The amount of rain in southern Maine between Sunday and Tuesday will depend on the track of a coastal low making its way up the East Coast.
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UMF and Emery Community Arts Center present collaborative poetry and music performance
The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writer Series and Emery Community Arts Center will present the group StarWound to UMF in a collaborative performance melding poetry and music. StarWound will perform its collaborative work in the Emery Performance Space on the UMF campus at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. The performance is free and […]
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How Mainers are cutting costs as prices rise
People are clipping coupons, thrifting and buying store-brand items to tighten their budgets as groceries, apparel and transportation have become more expensive.
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Maine’s top court hears arguments before Falmouth high schoolers
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court travels to 3 high schools in the state over a week every fall, last coming to Falmouth in 2007.
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DA dismisses election interference case against state lawmaker in light of new evidence
Rep. Nina Milliken, D-Blue Hill, had pleaded not guilty this week to attempting to influence another person’s decision during a municipal election in April.
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Maine education officials going ‘back to basics’ on reading and math
Following ‘concerning declines’ in test scores on a national assessment, Maine’s Department of Education has new action plans for instruction.
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A Portland neighborhood hammered for decades by highway noise may finally see a fix
In the wake of the failed Gorham Connector proposal, the Maine Turnpike Authority is taking steps to communicate more about projects and long-term plans. Residents of outer Forest Avenue may be among the first to benefit.
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Some Maine doctors are treating kids’ dental decay themselves as the ranks of dentists fall
More pediatricians have begun using a topical solution made of silver and fluoride to treat their patients’ cavities.
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Working Families Tax Cut Bill will protect MaineCare, Maine taxpayers | Opinion
The bill brings back some common-sense guardrails in addition to tackling waste and fraud.
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Fatal apartment fire in Portland ruled an accident
Nicole Niehoff, 45, and Jake Millett, 40, who died in the Munjoy Hill apartment building fire, were remembered by friends as being kind and generous.