Local & State
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PublishedMarch 19, 2024
From chess camp to state championships, asylum seeker propels Baxter Academy to title in club’s 1st year
João Vuvu-Nkanu Maviditi, 16, learned chess last summer when he was living at the Portland Expo and the nonprofit The Gift of Chess came to the temporary shelter for asylum seekers to teach the game to young people.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
UMaine Orono part of high-altitude balloon launch to record solar eclipse
The eclipse can be viewed from the vantage point of high-altitude balloons on April 8 on YouTube.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Proposal would exempt agricultural pesticides from law banning forever chemicals
Proponents of the bill say farmers need more time to move to alternatives, but opponents say the current law is reasonable and raise concerns about PFAS contamination of food.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Hillandale requests Turner to rezone poultry farm amid property sale
The property is in a district that only allows the land to be used for egg production.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
He heard the Lewiston mass shooter firing inside the bar. So he cut the power ‘to put him in the dark’
Called a hero for turning off the lights at Schemengees Bar & Grille Restaurant, Mike Roderick details what happened on Oct. 25, 2023.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Judge struggles to untangle Popham Beach land dispute
The Tappens claim they own the rights to beachfront land, having bought a deed to it in 2021. The Hills say the deed is worthless because the land was intended for all neighbors to access, and are asking the judge to declare the parcel a 'common area.'
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
State trooper suffers broken ankle, another is bitten during arrest in Limerick
State police charge a man and his girlfriend after two troopers are injured while responding to a domestic violence report on Saturday.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Portland police say death of man found in Casco Bay not suspicious
It could take the medical examiner several weeks to receive results of toxicology tests and determine the cause of death.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Sagadahoc deputy criticized for failing to arrest Lewiston shooter is running for sheriff
Sgt. Aaron Skolfield, who has faced scrutiny for failing to properly heed warnings about Robert Card's declining mental health, filed paperwork to run for Sagadahoc County sheriff in February.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2024
Lewiston plans a memorial for Oct. 25 mass shooting
New committee will soon begin planning a memorial and related events.
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