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Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 1 pm

 

A Maine woman was stalked by drone, but police said they were unable to help


A Maine woman who was harassed by a drone for two days says police told her they could nothing about it.
 
 
 

China deal might not bail out lobster industry this New Year


American seafood exporters are optimistic that a new trade deal with China will allow them to claw back into one of the world's biggest markets for lobster, but help might not have arrived in time for the biggest day on the calendar.
 
 
 

Senate floor belongs to Trump team as defense case opens


The floor of the Senate now belongs to President Donald Trump's lawyers as they push the Republican-led chamber for his impeachment acquittal on charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress.
 
 
 

Campaign crunch time forces progressives to eye private jets


The private planes present unique issues for Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
 
 
 

Health advocates say the state has weak regulations for a family of chemicals found in drinking water


Some environmental health advocates say the final recommendations released this week from a state task force examining a family of chemicals known as PFAS are too weak.
 
 
 

Vermont hopes to complete 93-mile rail trail by mid-decade


The completion of a 93-mile rail trail across northern Vermont would help link an ever-expanding network of recreation trails across New England and beyond, advocates say.
 
 
 

What’s new in the China virus outbreak


More than 1,200 cases of a new viral respiratory illness have been confirmed since an outbreak began last month in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
 
 
 

More wet than white this weekend for parts of Maine


The weekend storm is looking more wet than white for parts of Maine. However, the mountains should get some snow.
 
 
 

South Portland police chief retires after 45 years on the force


What began during his first year of college as a police cadet turned into a career in law enforcement spanning more than 45 years, 26 of those years spent leading the South Portland Police Department.
 
 
 

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa


The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia.
 
 
 

School meal nutrition rollbacks are far from ‘common sense’


On Jan. 17, the Trump administration proposed rollbacks in nutrition standards in the school meal program. Under the proposal, legumes and potatoes will count as vegetables, fewer fruits will be served at breakfast and a la carte meals will allow students to select items high in fat.
 
 
 

Injury-plagued UMaine women’s basketball team continues to be resilient


University of Maine women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon said that in all of her years as a player and a coach, she has never been involved with a team that has had as many injuries as this year’s squad.
 
 
 

Hotel firm wants to raze Bar Harbor motel that houses workers so it can build shorefront cabins


A hotel company that owns and operates several hotels in Bar Harbor is seeking voter approval to change restrictions on oceanfront motel property so it can redevelop the parcel into a lodge and cabins.
 
 
 

Alpaca farming goes from high-scale pet to practical fiber business


Over the past few decades, these alpaca farmers in Maine have been able to sustain their living — even as many early adopters have left the industry — by maintaining diverse streams of income around the versatile animal, from fiber products to programs that allows people to “lease” an alpaca and board it at a farm for a fee.
 
 
 

Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg to campaign in Maine on Monday


Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will campaign in Portland and Scarborough on Monday as the billionaire opens a Maine campaign office in his late-breaking and self-funded bid to rise up the uncertain Democratic presidential primary field.
 
 
 

Farmer charged with killing pigs ahead of animal welfare check could face jury


It’s been nearly two years since a former farmer was accused of animal cruelty after he allegedly killed and buried about a dozen heritage pigs just a day before state animal welfare agents were scheduled to check on them.
 
 
 

Maine fishermen who died after boat sank identified


The Maine Marine Patrol has identified the two fishermen who died Thursday after their boat sank.
 
 

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