Many parts of the state will experience unhealthy air quality levels throughout Saturday.
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Local Maine news from the Portland Press Herald.
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U.S. government runs out of money to pay Maine defense lawyers appointed in federal cases
Attorneys are waiting until the next fiscal year starts in October to get paid — and that depends on Congress.
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Maine shelters, civil rights groups slam Trump executive order on homelessness
The order signed this week seeks to shift federal funds and policies away from harm reduction and towards civil commitment, which enables authorities to hospitalize and treat people without their consent. Local advocates compared it to “signing a death warrant.”
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Lost Fishermen’s Memorial committee still considering father and son’s inclusion
Barbara Sellitto said the committee is working with the state to determine whether Chester and Aaron Barrett, a father and son who died when their scalloping boat sank in January, qualify for a place on the memorial.
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Avesta listed 2 houses for $218K a week ago. Over 100 Mainers are already interested.
The houses — both sides of a duplex in Gray — are part of an effort to increase affordable housing by renovating Maine’s existing housing stock.
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2 former Press Herald journalists to be inducted into Maine Press Association Hall of Fame
Dennis Hoey spent nearly 40 years as a reporter, while John Ewing worked as a staff photographer for 33 years.
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Portland development could add 100 apartments for low-income Mainers
The Prosperity Place project in Nason’s Corner would be the first housing development for Prosperity Maine, a nonprofit that assists immigrant, refugee and low-income families.
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In Portland Theater Festival’s ‘Make Believe,’ 4 children reckon with growing up fast
The first half of the play is acted entirely by kids. The second half jumps ahead 30 years to revisit them as grownups.
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Baxter State Park rangers rescue 4 hikers on Katahdin
The hikers became stranded on the mountain’s Knife Edge Thursday after dark.
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Fishermen rescued after boat catches fire off Maine’s Down East coast
The incident occurred near Mount Desert Rock, a small island south of Bar Harbor and east of Isle Au Haut.