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Man arrested after car-pedestrian hit and run crash
A Brunswick man was being held in Cumberland County Jail Saturday afternoon after his vehicle allegedly hit a pedestrian on Pleasant Street in front of McDonald’s restaurant, according to Brunswick...
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Man killed in fiery Richmond crash has been identified
The man who died in a fiery crash in Richmond earlier this month has been identified. Mark J. Judd, 20, of Richmond was driving a Chevrolet Silverado on Route 201 just north of Thorofare Road about...
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Closed Searsport grocery store expected to reopen with new owner
Searsport grocery store Tozier’s Family Market, which abruptly closed last month, is expected to be sold to a new owner by the end of the week, according to the town manager. Town Manager James...
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He wants to save his great-great-grandfather’s historic Maine sardine boat
After seven months of being submerged off the coast of Harpswell, the historic fishing boat Jacob Pike has finally been raised by the U.S. Coast Guard. But a descendant of Jacob Pike himself is...
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76-year-old suffers life-threatening injuries in Maine crash
A Harpswell man suffered life-threatening injuries in a Monday morning crash. Jeffrey Berkowitz, 76, was driving a 2006 Aston Martin on Harpswell Neck Road in Harpswell about 10:44 a.m. when he...
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9 midcoast swimming spots where you can cool off this summer
Many Mainers know that, on hot summer weekends, the parking lots fill up quickly at two of the midcoast’s most famous swimming destinations: Popham Beach and Reid State Park. But with summer in full...
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Maine group gets $19.4M grant for biomedical research and training
A consortium of 17 Maine colleges, universities and research institutes has been awarded a $19.4 million federal grant for research and training in the field of biomedicine. Dubbed the Maine IDeA...
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Police arrest 3 in Belfast on drug charges
Belfast police, assisted by Waldo County Sheriff’s Office, arrested two Belfast residents and a Rockland man on drug charges on Monday. Brittany Saucier, 24, and Alexander Wilson, 38, were arrested at...
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Business is booming at this once-controversial Rockland ice cream shop
Newty’s, a little ice cream shop on the Rockland shore, only opened on July 31. But owners Sally Levi and Dominic Turgeon already have regular customers. The ice cream and coffee shop is in Levi and...
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State gives tense presentation on Sears Island wind port project
State transportation officials on Tuesday night held the first of what they say will be a series of public meetings about the controversial wind energy development port they’re working to develop on...
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Evangelical church to buy UMaine campus in Belfast
A branch of the University of Maine in Belfast that closed just over a year ago will be the new home for a local evangelical church. Pastor Greg Huston of Calvary Chapel announced in a Facebook video...
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Outspoken conservative resigns from Maine school board
An outspoken conservative and parental rights advocate who was often a dissenting voice in policy discussions has resigned from the local school board, citing a planned move to Florida. Brandy...
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Belfast group frustrated that UMaine is selling local campus to church
The group of Belfast-area residents that hoped to purchase the local campus of the University of Maine System and maintain it as a community center expressed frustration on Thursday that an...
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Interior secretary visits Maine site that could become Frances Perkins monument
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited the midcoast town of Newcastle on Thursday to meet with local officials about the possibility of turning the Frances Perkins Homestead into a...
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Century-old photographs reveal rare look into rural Maine life
This story was originally published in October 2022. PORTLAND, Maine — In 1898, Chansonetta Stanley Emmons’ husband, James, died after a sudden bout of blood poisoning at the age of 41. All at once,...
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The Gothic revival home of a general who transformed Rockland is for sale
The summer home of a lauded Maine general is on the market for $660,000 in Rockland, the city that he helped transform by taking a major risk. The 3-bed, 2-bath home is the “finest of Knox County’s...
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Camden may regulate herbicides after family illegally used them
Camden residents will soon consider new restrictions on the use of pesticides and herbicides after a local outcry following the illegal use of herbicides by wealthy property owners who applied them to...
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Knox County commissioners move to fire administrator
The Knox County Commission voted 2-0 Friday to start the process of firing County Administrator Richard “Lance” Govang for what it described as an “unnecessarily harsh and heavy-handed management...
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23-year-old Harpswell man dies after boating accident
A man died after he fell from a boat off South Harpswell Friday. According to a statement from the Maine Department of Marine Resources, Samuel Sharpe, 23, of Harspwell was operating a 19-foot center...
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This coastal Maine town predicted its own housing crisis
Harpswell Selectman Kevin Johnson speaks with a reporter at George J. Mitchell Field, a recreation area in the village of Harpswell Neck, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024. Johnson supports turning part of the...
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