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Good morning. Temperatures today will range from the 20s to 40s with snow up north and rain along the coast. Here's what we're talking about in Maine today.

Orono voters will decide in June referendum whether to stop fluoridating public water

  • Orono residents will decide in June  whether to stop fluoridating their public water supply -- which could end a nearly 60-year practice.
Endorsements from Maine politicians scarce ahead of Democratic primary
  • Big-name Democrats from Gov. Janet Mills to Maine legislators have been reticent to endorse candidates in the party's crowded presidential primary. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren has the most Maine endorsers, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is again the front-runner in Maine despite a large dip in institutional support here after he won the 2016 caucuses in a rout.
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How to stay safe from ticks while gardening this season

  • Mainers are most likely to encounter ticks while gardening and doing yard work. Don’t turn in your rake and spade just yet, though.
It won ‘best doc’ at Sundance. Now, vintage footage shot by Mainers will stream on Netflix.
  • Thanks to strides in digitization technology, vintage footage shot by Maine filmmakers in the 1970s was able to be revived and edited into the documentary, “Crip Camp."

    Netflix will begin streaming the film beginning March 25, but Mainers can get a sneak-peek this weekend. Here’s how.
Hampden looks into dredging so fewer boaters get stuck in the Penobscot River

  • During the boating season, Hampden harbormaster Peter Neal is used to seeing a few vessels that have run aground in the channel between the town’s public boat launch and the Penobscot River.
Medical examiner can’t determine cause of death for Hampden woman
Most of Maine’s James Beard Award semifinalists this year aren’t in Portland

  • The Beard awards, known in the restaurant industry as the “Oscars of the food world,” honor chefs, restaurants, bakeries and breweries across the U.S.
     
This County basketball team overcame a long losing streak to reach its conference semifinals
  • The University of Maine at Presque Isle appeared headed for a disappointing finish this season after losing seven straight games. Instead, the Owls rallied to win nine of their last 11 contests and have advanced to the North Atlantic Conference semifinals.
These resilient basketball teams showed how to survive and advance to state title games
  • There was a fine line between victory for Hampden Academy and Dexter High School during the recently completed North regional boys basketball tournament. Despite some tense situations, the Broncos and the Tigers made big plays in key situations to win championships and earn their way into the state finals.
Blue Hill girl lands the biggest white perch a local biologist has ever seen

  • Gregory Burr, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlfe’s regional fisheries supervisor for the Grand Lake Region, said the teen's fish was an impressive specimen.
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Sea glass hunting uncovers bits of Maine’s past
  • It’s no surprise that antique treasures are churned up by the ocean and tossed ashore in midcoast Maine. The area has a rich shipping history.

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