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College of the Atlantic president to step down at end of academic year

By Ethan Andrews on Aug 25, 2023 04:39 pm
Darron Collins will step down at the end of the 2023-24 academic year after more than 12 years leading the Bar Harbor-based school.
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In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ become a conservative target

By The Associated Press on Aug 25, 2023 03:20 pm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One of Iowa’s largest cities repealed its ban on “conversion therapy” — the discredited practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender […]
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Suspicious package prompts evacuation of Topsham Walgreens 

By CBS 13 on Aug 25, 2023 02:32 pm
The incident comes after multiple bomb threats were reported at other Walgreens locations in Maine on Thursday.
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Protest this way, not that way: In statehouses, varied rules restrict public voices

By The Associated Press on Aug 25, 2023 12:52 pm
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Shaking violently between sobs, parent Sarah Shoop Neumann could only manage a whisper as state troopers escorted her out of a Tennessee legislative hearing where she […]
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Whale puts on a show in midcoast river

By CBS 13 on Aug 25, 2023 12:28 pm
George Bryer was on his boat when he captured video of a whale breaching in the Sheepscot River near Wiscasset.
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Northern Light Health files lawsuit to try to keep Brewer tax exemption

By Valerie Royzman on Aug 25, 2023 12:14 pm
The city assessor ruled in June that Northern Light properties must pay taxes because third-party employees work there.
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One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot

By The Associated Press on Aug 25, 2023 11:31 am
Never mind that Trump is innocent until proven guilty in court; the mug shot, and all it connotes, packs an extra emotional and cultural punch.
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What we learned about Janet Mills in a book drawing from her pandemic journals

By Michael Shepherd on Aug 25, 2023 11:21 am
A new book focuses on the pen-pal relationship between the governor and a homesteader, but it also illuminates Mills' pandemic life.
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A Southwest Harbor preserve is a haven for the elusive monarch butterfly

By Aislinn Sarnacki on Aug 25, 2023 11:17 am
"It only took me about a minute of wandering to spot my first monarch butterfly. Fluttering around the flowerbeds, it nearly tickled my nose on the way past."
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South Portland officer placed on leave after fatally shooting 47-year-old

By Leela Stockley on Aug 25, 2023 10:41 am
Officer Anthony Verville has been placed on leave and an investigation is ongoing after Christapher Dodge was fatally shot on Friday morning.
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