The package would increase money for local police departments, including those with fewer than 125 officers, and provide aid for de-escalation training and mental health services.
Amber Carter
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2022 season might be the last for Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre
Owner Don Brown says lack of attendance and revenue are reasons for the possible closing, but he has a few ideas left to try to save it.
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University of Maine researchers try producing potato resistant to climate change
Warming temperatures and an extended growing season can lead to quality problems and disease, Gregory Porter, a professor of crop ecology and management, said.
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Maine potato farmers feeling optimistic ahead of harvest
Spud growers are feeling hopeful with a solid crop and reopening restaurants driving stronger demand.
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Pandemic set off deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped
The number of highway deaths in 2020 was the greatest in more than a decade even though cars and trucks drove fewer miles during the pandemic.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Winter energy costs to be higher but Maine oil users may get break
Oil prices remain depressed, and nearly 20 percent of homes in the Northeast rely on oil furnaces for their primary heating source.
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Shipyard workers to begin voting this week on labor pact
Bath Iron Works employees, who’ve maintained pickets for nearly two months during a global pandemic, are going to have the final say this week on a proposed labor pact at Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works
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Absentee voting smooth in Maine, but big test is November
The state’s July 14 primary shattered previous records for absentee ballot use in a primary.
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Fungal disease causes some lawns to turn black in Maine
The University of Maine Cooperative Extension says the best response to the infection is to reseed damaged areas.
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Maine encourages absentee voting in July primary election
Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap urges people to vote via absentee ballot during the July primary election to limit the exposure that voters and polling workers have to the coronavirus.