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Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Golf Classic (2025)
The Town Line - Maine
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July 2, 2025
First place gross team score, Quirion, Inc.: Jared Rossignol, Steve Hunt, Adam Haskell, and Brad Strout. (contributed photo) First Place Gross Team Score (Quirion Inc.): Jared Rossignol, Steve Hunt, Adam Haskell, and Brad Stout. First Place Net...
Senator Shaheen to visit Keene and Peterborough today to highlight Medicaid, energy concerns
WINK Country - Vermont
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July 2, 2025
KEENE, N.H. (MyKeeneNow) U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen is scheduled to visit Keene and Peterborough today, Wednesday, July 2, to draw attention to the potential fallout from the Senate’s passage of a sweeping Republican-backed megabill that she says...
People Frustrated By Fake Labubus Sold at Maine Mall Toy Cart
92 Moose - Maine
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July 2, 2025
Perhaps you're not aware but there is another collectible craze bubbling to the surface across the United States. That craze surrounds fluffy toy figures created by a Hong Kong artist called Labubus and distributed by a company called Pop Mart....
Suniel Shetty Reacts To Paresh Rawal's Return As 'Baburao' Post 'Hera Pheri 3' Row, 'Maine Bhi..'
Bollywood Shaadis
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July 2, 2025
Suniel Shetty is an important part of the Hera Pheri franchise. Fans still remember him as 'Shyam' and enjoy watching his on-screen chemistry with 'Raju', played by Akshay Kumar and 'Baburao', played by Paresh Rawal. However, Paresh’s sudden exit...
Attorney General Hilgers Urges Consumers to Check Eligibility for Compensation for Inflated Generic Drug Prices
Alliance Times Herald - Nebraska
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July 2, 2025
Attorney General Hilgers is urging consumers to check their eligibility for compensation for certain generic drug purchases as Nebraska joins 50 states and territories in seeking preliminary approval for a $39.1 million settlement with generic...
Gov. Mills says GOP bill will hurt Maine residents
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 1, 2025
Gov. Janet Mills said the reconciliation bill will dramatically shift costs from the federal government to Maine, and those are expenses the state cannot absorb. President Trump campaigned on lowering the cost of living, Mills said, but this bill...
The Military-Industrial Complex Is Riding High
Antiwar
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July 2, 2025
Originally published at TomDispatch. The Senate is on the verge of passing the distinctly misnamed “big beautiful bill.” It is, in fact, one of the ugliest pieces of legislation to come out of Congress in living memory. The version that passed the...
Maine took a step backward on student restraint and seclusion
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 30, 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 Ross Greene is the founder of the Freeport-based nonprofit Lives in...
Dismantling national smoking prevention program will harm Maine people
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 2, 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 Matt Wellington is the associate director of Maine Public Health...
Swedish firm bets big on US with $134M expansion in Maine
News Center Maine
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July 2, 2025
Mölnlycke Health Care is investing in an expansion of its Brunswick facility, a project expected to add jobs and increase U.S. production for wound care dressings. BRUNSWICK, Maine — While many businesses remain cautious in the face of an...
Get Ready For An Unforgettable 80s Cruise on Maine’s Songo River Queen
94.9 WHOM - Maine
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July 2, 2025
Close out August this year with a bang aboard the newly renovated Songo River Queen II. Songo River Queen II The Songo River Queen II was built in 1982 as a replica of the famous Mississippi River Paddle Wheelers. According to their website, the...
Funding cuts weigh on research projects across Maine
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The whiplash effect from funding reversals is consistent with a lot of policy decisions coming out of Washington, but ever since Gov. Janet Mills’ public dust-up with President Donald Trump in April, the University of Maine and other research...
Displaced workers in six Maine counties can receive job training through $2M federal grant
Mainebiz - Oregon
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The U.S. Department of Labor will award a $2 million grant to Brunswick-based Coastal Counties Workforce Inc. to support training services and employment assistance for the nearly 1,200 Maine workers who have been affected by layoffs and business...
Boost for new Maine brands, from cookie dough to canned fish
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Less than a year after starting a frozen cookie dough brand in Bangor called Buba OG, Jessie Muhlin is looking to take her business to the next level via a new accelerator program at the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs. Buba OG is among 11 food and...
Maine Oyster Festival gives locals a taste of fresh shellfish—and a deeper look at industry
News Center Maine
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June 29, 2025
Visitors at Freeport's annual Oyster Festival got to meet the farmers behind the shellfish, deepening appreciation for Maine's rapidly growing aquaculture industry. FREEPORT, Maine — At this weekend’s Maine Oyster Festival, visitors weren’t just...
Furniture industry faces headwinds despite some gains
Woodworking Network
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Both contract and residential furniture manufacturers listed in the FDMC 300 experienced an overall drop in sales. However, many companies managed to hold steady or even see small increases. Combined 2024 sales for the 98 FDMC 300 companies in...
Senate clears $3.3T Trump bill with massive defense boost, healthcare and energy cuts
Interesting Engineering - New York
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July 1, 2025
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate passed President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending bill on Tuesday, locking in several of his long-promised domestic priorities. The $3.3 trillion measure now heads back to the House of Representatives,...
Ticket Scalpers Are Driving O2 London Ticket Prices Up to 490%—Industry Calls for Urgent Cap
Digital Music News
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July 1, 2025
Photo Credit: Luke Dyson New analysis of over 1,000 tickets on uncapped resale sites reveals that fans hoping to catch shows like Billie Eilish, Diana Ross, and Lady Gaga are facing markups averaging hundreds of percent above face value. Some...
Hundreds of bills passed by Maine Legislature
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 1, 2025
Hundreds of bills passed by Maine Legislature US... AND JOINS US LIVE WITH A LOOK AT WHAT BILLS ARE NOW LAW. SCOTT, MEGHAN -- 572 BILLS WERE ENACTED THIS SESSION... ON ISSUES LIKE HEALTHCARE... CHILDCARE... HOUSING... ENERGY AND MORE. GAVEL NAT...
New law allows Maine utilities commission to retroactively change community solar net-metering rates
Solar Power World
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July 1, 2025
A community solar project in Maine by Nautilus Solar Energy. On June 27, Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill that allows the Maine Public Utilities Commission to change community solar net-metering rates “as needed.” LD 1777 also says the tariff...