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Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 1 pm

 

Maine tests more residents for COVID-19, with ‘every reason to believe’ it will come here


While no cases of coronavirus have yet been confirmed in Maine, officials and organizations across the state are nevertheless preparing for the strong possibility that the infection could arrive here.
 
 
 

New poll shows gains for Sara Gideon in tight Senate race against Susan Collins


The poll gives a slight edge to Gideon over Susan Collins in this November's nationally targeted U.S. Senate race.
 
 
 

This program that trains new loggers shows promise for Maine’s industry


The Mechanized Logging Operations Program is addressing a myriad of problems that have plagued the industry in recent years as mills around the state expand or reopen after a time when the market appeared to be collapsing.
 
 
 

Elizabeth Warren drops out of presidential race after Super Tuesday rout


Warren's exit from the race comes after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday, when she came in third in her home state of Massachusetts.
 
 
 

Joe Biden’s victories unleash something he’s never had: money


Joe Biden barely had enough money to air television ads in critical Super Tuesday battlegrounds. He won't have that problem again.
 
 
 

7-year-old shot in Waterville last week begins walking again


Emah Frost is at Maine Medical Center in Portland, where she continues to recover from last week’s shooting.
 
 
 

Maine saw massive turnout in Tuesday’s election. Here’s how it broke down.


Turnout for the presidential primary on Tuesday was four times greater than the 2016 caucuses.
 
 
 

NH bear that journeyed home after relocation has 3 new cubs


The bear currently is hibernating in a den near Dartmouth College.
 
 
 

Trump gets desired Democratic foes, but Joe Biden worries linger


Some in Trump's orbit questioned the bullishness with which the campaign professed to view Biden, believing the former vice president's universal name ID and likability would make it more difficult to brand him as a socialist.
 
 
 

How a weekend fishing trip turned into an ice wedding on Moosehead Lake


Oscar Brann says he and Jessica Collins have been a couple for 13 years, and engaged for the last 11. And throughout that time, Jessica has asked a certain question many times. "When are we going to get married?"
 
 
 

This bill would bar Maine from detaining some children


A task force aiming to reduce the number of children detained in Maine wants to start by simply barring the state from holding children accused of no crime, a solution that the administration of Gov. Janet Mills said could have unintended consequences.
 
 
 

Coronavirus outbreak could reduce Asian demand, and the price, for Maine’s baby eels


As baby eel fishermen in Maine prepare for the start of the 2020 fishing season later this month, harvesters and dealers are concerned the global coronavirus outbreak could reduce demand, and therefore prices, for their catch.
 
 
 

Smallest player shines for resurgent UMaine men’s hockey team


Adam Dawe is the smallest Black Bear at 5-foot-8, 161 pounds, but neither his size nor his concussion history have prevented him from being one of the most physical players on the UMaine men's hockey team.
 
 
 

A Bangor program that lets high school students get college credit has spread across Maine


It started in 2012 as a pilot program for about 14 Hermon High School students, who took courses at both their high school and at United Technologies Center in Bangor.
 
 
 

‘Sacred ground’ of Popham settlement commands archaeologist’s attention


“If the Popham Colony had made it, the hub of the New England universe would probably be right here on the Kennebec River,” one archaeologist said.
 
 
 

A town-by-town look at how Joe Biden beat Bernie Sanders in Maine’s presidential primary


Former Vice President Joe Biden won towns big and small in his surprise victory in Maine’s presidential primary on Tuesday, though Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won Portland and along the coast in a few of the state’s other liberal strongholds.
 
 
 

Every Maine county rejected a bid to kill a new vaccine law. Here’s how your town voted.


Every county in Maine voted on Tuesday to decisively reject a people’s veto effort to repeal a stricter vaccine law, with only a handful of mostly small towns across the state voting “yes” on Question 1.
 
 
 

Maine voters likely to decide in November on referendum aiming to kill CMP corridor


A referendum to stop Central Maine Power’s transmission line project through western Maine has qualified for the November ballot.
 
 
 

Stockton Springs residents vote to sell abandoned elementary school


Residents have overwhelmingly voted in favor of selling the town’s former elementary school, which was shuttered by the local school district three years ago due to mold.
 
 

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