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Re-released short story collection evokes life in a fictional Maine mill town

By RJ Heller, Down East contributor on Jun 26, 2021 10:00 am
"Wood deftly pulls each of her story’s protagonists out into the open — front and center — for the reader to get a good look at," RJ Heller writes.
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Waterboro home is uninhabitable after car crashed into it

By Christopher Burns on Jun 26, 2021 09:14 am
The impact of the crash was hard to compromise the home’s foundation, and it was declared unsafe and uninhabitable.
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39 more coronavirus cases have been reported across Maine

By Christopher Burns on Jun 26, 2021 08:23 am
No new deaths were reported Saturday, leaving the statewide death toll standing at 858.
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State employees’ union at odds with Janet Mills over pay with deadline looming

By Caitlin Andrews on Jun 26, 2021 01:00 am
The two-year contract inked in 2019 between the state and the Maine Service Employees Union, which represents more than 9,000 state workers, is up on Wednesday.
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After a series of deaths, scrutiny starts again for Maine’s child welfare system

By Lia Russell on Jun 26, 2021 01:00 am
Such reviews, followed by policy changes, are a common response to high-profile deaths of children, according to child welfare experts.
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Democrats vow to confront their ‘single biggest problem’: Reaching out to minority voters

By Tribune Content Agency on Jun 25, 2021 08:55 pm
Democrats say they have settled on a plan to reverse their across-the-board declines with voters of color in the 2020 election.
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Congress votes to reinstate methane rules loosened by Trump

By The Associated Press on Jun 25, 2021 08:14 pm
Congressional Democrats have approved a measure reinstating rules aimed at limiting climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas drilling, a rare effort by Democrats to use the legislative branch to overturn a regulatory rollback under President Donald Trump.
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Justice Department suing Georgia over state’s new voting law

By The Associated Press on Jun 25, 2021 08:00 pm
The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state's new election law, alleging Republican state lawmakers rushed through a sweeping overhaul with an intent to deny Black voters equal access to the ballot.
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