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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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QUOTE OF THE DAY"My biggest hope is they have it cleaned up before the eclipse.”
— Amy Collinsworth, a director at Eastern Maine Development Corp., on the pile of rubble in the middle of downtown Millinocket, the remains of a historic bank building that burned to the ground on Sunday.
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Today’s Top Maine Stories |
Maine influencers are earning money from Tik Tok, and the attempt by Congress to ban the platform is weighing on them. |
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Cumberland turned away their 107-unit housing project. Now the developers are taking their plans to a neighboring Portland suburb. |
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Selling trucks without emission controls might backfire. An Auburn auto shop is facing a $4,000 fine in the first case under a new Maine law. |
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Big, familiar tax disputes are afoot in Augusta. But a pile of extra money is complicating things. |
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Maine in Pictures |
| Protestors chant and wave signs outside the State Theater on Congress Street in Portland on Wednesday night, March 13, 2024, after unsuccessfully trying to stop a Matisyahu concert. The pro-Israeli singer's show went on as planned. Troy R. Bennett | BDN | | Things To Do This Weekend | On Saturday, the Curran Homestead in Orrington hosts an Irish celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., including live music, an Irish breakfast, blacksmithing and pottery demonstrations and much more. Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day, and all the usual fun around eastern Maine is happening, including all day revelry starting at 6 a.m. at Paddy Murphy’s in downtown Bangor, live music and food from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Fogtown Brewing in Ellsworth, as well as Celtic band Kalos at the Gracie Theatre at 3 p.m. Husson University. | |
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More News from Around the State |
Effects of climate change progressing faster than expected in Maine, state planners find $30M from bond could help storm-damaged Maine trails Man hospitalized after Bangor firefighters pull him from burning mobile home Hermon golf course opens early thanks to mild winter Stowaway groundhog gets car ride across Portland Harbor California man arrested in Caribou on drug trafficking charges Man pleads guilty to role in California to Down East meth pipeline People visiting family and friends in Aroostook boost tourism numbers 1 injured, 1 dead in early-morning Windsor crash Cumberland DA getting threats after relaxing traffic stop policy Maine legislators closing in on a deal to keep AM radios in cars Multiple Mainers rescued after dogs fall through thin ice |
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From the Opinion Pages |
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Life in Maine |
🏆 UMaine women’s basketball team is headed to the championship, buoyed by a player who has spent little time on the court. |
🐣 Here is farm animal sex education for homesteading beginners. A basic understanding is crucial for the health of the animals and the sanity of the homesteader. |
🐦 The blue jays never left. Bangor Daily News birding columnist Bob Duchese explains why. |
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