Bath Iron Works has a design contract on the DDG(X), a next-generation warship to replace the vaunted Arleigh Burke class.
Patrick Horne
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‘Forever chemicals’ found in wells in Kittery
All the homes that tested positive for the chemicals are within 1,000 feet of the town’s dumping location.
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Owls Head man arrested for refusing to wear mask or leave high school
The staff at Oceanside High School, and later police, told the man to wear a mask or leave the school in Rockland.
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Dennis Dechaine seeks advanced DNA testing in 1988 Maine murder
Dechaine was convicted in Knox County Superior Court in 1989 for the brutal murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in Bowdoin.
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Maine National Guard soldiers to deploy to southern border
About 125 members will go to the border with Mexico this fall to replace guardsmen now deployed to support Customs and Border Patrol agents.
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Unvaccinated Maine lawyer required to wear mask during trial
Darrick X. Banda, who likened the mask to ‘a dunce cap,’ lost his appeal to Maine’s high court over the requirement that all unvaccinated people wear masks in courthouses.
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Maine eyes commission to study paid family leave in state
The proposal would create a commission that would collect feedback from workers, caregivers, employers and others.
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Searchers recover fisherman’s body off Waldoboro
The Boothbay Harbor Coast Guard Station received a call about a 34-year-old man who had gone out in a skiff that was later found abandoned.
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Massachusetts announces first case of more infectious coronavirus strain
A Boston woman who traveled to the United Kingdom tested positive after feeling ill the day after she returned.
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Vital statistics
New COVID-19 cases: 702 Total cases: 24,201 New cases, 7-day average: 427 New deaths: 13 Total deaths: 347 Hospitalizations: 177 Total ICU beds: 383 Available ICU beds: 96 Total ventilators: 318 Available ventilators: 226 Alternatives: 443