population over a three-year period.
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Two of the sites, encompassing nearly 254,000 acres, are off the Maine coast. The remaining six are located off Massachusetts.