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With flood damage expected to be repaired, Belfast Curling Club poised for a good season

By Abigail Curtis on Sep 20, 2021 06:00 pm
The club is already taking registrations for its first “Learn to Curl” sessions, scheduled to take place on Saturday, Nov. 6 and Sunday, Nov. 7.
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‘Rise of the Moors’ leader claims gun laws hurt militia’s ability to protect Maine from foreign invasion

By Lia Russell on Sep 20, 2021 05:58 pm
The leader of a heavily armed militia group that held a nine-hour standoff with Massachusetts police while traveling to Maine in July is claiming that Massachusetts infringed upon his group’s Second Amendment right to protect Maine and other “northern states” from domestic terrorism or a foreign invasion.
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Runners take on Caribou marathon course despite event cancellation

By Hannah Catlin on Sep 20, 2021 05:58 pm
In the quiet chill of Sunday morning in Caribou, Christine Decker of San Jose, California, took off to run 26.2 miles with nobody watching.
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Did you get your any-deer permit this year? Me, too

By John Holyoke on Sep 20, 2021 05:54 pm
Maine hunters are often pretty picky about when they’ll pull the trigger, and what kind of deer they’ll take, if given the chance. Some are searching for big, mature bucks with big antlers.
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Gargling iodine will not prevent you from getting COVID-19

By Julia Bayly on Sep 20, 2021 05:54 pm
Sold under the brand name Betadine, the antiseptic is approved for wound care, vaginal douching, sore throat gargle and skin cleanser products. None of them are intended to be swallowed.
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Headstones knocked over at Kenduskeag cemetery after driver crashes through fence

By Lia Russell on Sep 20, 2021 05:48 pm
The town of Kenduskeag is awaiting an insurance adjuster's assessment before it moves ahead with repairs at the Kenduskeag Village Cemetery following a Sept. 10 car crash.
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Federal judge debates whether reversing Mills’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate would end requirement for other inoculations

By Judy Harrison on Sep 20, 2021 05:19 pm
A federal judge will decide whether Maine’s mandate that health care workers be vaccinated or lose their jobs violates the U.S Constitution because it does not include a religious exemption.
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MaineHealth granted $1M to help mitigate COVID-19 testing anxieties in underserved communities

By Nick Schroeder on Sep 20, 2021 04:42 pm
Local health organizations in Portland will receive nearly $1 million in federal funds to study COVID-19 testing hesitancy among Maine’s populations of immigrants, low-income residents and people experiencing homelessness.
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Texas doctor says he defied state’s near-total abortion ban

By The Associated Press on Sep 20, 2021 04:23 pm
A San Antonio doctor who said he performed an abortion in defiance of a new Texas law has all but dared supporters of the state's near-total ban on the procedure to try making an early example of him by filing a lawsuit — the only way the restrictions can be enforced.
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Sabattus woman killed in hit and run

By Leela Stockley on Sep 20, 2021 03:54 pm
The truck, a black Dodge Ram 1500 crew cab pickup, hit the 28-year-old woman at around 5:18 p.m. on Bowdoinham Road in Sabattus on Sunday.
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