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A cafe opens in an expanded Searsport bookstore
A Searsport bookstore has moved to a bigger new location that now also serves up coffee and other beverages in a cafe-style space. Anodyne Book Shop moved late last year from its location at 33 E....
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Why midcoast towns are blocking dollar store development
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Accused killer of man found in midcoast returned from California
The suspect in the killing of a Virginia man whose body was found in Edgecomb last month has been returned to Maine after he was arrested in California. Luke Krott, of Edgecomb, has been charged with...
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Downtown Belfast game store closing after nearly 30 years
A downtown Belfast game shop will be closing its doors on Feb. 15. Ray Estabrook, the co-owner of All About Games along with his wife Patricia, announced in early January that they were planning to...
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Opposition group settles with company behind Belfast salmon farm plan
Upstream Watch settled with Nordic Aquafarms on Thursday over claims the Norway-based aquaculture company made against the opposition group while trying to build a $500 million land-based salmon farm...
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Belfast apartment fire displaces residents
Residents of a 24-unit Belfast apartment complex were displaced earlier this week after a fire set off a sprinkler system that caused water damage and flooding in the building. The fire occurred...
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Residents question Rockland’s cooperation with immigration officials
Midcoast residents urged the Rockland City Council to scrutinize the local police department’s relationship with federal immigration authorities on Monday night, in light of a sex trafficking raid the...
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Suicide barriers likely coming soon to Penobscot Narrows Bridge
To reach a suicide prevention hotline, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. Update: The Maine Department of Transportation has adjusted the expected timeline for the completion of the barrier...
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Midcoast science teacher receives $25K national award
A teacher at Bath Middle School was surprised with a national educator award and a $25,000 cash prize Wednesday morning, making him the first teacher to receive the award in Regional School Unit 1...
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Equipment from shuttered Maine textile mill will live on at new farm
Parts of an iconic, longrunning Maine yarn mill that closed last year will get a second act at a new fiber mill opening in the midcoast. Jagger Spun, a yarn producer in Springvale, announced it would...
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Maine advocates fear Trump’s rhetoric will harm transgender students
President Donald Trump is following through on plans he first announced on the campaign trail to overhaul the U.S. education system by, among other things, trying to cut funding to schools that...
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Searsport rowboat company to be featured in Super Bowl ad
Lynn Cottrell thought she was getting a spam call when someone offered to feature her family’s business, Cottrell Boatbuilding, in a Super Bowl ad. “I was just in my kitchen, because our office is in...
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A popular midcoast gaming hangout will live on after its founders close their...
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Bowdoin College closes building where Gaza protesters are camping
Bowdoin College closed its student center Friday morning as students camped out inside the building and roughly 90 people gathered outside to urge the school to take action against Israel’s war in...
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Fish farm developer selling Belfast property for $2M
After Nordic Aquafarms dropped its plans to build a $500 million land-based salmon farm in Belfast, the company has put its local land on the market for $2 million. The site includes 54 acres at 285...
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Stockton Springs appoints another interim manager
Stockton Springs has appointed another interim town manager to lead the community until someone can be appointed to the role permanently, after Mac Smith was fired from the job on Dec. 30, 2024. On...
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1 killed in midcoast crash
One person died in a crash Sunday night in the midcoast town of Washington. The crash was reported at 9:32 p.m. on Route 17 west of Fitch Road, according to the Midcoast Villager, and may have...
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Board decides to close Belfast gaming hangout as founders retire
The board of an after-school Belfast gaming program called The Game Loft announced Monday that it will close for good at the end of this week. The original founders of The Game Loft, Ray and Patricia...
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Sale of historic Stockton Springs property to town falls through
Stockton Spring’s offer to buy a historic former sea captain’s property at 326 Main St. has fallen through after the seller got cold feet. Local officials had hoped the 9-acre property — which also...
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Another midcoast town must deal with an abandoned boat
A derelict boat that was anchored in a tributary of the lower Kennebec River broke free earlier this month and drifted onto the nearby mudflats, becoming a public problem. The sportfishing boat,...
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