Local & State
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Pace of new COVID infections continues post-Thanksgiving rise
The delta variant continues to drive a surge in infections in Maine as the new omicron variant is being detected elsewhere in the country.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Bill Nemitz: For Cape Elizabeth, a public reckoning looms
The town's proposed affordable housing project may be history, but a revealing referendum remains.
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PublishedDecember 3, 2021
Portland City Council will discuss options for filling 3 vacant school board seats
A special election could be held as early as April to fill the three vacancies or the city could wait until the next regularly scheduled election in June.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Eliminating single-family zoning among ways to increase housing opportunity, state commission says
Recommendations from the Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions include eliminating single-family zoning, allowing in-law apartments as a matter of right and removing municipal growth caps.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Crews respond to large fire at Maine Turnpike Authority garage in Litchfield
A Maine Turnpike Authority worker, who had stayed late Thursday, saw the flames and reported the fire at about 5 p.m.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Portland is trying out a new way to get community input
Residents are being encouraged to sign up if they receive text messages inviting them to participate.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Offshore wind brings ‘gust’ of job growth, energy secretary says
Jennifer Granholm visits Rhode Island, where a building is being constructed for the fabrication and assembly of large, advanced components for turbine foundations.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Lobstering union petitions U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Gulf of Maine closure
It’s the most recent development in a legal battle between Maine's lobster industry and conservationists seeking to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
Readfield-area school to add early release days to address warnings of teacher burnout
The early release days will start in February and go through May, even as one school board member said that teachers need mental health time rather than more time to do more work.
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PublishedDecember 2, 2021
People can’t get COVID boosters in Maine because of staffing woes at drugstores
People began reporting the issue on Twitter last week to Dr. Nirav Shah, Maine's CDC director.
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