The department responded to Congress and State streets to investigate the box Monday morning.
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Gray-New Gloucester revised school budget reduced by $379K
The budget reduces the spending increase from 5.93% to 4.79%, after the initial budget was rejected in June.
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We Love to Eat: Community meals offered in Buxton, Gorham and Westbrook
Bean-hole bean supper – Saturday, July 19, seating at 4:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m., and 6 p.m., United Church of Christ at North Gorham, 4 Standish Neck Road, Gorham. Beans, red hot dogs, potato salad, coleslaw, homemade brown bread, rolls, and homemade dessert with coffee and punch. Takeout available by calling 838-1832 by 5 p.m. Friday, […]
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With York County budget ratified, towns will receive tax bills soon | County Report
Kennebunkport will be billed $1.8 million, up $309,583 from a year ago while Biddeford checks in at $1.8 million, up $113,807.
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11 things you need to do at the Yarmouth Clam Festival
To get the most out of southern Maine’s biggest summer party, you should eat clams, see the shucking contest and get a photo with Steamer, among other things.
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Documentary on former Sen. George Mitchell featured at Maine film festival
‘The Negotiator’ follows Mitchell’s career in Congress and his work on the Good Friday Agreement that ended decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.
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Of course millennials killed U-pick farms | Column
By caring more about taking photos than buying fruit, the generation has added another casualty to its growing list of victims.
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Wabanaki leaders offer perspective on America’s 250th at Bar Harbor festival
The history of Indigenous communities in the region dates back long before the nation’s founding, as highlighted by an art exhibit at the Abbe Museum.
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Why is conserved land in Belfast being sold as commercial property?
A Maine wetland was supposed to be conserved “in perpetuity,” but it seems the plan was never filed. The state DEP is investigating.
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Fishermen honored in Georgetown at ‘blessing of the fleet’
About 100 people gathered for the annual Five Islands Harbor blessing, which also served this year as a special remembrance for a local fisherman who died last year.