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Happy new year. Temperatures will be in the 30s with mostly cloudy skies throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.
Watch Mainers ring in the new year
  • Throughout the state, Mainers celebrated the change in year — and decade.

    In Bangor, hundreds gathered in West Market Square to watch a large beach ball get thrown off the roof of Paddy Murphy’s. Despite the snow and cold temperatures brought on by a New Year’s Eve storm, people still gathered to celebrate a new decade.
22 people died in homicides in Maine in 2019, including six during a 5-day stretch in March
  • The number of homicides in Maine in 2019 fell in line with the average over the past decade. Slightly less than half were classified as domestic violence-related. And police are still searching for the alleged perpetrators in two of the cases.
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For the Maine coast, 2019 was the year of the fish
  • Three companies announced intentions or advanced plans for land-based fish operations along the state’s jagged coastline in 2019.

    Many in the state have embraced the aquaculture industry as a source for jobs and new tax revenue, but that has not been the case everywhere.
Helicopter crew set to collar 130 more moose for Maine research effort
  • When a new year arrives, many have traditions that involve resolutions and celebrations. For Maine’s moose biologist, the arrival of a new year has come to mean something else: It’s time for the state to “recruit” a new crop of moose to aid in future research efforts.
Seniors help Hampden Academy hockey team get unbeaten start
  • Even though the season is young, there is just one undefeated team in the Class B North boys hockey Heal Points: Hampden Academy.
Kick off 2020 by participating in a guided First Day Hike
  • If looking for a way to start 2020 on the right foot, consider a walk in Maine’s snowy wilderness. And if you’d like some company or you don’t know what trail to explore, you’re in luck.
FROM OUR ARCHIVES
Where New Year’s resolutions came from and why they don’t work
  • Every year, when that cold January wind begins to blow, Mainers firmly resolve to do more of the things that are wicked good for us and less of those that aren’t. This soul-searching tradition dates back 4,000 years to ancient Babylon.

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