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Twentieth Maine Boat Show features craftsmanship, education, and more in Rockland
News Center Maine
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August 10, 2025
Organizers say the docks were filled to capacity with 60 boats and a hundred exhibitors on land and sea. ROCKLAND, Maine — The 20th Maine Boat Show wrapped up along the shores of Rockland Harbor after three days of highlighting Maine's boating...
19 Years Of ‘Ahista Ahista’: Shivum Nair’s Tender Tale Of Love And Loss
News24
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August 18, 2025
What if Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s favourite actress Sharmila Tagore was cast with Basu Chatterjee’s favourite actor Amol Palekar in one of those easy, winsome, breezy romantic comedies of the 1970s? The result would’ve been something like Ahista...
Maine town facing taxpayer revolt rejects school budget for the second time
The Maine Monitor
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August 6, 2025
Nearly 60 percent of Lisbon voters rejected a $21.3 million school budget in Tuesday’s election, marking the escalation of a taxpayer revolt in the Androscoggin County town. It was the second rejection for the school budget this year. Turnout...
Maine Border Patrol agents arrest 16 in 5 days
The County - Maine
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August 6, 2025
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Houlton Sector agents have stepped up land and water patrols as arrests continue to rise. Here an agent stands on board a patrol boat in March in Calais. (Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli | The County) Maine Border...
Maine Border Patrol agents have arrested 16 people in 5 days
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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August 6, 2025
BRIDGEWATER, Maine — Maine Border Patrol agents have arrested 16 people since last week for allegedly being in the country illegally, including two Indian citizens, 13 Romanians and a Colombian. The Colombian man, arrested in Union on Tuesday, was...
Education – Parental notification – Gender identity
Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly - Massachusetts
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July 29, 2025
Where a plaintiff brought suit alleging that her constitutional right to parent was violated when defendant school officials provided her child with a chest binder and referred to that child by a name and set of pronouns different from those given...
Maine is on pace for more border arrests this year than any year since 9/11
WABI - Maine
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August 6, 2025
HOULTON, Maine (WMTW) - In Maine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Houlton Sector is on pace for more arrests this year than any year since the Sept. 11 terror attacks. “Since 9/11, 2001, all the organization has done is change and expand,”...
Maine Red Hot Dog Festival — Food, Fun & Free This Weekend!
Q106.5 - Maine
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August 6, 2025
Get Your Buns to Dexter! The Red Hot Dog Festival Is Back! Hot diggity dog! Another great day of food & fun is coming to Dexter, tomorrow! For one glorious day, Dexter, Maine, becomes the red hot dog capital of the world! The 9th Annual Maine Red...
Maine Unites Against Invasive Plant Species
WAGM - Maine
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August 5, 2025
HOULTON, Maine (WAGM) - Experts and community members gathered in Houlton to tackle a growing environmental challenge—one that’s quietly reshaping Maine’s landscapes. Folks attended an Invasive Plant Educational Workshop at Houlton High School,...
Cancellation by defamation will not work in Maine | Opinion
The Portland Press Herald - Maine
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August 10, 2025
My first reaction to last Sunday’s “hit piece” on me (“Maine gubernatorial candidate spreads hate on campaign trail,” July 31), a baseless opinion column, was to laugh. The columnist has no idea who I am — just the GOP’s best chance to be Maine’s...
EEOC sues Mayo Clinic over alleged religious discrimination in COVID-19 vaccine mandate
Natural News
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September 8, 2025
EEOC sues Mayo Clinic over alleged religious discrimination in COVID-19 vaccine mandate The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Mayo Clinic for allegedly violating the civil...
Southern Baptists growing in Maine despite national decline
The Maine Monitor
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August 10, 2025
When Lance Satterwhite rented a U-Haul and left his home in Texas for central Maine, he and his family didn’t yet have a place to live. “We loaded up and headed this way, and along the way we finally got in touch and ironed out a lease,”...
Member-Organizers Drive a NewsGuild Surge
Labor Notes
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August 18, 2025
The news industry has undergone a sea-change in the last two decades. Print readership of newspapers has declined sharply, while their digital readership has edged up slowly. Local newspapers have consolidated into ever larger chains controlled by...
Maine Legislature bucked national trends to protect wildlife
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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August 5, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Ches Gundrum is advocacy director for Maine Audubon. These are...
Maine women’s soccer is ready to defend America East Championship
WABI - Maine
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August 5, 2025
ORONO, Maine (WABI) - Maine women’s soccer is searching for its third America East title in a row this fall. The players say the program’s culture has been for big for the staying power atop the league. “With the legacy that’s built from people...
Maine on pace for more border arrests this year than any year since 9/11
WMTW 8 - Maine
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August 6, 2025
In Maine, U.S. Border Patrol's Houlton Sector is on pace for more arrests this year than any year since the Sept. 11 terror attacks."Since 9/11, 2001, all the organization has done is change and expand," Houlton Sector Chief Craig Shepley...
‘Miracle Hi Hai’: Armaan Malik’s First Wife Payal Confirms Pregnancy, Clarifies It’s Not Kritika
News24
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August 18, 2025
YouTuber and Bigg Boss OTT 3 finalist Armaan Malik was recently in the headlines after speculation arose that his second wife, Kritika, was expecting a child following photos of her holding a pregnancy test. However, it is actually his first wife,...
Maine cop arrested by ICE transferred to second detention center, report says
The Independent
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August 5, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Nationally-recognized expert to lead on-farm dairy grazing workshops across the state
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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August 18, 2025
University of Maine Cooperative Extension, the Maine Grass Farmers Network, the National Grazing Land Coalition, and Northern Tilth announce a three-day series of workshops focused on pasture and forage management on Aug. 26-28. These hands-on...
University of Maine expert doubts redistricting battle will hit Maine like Texas
FOX 23 - Maine
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ORONO, Maine (WGME) -- A congressional battle is far from over in Texas, where Democrat lawmakers have fled the state in an attempt to prevent a vote to redraw congressional districts. It's a Republican effort to flip more seats in the House. The...