The National Guard and federal health care workers have been deployed to help Maine’s strained hospitals.
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Bath museum’s new exhibit reveals Maine’s connection to the slave trade
Artifacts featured in the new exhibit reveal Bath-built ships and Maine captains and crews transported both enslaved people and crops manufactured by slavery.
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Bowdoinham Girl Scouts to chart Galapagos Islands next summer
The girls will learn about traditional Andean culture, visit the Charles Darwin Research Station and experience the diverse marine life.
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Q&A: Outgoing MRRA director Steve Levesque reflects on 16 years redeveloping former military base
About 150 businesses supporting around 2,600 jobs are operating at Brunswick Landing, more than double the original employment projections for 2021 and surpassing the previous annual Navy payroll of $140 million.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Max Linn, a colorful candidate, dead at 62
Linn privately speculated in 2020 that he may have caught COVID-19 during a trip to Wuhan in late 2019.
Posted inLocal & State
PROTESTS AND PRAYERS
The suspense was finally over. Now the lobstermen of Vinalhaven had to face new federal rules that could threaten their livelihood. Despair came first, then decision time.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Mild start to the week, still no big snow in the forecast
Portland still has not seen an inch of snow this season. Normally, that happens in November.
Posted inTimes Record
New directory aims to boost visibility of women-owned businesses
The CEI Women’s Business Center launched Maine Women’s Business List recently. It has nearly 300 women-owned businesses listed so far.
Posted inTimes Record
Rolling blackouts possible this winter, regional grid warns
Rolling blackouts may hit New England if there’s an extended cold snap this winter, as the regional power grid operator warns of a “precarious” situation due to snags in the natural gas supply. Much of the grid’s power comes from burning natural gas, and right now that fuel is in shorter-than-normal supply and is subject […]
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THE LOBSTER TRAP
The plentiful catch that brought wealth to fishing families is at risk, as climate change warms the Gulf of Maine. A way of life is on the line, but lobstermen can’t, or won’t, imagine another.