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Good morning. Temperatures will be in the low 20s to mid-30s from north to south with snow and a wintry mix throughout the state. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.
Why an independent pharmacy opened across from Walgreens in Belfast
  • There are no bottles of wine and cans of beer in Belfast Drug Co.'s aisles. Cigarettes aren’t for sale here. There are racks of greeting cards, a full line of health and beauty aids, along with some durable medical equipment such as crutches and walkers — but the heart of the business is behind its wide counters.
Janet Mills’ criticism of Maine tribal sovereignty push surprised some who crafted it
  • Members of the Maine task force that crafted tribal sovereignty recommendations Gov. Janet Mills criticized for being too sweeping didn’t know how she felt until last week despite months of work under her administration’s eye.
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How reptiles and amphibians survive Maine’s long winter

  • About 40 species of frogs, turtles, salamanders, newts and snakes live in the state, but they don’t have fur or feathers to keep them warm. Plus, being cold blooded, these creatures are especially sensitive to temperature. So how can they survive a frigid Maine winter?
These 3 women were tired of waiting for someone to do something about addiction in Millinocket
  • The newly opened Pir2Peer Recovery Community Center was the dream of three Millinocket-area women who became tired of waiting for someone to do something about opioid addiction in the Katahdin region. Their center opened with some state help and is located in a building that once housed a car dealership and, most recently, a medical marijuana growing operation.
Hunters’ top 11 excuses for missing grouse or woodcock in the Maine woods
  • As one of guide put it, upland hunting is a series of mistakes, missteps and blunders that occasionally intersect at a moment in time, allowing a hunter to occasionally kill a bird.
Favored Caribou, Ellsworth face upstarts in B North boys semifinals
  • Caribou is still the best bet to win a second straight Class B North boys basketball title, but the quarterfinals demonstrated that it probably won’t be easy.
Do this: How quieting the mind can benefit your life

  • In the past two decades, the practice of mindfulness and meditation has gone from being a spiritual practice done at ashrams in India, where it originated thousands of years ago, to the mainstream because of the celebrities who tout its benefits.
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Teens go in search of mythical ‘Basin Screecher’ in Phippsburg woods

  • The Pine Tree State has no shortage of unexplained crypto creature encounters. There’s Cassie the mythic Casco Bay sea monster, first reported in the 18th century. In the 1970s, kids say they saw a gorilla on the loose in Durham. Bigfoot was reportedly sighted in Turner just a few years ago.

    Now, thanks to three Morse High School students, we can now add another to the list: The Basin Screecher.

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