Maine is home to several hundred people with roots in Iran who are now wrestling with the U.S. bombing of 3 nuclear facilities last weekend.
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Police charge Bangor man, 65, in teen’s death in Calais more than 40 years ago
Raymond Brown has been charged with murder in the 1984 killing of 18-year-old Linda Maxwell, who was last seen alive after a late-August evening with friends in Washington County.
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What do Canada’s election results mean for Maine?
Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his victory speech that Canada’s relationship with America ‘is over,’ exacerbating concerns among Maine officials and businesses about the impacts a widening international divide will have on the state’s economy.
Posted inBusiness, News, Schools and Education
Inside Maine’s first EV repair class
About two dozen students have completed Southern Maine Community College’s hybrid and electric vehicle course since it launched in 2021. Similar programs are emerging elsewhere in the state.
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Fatal crash closes Route 9 in Washington County on Memorial Day
Route 9 – also known as Airline Road – connects Bangor and Calais, and is a major route for people traveling to New Brunswick and Canada’s Maritime provinces from Maine.
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Recently retired Calais police officer charged with giving drugs to teen, mom
A longtime Maine police officer who recently retired was arrested and charged with giving drugs to a teenager in a high school parking lot
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Maine Voices: Job-based health insurance no longer meets needs of employers, workers
Publicly funded, privately provided universal care would free businesses, nonprofits, municipalities and government agencies to focus on more important matters.
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During pandemic, Calais hospital workers call 2-day strike
A dispute over leadership and working conditions has led nurses, lab workers and other employees at Calais Regional Hospital to call a strike starting next Wednesday.
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Border closure can’t keep Maine grandparents away from Canadian wedding
The couple found a way for their grandparents from Maine to see their wedding in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, from a boat in the St. Croix River.
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You can live in this historic Calais house for free, if you’re willing to fix it
The National Park Service is holding an open house on Thursday at the McGlashan-Nickerson House in Calais.