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Saturday, January 25, 2020

More wet than white this weekend for parts of Maine


The weekend storm is looking more wet than white for parts of Maine. However, the mountains should get some snow.
 

South Portland police chief retires after 45 years on the force


What began during his first year of college as a police cadet turned into a career in law enforcement spanning more than 45 years, 26 of those years spent leading the South Portland Police Department.
 

‘This is huge’: Locust swarms destroy crops in East Africa


The worst outbreak of desert locusts in Kenya in 70 years has seen hundreds of millions of the bugs swarm into the East African nation from Somalia and Ethiopia.
 

School meal nutrition rollbacks are far from ‘common sense’


On Jan. 17, the Trump administration proposed rollbacks in nutrition standards in the school meal program. Under the proposal, legumes and potatoes will count as vegetables, fewer fruits will be served at breakfast and a la carte meals will allow students to select items high in fat.
 

Injury plagued UMaine women’s basketball team continues to be resilient


University of Maine women’s basketball coach Amy Vachon said that in all of her years as a player and a coach, she has never been involved with a team that has had as many injuries as this year’s squad.
 

Hotel firm wants to raze Bar Harbor motel that houses workers so it can build shorefront cabins


A hotel company that owns and operates several hotels in Bar Harbor is seeking voter approval to change restrictions on oceanfront motel property so it can redevelop the parcel into a lodge and cabins.
 

Alpaca farming goes from high-scale pet to practical fiber business


Over the past few decades, these alpaca farmers in Maine have been able to sustain their living — even as many early adopters have left the industry — by maintaining diverse streams of income around the versatile animal, from fiber products to programs that allows people to “lease” an alpaca and board it at a farm for a fee.
 

Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg to campaign in Maine on Monday


Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will campaign in Portland and Scarborough on Monday as the billionaire opens a Maine campaign office in his late-breaking and self-funded bid to rise up the uncertain Democratic presidential primary field.
 

A Waterville deli’s customers could be at risk of contracting Hepatitis A, CDC says


Customers of a Waterville deli might be at risk of contracting Hepatitis A after an infected food service worker there prepared food for more than 10 days in late December and early January.
 

Police identify pedestrian killed in Orrington crash


The pedestrian who died after being struck by a car in Orrington on Thursday evening has been identified as 34-year-old Megan E. McGraw of Bangor, police said Friday.
 

Farmer charged with killing pigs ahead of animal welfare check could face jury


It’s been nearly two years since a former farmer was accused of animal cruelty after he allegedly killed and buried about a dozen heritage pigs just a day before state animal welfare agents were scheduled to check on them.
 

Maine fishermen who died after boat sank identified


The Maine Marine Patrol has identified the two fishermen who died Thursday after their boat sank.
 

Democrats argue ‘right matters’ in Trump impeachment trial


Democratic House prosecutors made an expansive case at Donald Trump's impeachment trial that he abused power like no other president in history, swept up by a "completely bogus" Ukraine theory pushed by attorney Rudy Giuliani.
 

NY man charged in 2017 Cherryfield homicide pleads not guilty


A man accused of slaying a Maine woman in Cherryfield more than 2½ years ago pleaded not guilty to murder Friday in Washington County Superior Court in Machias.
 

Maine investigators confirm Farmington blast cause as attorneys for victims seek full report


An auger head of a bollard installed by a Manchester company to protect an air-conditioning unit six days before a deadly September explosion at a Farmington nonprofit severed the propane line and caused the blast, the state fire marshal’s office said Friday.
 

Note-passing and ‘more serious than I thought’: Maine’s senators on Day 3 of Trump trial


All eyes are still on Maine’s senior senator as the impeachment trial continues in Washington.
 

Where to rent and try fat bikes in Maine


Fat biking is becoming increasingly popular in Maine, but the cost of the equipment needed for the sport can be prohibitive for beginners.
 

These 9 movies and TV shows were set in Maine, though you might not realize it


Many of these Maine-based films will be screened during the Maine at the Movies Film Festival, which will tour the state as part of the Bicentennial, March 6-15.
 

How Chinese investors brought feng shui to Old Town


When Chinese investors touched down in Old Town more than a year ago, they stunned residents with not only the purchase of the shuttered mill, but also a unique grand-opening celebration — a feng shui cleansing.
 

Ex-Mainer sues owners of 4 Portland-area motels alleging staff ignored signs of sex trafficking


A former Maine woman who says she is a survivor of sex trafficking in the Portland area has sued two large hotel chains in U.S. District Court claiming they have ignored human trafficking activities in their motels.
 

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