Good Shepherd Food Bank has launched an innovative company that makes it the first among 200 food banks nationwide to address hunger by investing in for-profit farming and processing.
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Judiciary asks Maine’s high court to dismiss petition to release unrepresented defendants
Supreme Judicial Court Justice Wayne Douglas will meet Monday with attorneys to discuss the petition to identify and release from county jails low-income people who are being held pretrial without an attorney.
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American Airlines will start direct service from Portland to NYC
Nonstop service from Portland International Jetport to New York’s LaGuardia Airport is scheduled to begin next June.
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Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust voted best farmers market in Maine
This year, the Brunswick-Topsham Land Trust Saturday farmers market at Crystal Spring Farm was voted the “Best Farmers Market in Maine” in this year’s National Farmers Market Celebration hosted by the American Farmland Trust and the Farmers Market Coalition. Established in 1999 to advance the land trust’s mission of supporting local agriculture, the market hosts […]
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Learn about worms in Maine with KELT and an entomologist
Join the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust for a free Zoom lecture at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 17, to learn about jumping worms and how to identify them in your garden. Jumping worms, also known as snake worms, are an invasive species that can impact local gardens and ecosystems by rapidly changing soil composition and plant […]
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People Plus to host its largest-ever Senior Health Expo
People Plus, in partnership with Spectrum Generations, is hosting its free Senior Health Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, at the Brunswick Recreation Center at 220 Neptune Drive on Brunswick Landing. Admission is free and the first 500 people at the event will get a free swag bag. Free activities, information […]
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Old Bath cannery site to be redeveloped after $1M purchase
The old Stinson Seafood cannery along the Bath waterfront has been vacant since 2005.
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Agency submits $8.9 million proposal to create public defender offices across state
The Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services is not asking to fund the offices all at once, but wants state leaders to commit to the proposal.
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DHHS again facing scrutiny as another child dies despite contact with the agency
The Office of Child and Family Services investigated a report of suspected abuse two months before 3-year-old Makinzlee Hanrahan was allegedly beaten to death.
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Brunswick woman target of ‘phantom hacker’ scam
The FBI reported a nationwide spike in the scam and said some victims have lost their life savings.