The country music star made the donation, which can provide 50,000 meals, during a concert in Bangor as part of her summer tour.
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New Kennebunk seafood market ties family tradition with fresh Maine fish
Piscatrix Seafood Co., a woman-owned market that opened in March, features fresh seafood and prepared meals.
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A rundown of the revised Arundel, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport school district budget
After the original RSU 21 budget failed in June, the revised version will hit the ballot box in August.
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Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum hires director as founding leader retires
Karen Sigler, of Kennebunk, will succeed John Briley, the Brunswick Naval Aviation Museum’s founding executive director.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
How a ‘cluster’ of HIV cases in Penobscot County became one of Maine’s largest outbreaks
The vast majority of the 27 positive tests have come from people in Bangor who have either been homeless, injection drug users, or both. But officials say the outbreak is a culmination of factors much larger than that.
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How Westbrook Housing landed the nation’s former federal HUD chief
Portland native John Concannon returns to his roots, taking the reins at Westbrook Housing after serving as director of Housing and Urban Development under three presidents.
Posted inLocal & State
South Portland celebrates 150 years of its iconic, diminutive lighthouse
The existing 24-foot Bug Light is being prepared for its birthday party.
Posted inLocal & State
Meet the man who brought new life to Maine’s Bug Light
More than 50 years later, Howard Wright, 96, remembers what it was like to enter and clean up Bug Light after it had been abandoned for decades.
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When a Gorham farmer floated a house down the Presumpscot River
Morse Willis used his imagination to move a house to the Little Falls area over 85 years ago.
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Gorham Notes: Nomination papers are available at the Municipal Center
Nominations available July 28 Town Clerk Laurie Nordfors said this week that nomination papers for town elected positions in November will become available on Monday, July 28, at her Municipal Center office at 75 South St. Town Council seats available are those of Phil Gagnon, Rob Lavoie, and Seven Siegel. School Committee seats up for […]