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Midcoast school district will bring back transgender protections
Regional School Unit 40, which includes the towns of Union, Warren, Washington, Waldoboro and Friendship voted 9-6 to rescind its June decision to delete its protections transgender students Thursday...
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The site of a former potato freezer in downtown Belfast is for sale
A downtown Belfast property that once was part of the Penobscot McCrum potato processing facility has been put on the market for $5 million, marking the next step in the redevelopment of the prime...
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What to know about the 3 rabies cases in Bath this summer
Though Bath has seen three cases of rabies in wildlife this summer, officials say there is no reason for residents to be alarmed.The midcoast city saw an outbreak of rabies among wildlife in 2019,...
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A midcoast man is sailing to a theater near you with his new film
Belfast filmmaker Jim Merkel and his family are venturing out on a tour of movie theaters along Maine’s coast for showings of his new documentary, “Saving Walden’s World.” It won’t be a normal tour,...
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Cursive writing and WWII efforts defined the school days of these midcoast...
Joe Seigars, 86, and Joan Gregoire, 87, sat in chairs in the empty Village School at Puddledock, in the small midcoast town of Alna. They talked about their days learning in the one-room schoolhouse —...
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Belfast may add more stop signs at ‘nightmare’ intersection
Belfast officials are considering adding additional stop signs at the intersection of High and Miller streets after a downtown business owner raised concerns about the unsafe driving she sees there....
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Coast Guard will remove historic Maine fishing boat sunk during January storm
An 83-foot fishing boat that’s sitting at the bottom of New Meadows River in Harpswell is slated to be removed after about seven months.The Coast Guard, working in coordination with Maine Department...
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Where exactly is midcoast Maine?
Mainers have lots of opinions on just about everything. How to make a proper lobster roll. What “from away” really means. Just where, exactly, Down East Maine actually starts. The Down East question...
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Spud, a black lab on the Belfast PD, likely getting his own bulletproof vest
The Belfast Police Department will likely join the growing number of law enforcement agencies that equip their canine units with vests that protect the dogs against gunshot and stab wounds. A group...
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The bullet-pierced boots Joshua Chamberlain wore at Gettysburg need care
The leather boots and horse saddle that Brewer native Joshua Chamberlain used while leading Union Army soldiers to victory during the Battle of Gettysburg are showing their age. Those artifacts are...
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4 midcoast newspapers merging into new publication
Four midcoast newspapers — the Free Press, Camden Herald, Republican Journal and Courier-Gazette — are merging into one new publication called the Midcoast Villager by the end of September. The...
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Coast Guard raising sunken fishing boat that leaked fuel off midcoast
The U.S. Coast Guard started to raise a sunken 83-foot historic fishing boat in Harpswell Wednesday morning, an effort that has taken seven months to get underway. The Jacob Pike, a 75-year-old...
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Concerns grow in Belfast about possible closure of maternity ward
Concerns have been mounting in the Belfast area in recent weeks about the possibility that the maternity ward could be closed at Waldo County General Hospital. Since hospital administrators announced...
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Belfast’s new ‘immersive theater’ group performs on a patch of grass behind a...
There’s a new company in Belfast dedicated to giving audiences “an immersive theater” experience — and it delivers on that promise in spades with its first production performed outside on a small...
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Police release photos of Rockland bank robber
Police have released photos of the suspected Rockland bank robber. The suspect, who was wearing a bandana and sunglasses, went into Bangor Savings Bank’s branch on Camden Street about 2 p.m. on July...
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Belfast motel in limbo with condemned room and revoked license
A Belfast motel has run into trouble this summer over the condition of one of its rooms and the length of time guests are staying there. The room at the Gull Motel on Route 1 was condemned in June...
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Route 1 reopens after windmill blade strikes Stockton Springs railroad bridge
A tractor-trailer carrying a windmill blade hit a railroad overpass in Stockton Springs on Friday morning. The crash happened about 5:30 a.m. on Route 1, according to Shannon Moss, a spokesperson for...
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Woman sues monster truck tour after Maine crash injured her and son
A Maine woman who says she and her child were among the people injured when a monster truck took down utility poles at the Topsham Fairgrounds earlier this summer has filed a lawsuit. A Fryeburg...
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Midcoast store loses most of its business Friday after Route 1 closure
The truck crash that closed a section of Route 1 for half of Friday also left a typically bustling Stockton Springs general store almost completely dead. Cutterman’s Variety sits on the stretch of...
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Windmill blade from crash that closed Route 1 is brought back to Searsport
The massive windmill blade that was overturned after the tractor-trailer hauling it struck a bridge in Route 1 in Stockton Springs was brought back to Searsport Saturday morning, according to Maine...
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