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Meet South Portland’s new mayor
Elyse Tipton anticipates the city’s comprehensive plan, housing, coastal resilience and the Mahoney City Center will be major issues in her tenure.
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Unusual oyster farm heist leaves Portland couple reeling
The equipment and oysters that went missing from the waters off Falmouth last month are valued at roughly $20,000.
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Maine facing record low temperatures from blast of arctic cold
With wind chills as low as minus 30 possible, warming shelters are opening across the state, and meteorologists are reminding Mainers to dress in layers and stay hydrated.
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Cumberland, North Yarmouth residents vote on new primary school name
There are four final potential names for the SAD 51 school, currently under construction.
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Man sentenced to life in prison for killing Westbrook couple in front of children
Marcel LaGrange, 26, pleaded guilty in September to murder in connection with the deaths of Brittney Cockrell and Michael Hayter.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Biddeford asks Maine Superior Court to invalidate UNE pier approval
The city contends that the Saco River Corridor Commission’s approval of the controversial project contradicts a 2001 decision that established a vegetative buffer zone where UNE wants to build the pier.
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School bus driver in fatal Rockland crash no longer works for district
Brayden Callahan, 12, died after he was struck by driver Jeffrey Colburn. The district attorney says authorities haven’t yet decided whether to charge Colburn with a crime.
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What happens to Maine research grants canceled by the Trump administration?
From Bowdoin to the University of Maine, federal grant terminations have impacted research projects tackling geoscience culture to zooplankton health in the Gulf of Maine.
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In Washington County, where ‘bond’ is a bad word, a tax spike is coming
Down East taxpayers aren’t happy about the county’s financial mismanagement, but an $11 million shortfall must be remedied.