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Saturday, February 1, 2020

How Maine beekeepers are helping to improve bee production and health across the nation


Over time, the program will help in developing practices that help beekeepers improve the health of their bees.
 

Judge orders Belfast activists to stop filing lawsuits to stall fish farm project


A Belfast judge told opponents of a proposed land-based fish farm to stop filing lawsuits aimed at stalling the project, invoking a law that is more commonly used to protect activists than corporations.
 

Substitute teacher will be resentenced in sexual abuse case after appeal


In a majority opinion published on Thursday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court sent a sexual assault case against a former Caribou substitute teacher back to the lower court for resentencing following his appeal.
 

Senate rejects Trump impeachment trial witnesses that Susan Collins backed


The U.S. Senate on Friday voted to reject calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial despite “yes” votes from both of Maine’s senators including Republican Susan Collins, formally paving the way for the president’s near-certain acquittal.
 

Susan Collins outraised by Sara Gideon in late 2019, but had more than twice the money left


U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ campaign said Friday it raised $2.3 million in the final quarter of 2019, bringing her total fundraising this cycle to $10.9 million as she heads into the most competitive reelection campaign of her career.
 

US Senate could push final Trump impeachment trial vote to next week


The Senate is considering pushing off final acquittal in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial until next week under a proposal being negotiated Friday by party leaders.
 

Saddleback Mountain officially sold to Boston investment group


The deal was sealed Friday afternoon and paves the way for a new beginning at Maine's third largest ski mountain.
 

UMaine football recruit out to prove he’s not just Randy Moss’ son


“I’ll be working to get that spot. I want to prove to the coaches that I’m not just Randy Moss’ son. I have my own name, and I want to make it for myself."
 

Janet Mills opposes March referendum bid to overturn Maine vaccine law


Gov. Janet Mills said Friday she opposes a referendum that would overturn Maine's law eliminating religious and philosophical exemptions for vaccinations.
 

Maine’s Angus King ‘likely’ to vote to remove Donald Trump from office


U.S. Sen. Angus King told WCSH he will likely vote to remove President Donald Trump from office, though the vote might not take place until next week.
 

Maine schools sent into lockdown after threat mentioning Susan Collins


Threats made Friday that one superintendent said mentioned U.S. Sen. Susan Collins have forced schools from Machias to Bangor and in Aroostook County into a “soft lockdown.”
 

After initially overruling kids’ votes, Brunswick school board changes mascot decision


Brunswick's mascot controversy is over.
 

This Blue Hill ‘space capsule’ will be one of fewer than 100 net-zero homes in Maine


The house has an odd look from the road, with five small narrow horizontal and vertical windows. But the house will be so airtight that its heating system, a heat pump, will only occasionally need to provide heat to the eventual homeowners.
 

Susan Collins to vote for Trump impeachment witnesses; Murkowski to vote against


U.S. Sen. Susan Collins said late Thursday she will vote for calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but a Democratic-led bid for more testimony looked unlikely to pass as the Senate moved toward an imminent vote for acquittal.
 

Maine schools with Chinese students ask them not to travel home amid coronavirus outbreak


As the coronavirus was declared an international health emergency, private high schools in Maine with Chinese students were asking them not to travel home during an upcoming break and calling off administrators’ recruiting trips.
 

Jim Rice entertains Red Sox fans in Bangor, downplays sign-stealing scandal


The Hall of Fame slugger was engaging and exhibited a keen wit while interacting comfortably with almost a full house of Red Sox fans. He downplayed the sign-stealing scandal, saying “all teams cheat and all the players cheat. It’s part of baseball.”
 

Bangor police used ‘less lethal’ weapon in arresting man they say threatened to burn neighbor’s home


Few details are available about the arrest earlier this week of a Bangor man who allegedly threatened to burn down his neighbor's home — he reportedly displayed a gasoline container at the time — then barricaded himself inside his own mobile home when officers arrived.
 

Belfast’s new police chief has flown fighter jets to the North Pole and broken the sound barrier


New Police Chief Gerry Lincoln has been with the Belfast Police Department since 2017 and before that spent nearly a decade working for the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office.
 

Few sexual assault cases make it to court. A Maine prosecutor wants to change that.


Case workers at Sexual Assault Support Services of Midcoast Maine, say they counseled 503 victims of alleged sex crimes last year. But only 76 filed a police report.
 

Son of Hall of Famer Randy Moss commits to UMaine football team


Montigo Moss is a 6-foot-1 wide receiver who attends Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia.
 

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