BRUNSWICK— Border Patrol Agents stopped travelers coming through the Brunswick transportation station last week, asking about citizenship; a move which American Civil Liberties Union officials are saying “erodes basic Fourth Amendment rights.” The stop, also known as a “hub check” is “nothing out of the ordinary,” said Michael Niezgoda, a public affairs officer for US Customs […]
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Atlantic Salmon Federation hires Maine Headwaters project manager
Brunswick-based Atlantic Salmon Federation has hired Maranda Nemeth as the manager of the federation’s Maine Headwaters Project. Nemeth has worked in partnership with Midcoast Conservancy, the Salmon Federation, The Nature Conservancy and other local, state, and federal partners in the Sheepscot River Watershed to implement projects at Coopers Mills Dam, and Head Tide Dam, and […]
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Teen Library Council readies Haunted Patten 2019: Plague House
On Sunday, Oct. 27, the Teen Library Council of Patten Free Library is teaming up with the Solar Star Lodge of Bath for a Halloween event. This year, the council will put on a Plague House at the three-story Masonic Lodge at 968 Washington St. Reservations are required for the 20-minute experience between 6-9 p.m., […]
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Stephen, Tabitha King plan changes to iconic Maine home
Stephen and Tabitha King are ready for the next chapter for their Victorian mansion that stands behind a wrought iron gate festooned with winged creatures and spiderwebs. The authors want to transform the home where they raised their children in Bangor, Maine, into the location for Stephen King’s personal archives. A guest house they own […]
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Maine briefs: Maine’s cannabis conference happening as legal sales near; Report: Psychiatric hospital has made improvements
Maine’s cannabis conference happening as legal sales near PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The longest-running cannabis conference in the Northeast is coming to Maine’s largest city this weekend. The Maine Cannabis Convention is taking place at the Portland Sports Complex in Portland on Saturday and Sunday. The event is presented by the New England Cannabis Network and is […]
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Regulators decide to consider revised route for CMP power line
Environmental and land use regulators have agreed to consider a proposed change to Central Maine Power’s plan for a 145-mile transmission line through western Maine that would bring Canadian hydropower into the regional grid. In a procedural order filed Thursday, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Land Use Planning Commission agreed to reopen […]
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Senate panel approves marine research funding that Trump wanted to kill
The Senate Appropriations Committee has unanimously approved funding increases to several federal programs critical to Maine’s coastal communities, including ones President Trump had repeatedly proposed eliminating. The committee approved the fiscal year 2020 budget bill for the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Justice and related science agencies, including provisions to boost funding for the National Sea Grant program […]
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Lewiston hospital apologizes for ‘Wall of Shame’ showing patients’ personal information
LEWISTON — Officials at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center on Thursday apologized to a former employee who claimed she was discriminated against because of a disability, and that employees kept a “Wall of Shame” of patients’ health records – including photos of genitalia – in an apparent effort to ridicule them. But the hospital took […]
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‘At a crisis point’: Lawmaker calls for ban on flavored vapes after 4 new cases of lung illness
Maine health officials reported Thursday that four more people have been stricken with lung illness related to e-cigarette use, giving the state five cases amid the national alarm about the growing health emergency that had claimed 18 lives as of Tuesday. Gov. Janet Mills has directed the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention to […]
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Principal: People ‘alarmed’ by discovery of ammunition at Topsham high school
TOPSHAM — The Mt. Ararat High School community is “feeling uneasy” after ammunition was discovered at the school, according to a letter sent to parents Thursday by Principal Donna Brunette. Brunette acknowledges the concerns but doesn’t specify when, where or how the ammunition was found. She only notes they were of a small caliber. She declined […]
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