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Bangor Daily News

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Bell rings out as WWII soldier and other veterans parade through Bangor

Don Gallupe, 102, followed the Cole Land Transportation Museum's Freedom Bell through the city on Wednesday.

Bangor, ME · 2d

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Governor-elect Hannah Pingree announces Chief of Staff

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- Governor-elect Hannah Pingree has announced Jesse Connolly as her chief of staff. Jesse Connolly is a political strategist who's worked in government for over 25 years. Connolly previously served as Hannah Pingree's chief of staff during her time in the Maine House of Representatives. He's also...

Maine · 22h

Country Herald

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Maine Winter Thanksgiving Travel: Even Salted I-95 Can Freeze

I-95 and I-295 travelers face a hidden winter hazard when road salt loses effectiveness below 20 degrees.

Portland, ME · 2d

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Rent Control Ballot Initiatives Won Almost Everywhere (opinion)

Across the country, voters approved ballot initiatives that cap rents and impose new restrictions on landlords' ability to rent to whom they please. The most eye-catching of these was a successful initiative in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where 68 percent of voters revived a cap on annual rent increases of $20 per month that the city council had axed back in 2023.

Elizabeth, NJ · 2d

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Maine's 2nd Congressional District race awaits final ranked-choice results

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- Maine election officials hope to announce the final results of the state's 2nd Congressional District race Thursday after ranked-choice voting tabulations paused for Veterans Day on Wednesday. Democrat Matt Dunlap conceded the race to Republican Paul LePage last week when he was trailing by more than...

Maine · 1d

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Census data shows foreign-born, naturalized citizenship in Maine slightly increasing

PORTLAND (WGME) - Maine’s immigrant population is up from last year, according to new census data. The numbers show more immigrants have moved to the state, and that many of them also later became U.S. citizens. Roughly 1.4 million people call Maine home. Census data shows about 67,000 of...

Maine · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Bucksport appoints new deputy fire chief

Capt. Joseph Wardwell will be sworn in and begin at the start of 2027.

Bucksport, ME · 19h

Ultimate Maine

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Maine's Medal of Honor Legacy Is One Worth Celebrating

This Veterans Day, we honor Maine’s heroes, including those who earned our nation’s highest military honor.

Maine · 2d

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Maine Cruise Port to Vote on Cruise Ship Scrubber Ban

Portland, Maine's City Council is looking into a ban on cruise ship "scrubbers" while the vessels are in port. The resolution, which will be considered on Monday, would make the popular New England cruise stop the first port in the state to restrict exhaust gas cleaning systems (better known as scrubbers) on visiting cruise ships.

Portland, ME · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Letter: Maine should not object to permitting reform bill

"The bill further ensures that data centers pay for the grid upgrades they require, rather than passing those costs to Maine families."

Maine · 1d

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Hannah Pingree says she wants strict rules in place before data centers are built in Maine

JAY (WGME) -- Developers of a proposed data center in the town of Jay say they've submitted permit applications to the Department of Environmental Protection. The local developer and its national partner, Sentinel Data Systems, have revived plans to replace the closed paper mill in Jay with a $550 million AI data center.

Jay, ME · 1d

Main Street Dollars

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Heating aid pays up to $1,200 a household in Massachusetts and utility discounts reach $500 a year in New York, while Maine adds automatic discounts to November bills

Massachusetts households that heat with oil or utility gas can get about $525 to $1,200 in state heating aid this winter. New York utility customers on the state’s discount program can save up to $500 a year, and Maine started automatic electric-bill discounts of 17% to 83% for low-income households on or soon after November […]

Massachusetts · 3d

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$50 million investment brings upgrades to Maine state parks

CASCO, Maine (WMTW) - A $50 million investment is funding upgrades and improvements at state parks across Maine. State officials celebrated the investment Thursday at Sebago Lake State Park in Casco, where they cut the ribbon on a new day-use entrance station. The funding comes from Gov. Janet Mills’ Maine...

Maine · 23h

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Veterans Day commemoration in Bangor honors Maine’s fallen Korean War service members

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - A Veterans Day ceremony in Bangor honored Mainers who died during the Korean War. The Maine Korean War Veterans Association held the commemoration at the Maine Korean War Memorial in Mount Hope Cemetery. About 36,000 U.S. service members died during the Korean War. 247 of them...

Bangor, ME · 1d

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Maine communities canceled Flock contracts, but cameras sometimes remained for months

AUBURN (WGME) -- Some Maine communities that ended contracts with Flock Safety found the company’s automated license plate reader cameras remained in place for weeks and, in one case, months, raising questions about whether the cameras could still collect or share data after local access was shut off. In...

Auburn, ME · 1d

Bangor Daily News

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Blue Hill renews liquor license for restaurant it has taken to court

Blue Hill native Darlene Hatch said "I can’t grasp why a few people make it impossible for the rest of us to enjoy a really good restaurant.”

Blue Hill, ME · 1d

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Maine nonprofit association joins national awareness campaign

The Maine Association of Nonprofits is encouraging residents to recognize and support the more than 3,000 charitable nonprofits across the state as part of a national awareness campaign during Nonprofit Appreciation Month. “If you live, work or spend time in Maine, there’s a good chance a nonprofit is part of...

Maine · 1d

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Governor Janet Mills issues Veterans Day statement

STATEWIDE -- Governor Janet Mills issued a statement in honor of Veterans Day. It says in part “We express our deepest gratitude to those who fought for democracy and human rights across the world; those who protected the right to fair, free elections so that every vote and every ballot box counts. We honor those who fought and celebrated victories in the streets so that we might walk all our roads in freedom. To every veteran and every veteran’s family, thank you for your service and sacrifice. We will never forget it.”

Maine · 2d

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Maine awarded more than $190 million for rural health care in second year of federal grant program

The federal government is awarding Maine more than $190 million to support rural health care. The state is receiving roughly $350,000 more than it was awarded in the first year of the Rural Health Transformation Program. According to Gov. Janet Mills' office, the state will use the funding to build...

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