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Excitement, concern from Maine businesses after proposed paid leave program revealed
AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Maine became the 13th state in the country last year to create a paid leave program. The Maine Department of Labor says about 600,000 Maine workers will be eligible for 12 weeks of paid family or medical leave. “This is probably some of the biggest and most...
Debut date announced for ‘Lost on a Mountain in Maine’ movie
WATERVILLE, Maine (WMTW) - Get ready to see “Lost on a Mountain in Maine” on the big screen. The movie, based on Donn Fendler’s popular book recounting his real-life experience, will debut at the Maine International Film Festival on July 13 at 7 p.m. at the Waterville Opera House.
Yacht Rock Legend Christopher Cross Playing Several Shows in New England
Yacht Rock. It's a music genre that used to be called "soft rock" until a 2005 mockumentary web series titled "Yacht Rock" debuted. It followed the lives and careers of American soft rock stars of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and the name stuck. The Yacht Rock genre includes...
It’s the end of the line for an acclaimed series of crime novels
PORTLAND, Maine — Gerry Boyle has been writing about Maine for nearly 50 years, first as a reporter for the “Rumford Falls Times” weekly newspaper, then as a reporter and columnist for the “Morning Sentinel” in Waterville. His career then took a slight turn when...
Thousands of illegal marijuana plants seized in 2 separate drug busts
PORTLAND (WGME) -- Thousands of illegal marijuana plants were seized Thursday morning in two separate busts. Around 7:17 a.m., the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office executed a warrant at a property on North Main Street in Solon. No one was at the property, but 1,142 marijuana plants and over 100...
Korean War veterans, families invited to join Augusta ceremony
The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea and the Maine Bureau of Veterans’ Services have partnered to identify and invite Korean War Veterans (Boots on the ground 1950-1953, and in country service up to one year following the July 1953 armistice), and their families to attend a Korean War Veterans Ceremony at the State House – Hall of Flags in Augusta on Friday, July 26 at 1 p.m.
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