Irwin Gratz
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Hurricane Lee is taking an eastward tack, with landfall predicted over Nova Scotia midday Saturday. A hurricane watch remains in effect for the Canadian Maritimes.
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Maine Public Television will debut a new series called Borealis tonight at 8 pm. It's a multiplatform project that celebrates the nature of Maine.
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A Republican from Texas, John Anthony Castro, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Maine seeking to disqualify former President Donald Trump from Maine's 2024 ballot.
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The Gray-New Gloucester-Raymond Little League team didn't win either of its two national games in Pennsylvania, but it remains the New England regional champions for 2023.
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The University of Maine System is going into its new year with a new strategic plan for the first time in nearly two decades.
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The Maine chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has asked Cyr Bus Lines to stop allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board their buses without cause.
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Federal Judge Lance Walker has denied a request from opponents for an injunction halting early work on building a replacement span for the Frank J. Wood bridge between Brunswick and Topsham.
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The Maine Turnpike Authority is trying to prevent incidents like one last Friday when a chunk of concrete fell from a highway bridge onto a passing motorist.
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The Portland Phoenix, a weekly newspaper distributed for free to readers in southern Maine, is folding.
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Michael Flannigan, a Canadian expert in forest fires, spoke with Maine Public's Irwin Gratz about the growing danger of wildfires in Canada and the U.S. from human-caused climate change.