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Big gaps in vaccine rates across the US worry health experts
 
A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest...
 
 
 
Maine Democrats vote to require masks in State House after Janet Mills’ mandate ends
 
After a long and fraught debate, Democrats advanced the mask requirement on a 6-2 vote.
 
 
 
UMaine professor debunks COVID-19 misinformation on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
 
Dr. Melissa Maginnis was asked by Kimmel if she knew anything about the size of the spike proteins that surround the COVID-19 virus.
 
 
 
Department of Homeland Security says U.S.-Canadian border will remain closed at least until end of June
 
U.S. and Canadian officials have consistently moved back the border opening date each month. It has been sealed — with very few exceptions for essential travel — since March 2020 to prevent the...
 
 
 
2 pedestrians die in Augusta car crash
 
Augusta officers responded to a report of a crash around 269 Cony Road involving multiple pedestrians.
 
 
 
This fierce falcon added awe to a birthday canoe trip on Phillips Lake
 
"I couldn’t remember ever photographing a merlin before that day, so I was quite pleased," Aislinn Sarnacki writes.
 
 
 
Lewiston wins competitive $30 million federal grant to transform housing
 
The area contains three of the state’s four poorest census tracts, based on the 2010 census, and its children are twice as likely to be poisoned by lead because of their old housing than elsewhere...
 
 
 
 
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