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Travis Mills Foundation acquires nearby property to expand support for veterans
The Travis Mills Foundation — a nonprofit that assists post-9/11 veterans injured in active duty or in service to the nation — has purchased a 12-unit multifamily complex across the street from the organization's retreat in Rome, Maine. The plan is to expand the foundation's Warrior PATHH (Progressive...
Fallen law enforcement commemorated at 32nd memorial service
AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - National Police Week falls on May 15 this year, a yearly remembrance event to commemorate all law enforcement lives lost in the line of duty. The 32nd annual Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Observance was held in Augusta Tuesday morning. Eighty-eight names on the Maine Law...
Colby College gets $10M gift to establish data science center
Colby College will use a $10 million gift from trustee Richard M. McVey, a New York-based fintech executive and parent of two Colby graduates, to incorporate data sciences into the Waterville school’s liberal arts curriculum. The McVey Center for Computational and Data Sciences will speed scientific discovery, provide a...
How did America become so politically divided?
WATERVILLE, Maine — You didn’t have to be a professor of government to notice during the 2020 presidential race that rural Maine was filled with Trump campaign signs, signs that all but disappeared from the landscape as you made your way into Portland, Bangor, Lewiston and other cities.
The bees are back: Maine needs 1.4 billion bees to pollinate its blueberry crops alone
FALMOUTH, Maine — A wave of customers returned to local farms and flower shops this weekend looking for some last-minute Mother's Day gifts. Winslow Farm and Flower Shop in Falmouth had one of its first busy days of the season on Sunday as Sarah Boudreau and her family welcomed back regular customers and locals.
Dirigo Labs wins Stage One of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced Dirigo Labs as a Stage One winner for the 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. Dirigo Labs will receive a $50,000 cash prize for its […]
Low-barrier homeless shelters a little more hopeful after new state funding
This past winter, the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter in Waterville served twice as many individuals in their warming shelter than the year before. The shelter is one of four low-barrier options across the state, all of which have been increasingly stretched with the ongoing, overlapping challenges of drug use and the high cost of housing, among […] The post Low-barrier homeless shelters a little more hopeful after new state funding appeared first on Maine Morning Star.
$2 million worth of fentanyl pills intercepted after they were mistakenly sent to a house in Maine
A homeowner in Winslow, Maine, had to file a complaint with police after two packages arrived from California containing nearly 30 pounds of pills containing fentanyl.
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