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Lines are still long for some waiting for the enhanced identification at Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices.
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Fashion forecasters say fishermen are models of today's trends. Do they get it right? Yes and no.
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House Democrats tried to bypass the usual committee review process to fast-track floor votes on the bipartisan measure — a shortcut that drew Republican criticism and jeopardized the bill.
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With construction season underway, here are the projects to look out for en route to the state's travel destinations.
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Advocates say key diagnostic services for children will be harder to obtain, placing the blame for the cuts on the Mills administration.
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Maine is the only state in the country that doesn't mandate testing for mold, yeast, chemicals or heavy metal in its medical marijuana. The state's medical growers are fighting to keep it that way.
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The Department of the Interior also moved to speed up permitting for a range of energy sources, primarily fossil fuels.
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Roughly $2 million is at risk for the broadcasting company, but the president and CEO says it's far from a done deal.
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'After a long hard process, we have decided not to open this year,' Alison Welch of Wilton, daughter of owner Sharon Rainey, said Tuesday.
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The state's Manufacturing Extension Partnership is one of 10 nationwide that had its funding cut, then restored temporarily by the Trump administration.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his victory speech that Canada's relationship with America 'is over,' exacerbating concerns among Maine officials and businesses about the impacts a widening international divide will have on the state's economy.
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After two neighbors filed a complaint against the owner and operator of Get Er Done Raceway and Motorsports on Dudley Corner Road, a judge issued an order temporarily shutting the track down, just as its season was set to begin.
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A new survey aims to incorporate observations of commercial lobstermen into the data used to regulate their industry. Will it change their frustrations about being overlooked?
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The study, which in part explores Americans' hesitance to try new foods, finds that leaning on seaweed as an ingredient in different snacks and making ready-to-eat dishes could sway consumers.
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Beneficial electrification assumes oil and gas costs will rise, electricity will be more affordable and new generation sources will be available on a schedule aligned with target dates.
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Foresters argue the pros and cons of various models of sustainable forestry, but the overall goal is the same: Timber harvests generate profits; woodlands remain healthy.
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The ad tune, created by David Melville, has been heard in Maine every day since 2011.
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Securing cheaper, cleaner power has become harder than anticipated.
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Four generations of the Willette family help out around the tiny restaurant, which has supplied Winslow with breakfast and comfort food for 77 years.
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The Legislature’s Housing and Economic Development Committee heard from renters, advocates, landlords and developers during a daylong hearing on the state's housing crisis.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration expects fisherman to reach the 675,563-pound harvest limit within the next few days.
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4Imprint Inc. apparently no longer sells the 'boat tote' that prompted the Freeport-based retailer to claim trademark infringement.
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The Legislature's transportation committee says LD 487 'ought not to pass,' especially without assured funding from the Trump administration.
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The last year-over-year sales decrease was in March 2019, when the median sale price was $200,000.
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The University of Maine was ordered to halt work on the research project just weeks before it had planned to launch its most advanced floating wind turbine yet.
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As the connotations of driving a Tesla put the cars' owners in a twist, we look at the state's most popular vehicles and why we gravitate toward them.
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The lawsuit says the tariff policy has been subject to President Donald Trump’s ‘whims rather than the sound exercise of lawful authority.’
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The Trump administration has announced a sweeping autism study that will use private medical records from federal and commercial databases.
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The Legislature's labor committee on Wednesday aired more than a dozen bills that would amend, delay or outright repeal the 2023 law.
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The Biergarten will be located in the newly redeveloped Spinning Mill.
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As the craft beer market plateaus nationally and Maine's market becomes more competitive than ever, local brewers turn to new alternative products and other innovations.
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A bill to require Maine cities and towns to report annual home construction data is headed for the House — but without bipartisan support or a mandate that all municipalities participate.
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The Iron Heights development is the latest in a string of affordable housing projects spearheaded by Mastway Development's Matt Morrill.
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'There are a lot less local people that want to do (this work), so we have to have this program,' said the owner of an apple orchard. 'Without it, we’ll just be out of the industry. We go away.'
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After years of pushback, Nordic Aquafarms abandoned its $500 million project and listed its 54-acre parcel for sale in January.
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The termination letter said Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture & the Environment failed to pay at least 65% of its climate-smart agriculture grant directly to farmers.
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The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.
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Tom Wiley, the president and publisher of The Buffalo News, will take over leadership of the National Trust for Local News.
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The report aims to detail how the Trust’s work can ‘inspire hope and action,’ according to its managing director.