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Meet the 2025-26 Varsity Maine All-State boys indoor track team
54+ min ago (545+ words) Proud to support Varsity Maine All-Region players and teams. Hammond Lumber Company serves contractors, homeowners and DIYers from 34 locations across Maine and New Hampshire. hammondlumber.com Berry was the state's dominant athlete in the 55-meter hurdles, winning Class A (7.76 seconds)…...
Maine Democrats insert millionaires tax into new spending package
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (289+ words) Democrats on the Maine Legislature's budget committee have included a millionaire's tax in an update to the state's two-year spending plan. The initiative would assess a 2% tax on income over $1 million, affecting roughly 2,630 tax filers in the state, according to…...
Coastal Rivers to host hands-on shoreline restoration workshop with Maine Forest Service
2+ hour, 5+ min ago (323+ words) Coastal Rivers Conservation Trust, in partnership with the Maine Forest Service and Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, will host a hands-on live-staking workshop from 1-3 p.m. Thursday, April 9, at Coastal Rivers" Salt Bay Farm in Damariscotta. Live staking is a natural, low-cost…...
Only 6% of those arrested during January ICE surge in Maine had criminal convictions
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (207+ words) Newly released data from the'Deportation Data Project, a University of California-based group of researchers and lawyers that aggregates and publishes federal immigration data obtained through Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, provides insights into who was arrested in Maine during an…...
Federal government will get access to Maine schools’ athletic rosters, judge rules
2+ hour, 44+ min ago (327+ words) PORTLAND, Maine (WMTW) - The federal government will be able to access school athletic rosters in Maine as part of its ongoing lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education, a judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling will allow the government to access…...
The Maine Woods Where Your Chances of Seeing a Bear Go Way Up
14+ hour, 3+ min ago (730+ words) Maine supports about 25,000 black bears, with the highest densities in the North Woods, where continuous forest provides ideal habitat and supports long-term stability. Bear diet shifts seasonally, from spring vegetation to summer berries and fall mast, with hyperphagia driving intense…...
‘All friendships are unusual,’ says Maine writer of the relationship centered in her debut memoir
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (339+ words) I think we all limit ourselves by putting people in boxes " like, "I can't be friends with a 95-year-old because I'm only 50." We need to have more openness. People keep calling my friendship with Marcel "unusual," but I feel like…...
Multiple people killed after private jet crashes in Maine
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (553+ words) There was no immediate word on possible casualties in the plane crash Sunday at Maine's Bangor International Airport. Multiple people were killed when a small business jet crashed and caught fire at Maine's Bangor International Airport on Sunday, prompting a…...
Maine eye surgeons rally against bill to allow optometrists to perform eye surgeries
11+ hour, 17+ min ago (170+ words) AUGUSTA (WGME) -- Eye surgeons gathered at the State House Tuesday to speak out against a bill that would expand the types of procedures a typical eye doctor could perform. The bill would allow optometrists, who are not medical doctors or…...
Must-visit spots in Maine’s Winthrop Lakes region
14+ hour, 1+ min ago (213+ words) A bakery, hiking trails, and more draw visitors from all over Maine's storied seacoast draws most of its visitors, and even though the Pine Tree State is mostly forest, those woods are dotted with a lot of water, too. From…...