Local & State

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January 30, 2023

Portland budget challenges include inflation, revenue losses, homeless services

City Councilors Monday said they are looking at the upcoming budget as a chance to stabilize and rebuild the city after COVID-19.
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January 30, 2023

Suspect in Winslow stabbing pleads not guilty to aggravated assault charge

Justin Boucher, 21, accused of repeatedly stabbing a 65-year-old man Jan. 18, entered his plea last week at an Augusta courtroom.
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January 30, 2023

Gov. Mills nominates director of new health care agency

Meg Garratt-Reed has been nominated to be executive director of the Office of Affordable Health Care.
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January 30, 2023

Theater review: In ‘Sweet Goats,’ a baker holds onto Cuban roots while making a home in Maine

Portland Stage commissioned the new play by Richard Blanco and Vanessa Garcia.
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January 30, 2023

Concert review: Program change doesn’t detract from Portland Symphony’s ‘Rite of Spring’

Violinist Jennifer Frautschi took the place of guitarist Pepe Romero who had to cancel because of a health issue.
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January 30, 2023

More Maine public schools get solar energy

The installation of an array on a farm in Livermore Falls, paid for by the federal government, will help power five public schools in the state.
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January 30, 2023

State panel backs creation of new rail trail between Auburn and Portland

Rail Use Advisory Council endorses a 26-mile path for bicycles and pedestrians along an unused rail corridor.
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January 30, 2023

Maine begins mailing $450 relief checks

The Mills administration says it plans to mail out 200,000 a week, and that the 'vast majority' of the 880,000 eligible taxpayers should receive them by the end of March.
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January 30, 2023

Inside the National Weather Service in Gray: webcams, balloons and artful patience

The office of 15 meteorologists gathers data and makes forecasts that inform countless decisions by Mainers, businesses and even other weather forecasters.
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January 30, 2023

Kennebunkport man lived in Atlanta forest for months before protest arrests

Francis Carroll, 22, has been arrested twice since mid-December during protests tied to a $90 million police training center in Georgia.