Local & State
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Proposal for passenger rail to Bangor loses steam in committee
The Legislature's transportation committee says LD 487 'ought not to pass,' especially without assured funding from the Trump administration.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Maine home prices finally fell last month, but don’t celebrate yet
The last year-over-year sales decrease was in March 2019, when the median sale price was $200,000.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Most Mainers don’t think Susan Collins deserves another term, survey says
Maine's Republican senator is in a tough political spot, and her latest favorability numbers show it.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Water main break shuts down Brighton Ave. near Portland-Westbrook line
Police are asking motorists traveling west to avoid the area where Brighton Avenue crosses the Maine Turnpike, saying the rupture is unlikely to be resolved before the evening.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
After drug arrest, Lewiston store owner talks plans for the future
One day after police announced that the owner of Garden of Via had been arrested for drug trafficking, Sami-Luqman Muhammad spoke from his shop at 260 Lisbon St.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Alzheimer’s advocate, 74, riding high after running Boston Marathon
Ralph Carmona, of Portland, who ran to raise awareness of the disease and the importance of federal research funds, finished in 4 hours, 14 minutes, 42 seconds and already is looking forward to running again next year.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Renovations of Hearts of Pine’s new home field in Portland unearths contaminated soil
The Portland City Council could accept a $205,000 federal grant Monday evening to clean up 'dirty dirt' laced with lead and arsenic, which the city discovered in the midst of preparations for the Hearts of Pine's home debut.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Maine author Monica Wood says libraries are essential, ‘under siege’
Wood, who grew up in the town of Mexico and lives in Portland, spoke Thursday at the Great Falls Forum in Lewiston.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
State-of-the-art performing arts center in Auburn to host inaugural fall concert series
The Maine State Music Theatre will launch its first fall satellite series with three different tribute shows featuring the music of Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Buxton widow awarded $1.3 million from Togus VA hospital for husband’s death
Roy Palmer, a U.S. Army veteran, died in 2020 after doctors gave him too much pain medication for stomach pain, leading to an overdose and respiratory cardiac arrest.
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