Local & State
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Maine considering public health emergency over mosquito-borne illnesses as animal cases tick up
Health officials say you can protect yourself by wearing long sleeves, using recommended repellants, limiting outdoor activity after dusk and draining standing water.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Life After Artie: Lewiston shooting victim’s father finds purpose in gun reform
Before his son was killed in the massacre last fall, Arthur Barnard hadn't voted in decades, flown on a plane or met with U.S. senators. All of that has changed.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
A Thomaston auction house believes it just sold a Rembrandt. Others aren’t so sure.
The fine print on the listing, which sold for $1.4 million, identifies the painting, found in an attic in Camden, as 'after Rembrandt' – in his style but not necessarily by him.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
As Maine towns balk at rising education costs, some call for sheltering the property tax
Lewiston was among many towns struggling to approve school budgets that often rely heavily on the local property tax.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Maine victims, Catholic Church wait nearly a year for high court ruling on childhood abuse cases
The cases against the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland are one of many that are taking an unusual length of time to receive a ruling in recent years.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Is it summer or fall in Maine? Depends on whom you ask
The first three weeks of September fall into a gap between the meteorological and astronomical starts of fall, and fluctuating temperatures add to the uncertainty.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Society Notebook: A swell of support for Saltwater Classroom
The ocean education nonprofit held an open house at its workspace overlooking Portland Harbor.
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PublishedSeptember 8, 2024
Could the 2024 presidential election hinge on Maine? It’s possible.
Electoral College math, recent history and current polling suggest a remote – though not absurd – scenario in which the lone District 2 vote plays an outsize role.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2024
Concert review: Bikini Kill’s first appearance in Portland was worth the 34-year wait
The pioneering riot grrrl group's sold-out State Theatre show Friday was visceral, no-frills fun.
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PublishedSeptember 7, 2024
Portland considers reverting High and State streets to two-way traffic
Hoping to piggyback on an already-funded Maine DOT project, city officials are reviving a proposal that they say could minimize crashes and increase pedestrian safety.
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