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Acclaimed Native playwright and UMaine lecturer William Yellow Robe dies at 61

By Emily Burnham on Jul 21, 2021 06:00 pm
Starting in the mid-1980s, Yellow Robe was a prolific writer of both full-length and one-act plays, as well as essays, short stories and poems.
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Extreme weather wreaks havoc worldwide as climate change bears down

By Tribune Content Agency on Jul 21, 2021 05:59 pm
The scenes of desperation and devastation in Zhengzhou added to a portfolio of disasters this year that have raised the specter of irreversible climate change as never before and offered glimpses of what it means to live on a warming planet where human survival grows more fraught.
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UMaine football team adds pair of transfer defensive backs

By Larry Mahoney on Jul 21, 2021 05:18 pm
The University of Maine football team has continued to shore up its defense with the addition of two more transfers.
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Their dog was stolen from a truck in Presque Isle. Social media helped bring him back home.

By Alexander MacDougall on Jul 21, 2021 05:12 pm
Finn was uninjured from the entire ordeal, only hungry from having missed dinner.
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Rare ‘breakthrough’ COVID cases are causing alarm, confusion

By The Associated Press on Jul 21, 2021 05:05 pm
Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming, but top health experts point to overwhelming evidence that the shots are doing exactly what they are supposed to: dramatically reducing severe illness and death.
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Learning wilderness first aid can boost your safety outdoors

By Aislinn Sarnacki on Jul 21, 2021 05:00 pm
Even if you aren’t looking to become a Maine Guide, knowing wilderness first aid can increase your safety outdoors, especially if you’re traveling with other people.
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Bailey Plourde cruises to 6-shot win at Maine Women’s Amateur Golf Tournament

By Larry Mahoney on Jul 21, 2021 04:47 pm
Even two wayward shots on the 18th hole weren't enough to derail Bailey Plourde on her way to the win.
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Infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again

By The Associated Press on Jul 21, 2021 04:23 pm
Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on a big infrastructure deal that a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden. But supporters in both parties remained hopeful of another chance in the coming days.
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Judge rejects request to reduce bail for man charged with murder in Down East fire

By Bill Trotter on Jul 21, 2021 04:20 pm
Charles Townsend, 32, is accused of killing Wayne Morrill, 66, at Morrill’s Ridge Road home in the Washington County town on Oct. 7, 2020, by setting fire to Morrill’s home.
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Unvaccinated staff eyed in rising nursing home cases, deaths 

By The Associated Press on Jul 21, 2021 04:06 pm
Some policy experts are urging the government to close the gap by requiring nursing home staffers to get shots, a mandate the Biden administration has been reluctant to issue.
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