Community meals and food distributions are planned in communities across the state ahead of the holiday.
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Cumberland County DA fired prosecutor who asked her to consider not running for reelection
Valerie Adams says District Attorney Jacqueline Sartoris fired her without offering a formal termination letter after Adams told Sartoris that she plans to challenge her for the office next year.
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Man injured after falling from roof of moving bus on Maine Turnpike
Witnesses told police that the New York man said he felt overheated and opened an emergency hatch before climbing atop the bus.
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Portland’s Monument Square holiday tree will arrive Wednesday
The 40-foot spruce tree, which is being removed from a Boyd Street lot to make way for a housing project, will have its lights turned on the evening of Nov. 28.
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Scarborough Fire Department prepares to welcome new firefighters
With the addition of 10 full-time firefighters, the largest addition in department history, Scarborough will have enough personnel to add a 3rd ambulance.
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Snow is coming to some areas of Maine this weekend
Some parts of the state will see snow and others will see rain, but it was too soon on Thursday to predict where the incoming weather system will hit hardest, forecasters say.
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Maine expands recall of cannabis vape cartridges
Last month’s recall of a strain of a Yani product sold at 21 stores has been expanded by the state’s Office of Cannabis Policy to include three more strains and five more stores.
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Portland Harbor gets its first public electric-boat charger
The charger was put to the test on Thursday by the Heron, an electric aquaculture boat launched by Maine Ocean Farms in Freeport this summer.
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Missing Portland woman found safe, police say
The 38-year-old had been reported missing Wednesday.
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Delays to Portland pool renovation stretch capacity at only open city-run aquatics facility
The Riverton pool has been closed since September 2023 and isn’t expected to reopen until next summer after unexpected construction issues cropped up.