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A mental health worker is now going on calls with midcoast police

By Jules Walkup on Oct 23, 2023 05:47 pm
Funding for the new role comes from the roughly $235 million in settlements with companies that fueled the opioid crisis.
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Weather delays trans-Atlantic balloon flight from Presque Isle

By Paula Brewer on Oct 23, 2023 05:41 pm
An international balloonist team recently put its plans on hold when members couldn’t find a window of prime wind and weather conditions.
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Missouri man pleads guilty to illegal crossing after trying to smuggle wife across US-Canada border    

By Ethan Andrews on Oct 23, 2023 03:35 pm
The man was first seen walking on a road with a flashlight on the Canadian side of the border near the Union Corners area of Hodgdon.
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Striking unions blast Baileyville mill for hiring scabs

By Bill Trotter on Oct 23, 2023 02:39 pm
Union reps says Strom Engineering Corp. “specializes” in providing short-term, non-union workers to mills involved in labor disputes.
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Norway man pleads guilty to defrauding COVID relief program

By Christopher Burns on Oct 23, 2023 01:58 pm
Merton Weed Jr., 51, faces up to 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine up to $250,000.
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Who’s gonna fill their shoes? 

By V. Paul Reynolds, Outdoors in Maine on Oct 23, 2023 11:31 am
Many deer hunters, even the dedicated ones, go years without a true trophy buck that tops the scales at more than 200 pounds.
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Houlton ousts Dexter and other Week 8 football highlights

By Sam Canfield on Oct 23, 2023 11:24 am
The first playoff games of the season are in the books, and fans are on the edge of their seats to see who makes it to the state finals.
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Sangerville woman indicted for manslaughter in fatal Piscataquis County crash

By Marie Weidmayer on Oct 23, 2023 11:11 am
Tricia LaBree has been indicted for manslaughter after she allegedly crashed her car while driving drunk over the summer, killing her passenger, Lori Jewell.
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Right whale population is steadying, but human-caused injuries remain high

By Nicole Ogrysko, Maine Public on Oct 23, 2023 11:00 am
The number of right whales being born is roughly the same as those dying, a new report suggests.
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Starting Wednesday, Maine drivers must move over and slow down for disabled vehicles

By Carol Bousquet, Maine Public on Oct 23, 2023 10:34 am
More than 400 people are struck and killed outside disable vehicles nationwide every year by drivers who don't slow down and move over.
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