Local & State
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
Challenger unseats Cumberland County DA with backing of big-spending national group
Jacqueline Sartoris rode into office with the support of an out-of-state PAC that poured $380,000 into ads supporting her and opposing her opponent, Jonathan Sahrbeck.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
In photos: Row, row, row your (cardboard) boat
In the final days of the school year, Casco Bay High School student teams were given the same amount of cardboard and duct tape to design and build their own boat. On Tuesday, the final day of school for ninth, 10th and 11th graders, the school held cardboard boat races at Willard Beach in South Portland. All photos by Staff Photographer Ben McCanna.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
Portland’s July 4 fireworks will boom, but without musical accompaniment
A city staffing shortage led to the decision to keep the celebration scaled back, meaning the Portland Symphony Orchestra will not perform.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
Big win in state Senate special election buoys Democrats
But Republicans dismissed the defeat as a 'low stakes' race that in no way indicates what will happen in November when both candidates face off again with former Republican Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic Gov. Janet Mills at the top of the ticket.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
DaPonte String Quartet rehired, and board members replaced
Attorneys helped the musicians reach an agreement in which the board members who fired the musicians last month have stepped down and been replaced by a new board.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
AG rules that state appointees can’t run for political office
The governor's office had initially advised at least one Democratic candidate that she would only need to resign if she won based on what it now says is 'a longstanding, but erroneous, understanding of the law' that preceded the administration.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
MRC now in position to purchase Hampden recycling, waste-to-energy facility
The Municipal Review Committee announced Wednesday that no qualified bidders have come forward to buy the defunct Coastal Resources of Maine plant, which means the MRC is now poised to take ownership of it for $1.5 million.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
Maine’s 2nd District congressional race looks awfully familiar
All three of this year's candidates vying for the U.S. House seat were on the ballot in 2018
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
This Penobscot County town has ended its tradition of being ‘dry’
Licensed businesses in Corinth will be able to sell beer, wine and liquor every day of the week except Sunday.
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PublishedJune 15, 2022
Maine approves $63 million CMP power line upgrade over residents’ objections
Hundreds opposed the upgrade as benefiting a planned land-based salmon farm to be built in Belfast by Nordic Aquafarms, but regulators noted ongoing problems with the aging line.
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