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Midcoast residents turn to communal living amid housing crisis

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Fire damages 2nd midcoast motel that offered long-term rentals

A second midcoast motel that has been used for long-term rentals in recent years was damaged in a fire last week. The fire was reported at the Schooner Bay Motor Inn in Rockport on Wednesday night,...

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Lawmakers reject effort to stop all development on Sears Island

Maine lawmakers have killed a piece of legislation that would have expanded a conservation easement that now protects two-thirds of Sears Island. The bill would have protected the entirety of the...

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Composting food scraps is getting easier in eastern Maine

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‘I feel like a princess’: A Maine project gives away thousands of prom dresses

Years ago, when Rosie Brimley was two years old, she caught sight of a crowd of young women in a Belfast shopping plaza who were trying on glittering ballgowns, during an annual event called the...

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Man indicted months after fatal Brunswick crash

A Harpswell man has been indicted for a December crash that left another man dead in Brunswick. A Cumberland County grand jury on Friday indicted Jeremy Saxton, 45, on charges of manslaughter,...

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Maine man allegedly strangled woman so bad she passed out when she didn’t get...

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence and would like to talk with an advocate, call 866-834-4357, TTY 1-800-437-1220. This free, confidential service is available 24/7 and is...

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A big upgrade is almost done for one of Maine’s last swing bridges

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Belfast man accused of killing his wife not competent to stand trial, judge...

A judge has ruled that a Belfast man accused of killing his wife and injuring his mother in February is not competent to stand trial, WABI reported on Wednesday. Maine State Police charged Samuel...

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Stockton Springs convenience store closes after less than a year

A Stockton Springs general store has closed down less than a year after it opened with new owners. The owners of Cutterman’s Variety Story closed their doors on Sunday after being unable to reach a...

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Star of ‘Blair Witch Project’ could be voted off Maine select board

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More people are abandoning their boats off Maine’s coast

There’s a popular phrase among boat owners: The two best days of their life are the day they buy a boat and the day they sell it.  But across Maine’s coast, a growing number of people are refusing to...

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A conservation group will buy site of failed Belfast fish farm

A local conservation group that opposed the effort to build a salmon farm in Belfast has entered a contract to purchase 54 acres along the Little River where the project would have been located....

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Thomaston cement plant changes hands

The sale of the Dragon Products cement plant in Thomaston is complete, according to the buyer, though the future of the 100-year-old operation and the sprawling quarries that surround it remains...

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Here are the biggest transportation projects coming to the midcoast

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Brunswick tightens its rental registry

The Brunswick Town Council unanimously voted Tuesday night to enact an update to the town’s ordinance that would track the owner and property manager contact information for rental properties. Since...

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Rockland moves to eliminate restrictions that delayed Aroma Joe’s expansion

Rockland is on track to eliminate a special zoning district that was originally approved in 2018 to give the commercial corridor along Route 1 a more walkable downtown feeling, after those zoning...

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Freedom Select Board loses a member days before a 2nd may be removed

The town of Freedom could potentially lose two members of its Select Board this week, after one member, Ryan Willette, stepped down and a second member, Heather Donahue, is the subject of a recall...

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New owner opens renovated section of an old Rockland hotel

A rebranded and renovated part of the former Trade Winds hotel in Rockland has opened as the Harborline Hotel. The owner of the new, upscale hotel, Ashish Lall, said he bought part of the Trade Winds...

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Freedom voters oust ‘Blair Witch’ star from Select Board

Freedom residents voted 122-91 to recall Heather Donahue from the town Select Board on Wednesday. Donahue, a former Hollywood actor who starred in the influential horror movie “The Blair Witch...

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