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Thursday, February 13, 2020 at 1 pm

 

Bangor School Committee on track to pass suicide policy


The superintendent submitted the policy to the committee after parents and others who criticized the school department’s response to a student’s death by suicide in November called for one.
 
 
 

This easy hike leads to Maine’s largest glacial erratic


Located on a wooded hill in Phillips, a small town in western Maine, Daggett Rock is thought to have originated from the nearby Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley. It’s approximately 80 feet long, 30 feet wide and 25 feet high, and it may weigh as much as 8,000 tons, according to the Maine Geological Survey.
 
 
 

Maine could become latest state to tax Netflix and other streaming services


The proposed tax would generate $3.7 million in revenue in 2021 and up to $6 million by 2023, according to Maine’s finance department.
 
 
 

Maine saw dozens more hepatitis A cases in 2019


A dozen of those cases were linked to a food-borne outbreak in Aroostook County.
 
 
 

Ice smashes windshield of Baldwin school bus


No students were on the bus at the time.
 
 
 

Take your sweetie for a night on the town this Valentine’s Day weekend


Whether you love it or loathe it, there are lots of fun Valentine’s Day events this Friday, for couples, for singles, for families and more.
 
 
 

Maine homestead where woman behind the New Deal lived has been saved


The Frances Perkins Homestead in Newcastle, which has been owned and occupied by the Perkins family for more than 260 years, has been deteriorating and her grandson was looking to sell it.
 
 
 

What Trump administration’s pledge to ‘punish’ immigrant-friendly cities means for Portland


Attorney General Bill Barr pledged the Justice Department “would be reviewing the practices, policies and laws of other jurisdictions around the country,” as well as “progressive politicians” who obstruct enforcement of federal immigration law.
 
 
 

How Susan Collins is explaining her Trump acquittal votes and the aftermath


Susan Collins continues to be closely watched in the aftermath of the president’s impeachment trial.
 
 
 

The debate over how to raise beef without killing the planet


Experts agree that carbon-neutral beef is possible, though. But even the possibility of carbon-neutral beef faces issues of scalability, misinformation and whether demand for beef will ever truly be satiated.
 
 
 

Democrats fear fallout from Bernie Sanders atop the ticket


Apprehensive Democrats are sharing their worries that his socialist label and unyielding embrace of controversial proposals will repel voters in the affluent, moderate districts that flipped House control in 2018.
 
 
 

New commission could curb Maine’s health care costs


Oversight boards have many tools they can use to influence health care costs.
 
 
 

Format change means more games at one price for some basketball tourney quarterfinals


The bad news for some high school basketball fans is that adult, single-session tickets for this year’s tournament have increased from $8 to $10. Tickets remain $5 each for seniors and students.
 
 
 

Hospital failed to protect patients who acted violently from abuse, feds say


A federal agency has found that Maine Medical Center failed to protect patients from physical abuse on two occasions when a security guard and a nurse each allegedly struck patients who were acting violently.
 
 
 

State officials get an earful about proposed Belfast fish farm


Dozens implored the Maine Board of Environmental Protection this week to put the brakes on plans for a $500 million land-based salmon farm here.
 
 
 

What to do when you’re in Bangor for the high school basketball tourney


From family-friendly eating to shopping and playing, here's what you can do while you’re visiting the Queen City — tournament time, or any other time.
 
 
 

Players, fans pay tribute to late Old Town hockey player during senior game


Dylan McInnis' friends and family gathered at the Alfond Arena to celebrate his memory before Old Town-Orono’s highly anticipated game against Hampden Academy.
 
 
 

More than 1,000 pack Fort Kent gymnasium to weigh in on new school site


If the project for a new St. John Valley regional high school moves forward, there will be two more opportunities for the public to vote.
 
 
 

Angler catches state record yellow perch on her first-ever day of ice fishing


Martina Drugovich didn’t expect to land a state record fish on Tuesday, her first-ever day as an ice angler.
 
 
 

Warren campaign shifts money to Maine after disappointing New Hampshire finish


Maine is one of the states to which Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is shifting resources as she seeks to revive her presidential campaign after a distant fourth-place finish in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.
 
 

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