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Maine farm collaborative gets $99k grant to help fill federal funding gap
Mainebiz - Oregon
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A statewide collaborative of food-support organizations received a $99,000 “food vision prize” that’s expected to help bolster local food access and farm viability. Farm to Neighbor Maine was established by seven food-support organizations in May...
Maine’s Perfect Summer Day: Bar Harbor or Old Orchard Beach?
WDEA AM 1370 - Maine
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June 27, 2025
If you had perfect summer weather conditions and could hit the beach, which one would you go to? We are beyond blessed to live in the state of Maine, well for most of the year anyway, but that having been said, summers here are the envy of many...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
Maine’s most populated area is already falling behind on its housing goals
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 27, 2025
Housing This section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. After two years of meeting regional housing permitting...
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...
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...
Maine restauranters speak out against GOP's 'big, beautiful bill'
FOX 23 - Maine
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PORTLAND (WGME) -- Critics of Congressional Republicans' "one big, beautiful bill" fear it will have devastating effects in Maine and across the country. The U.S. Senate is now making changes to the bill, despite objections from Republicans in the...
Maine and New England Dive Underwater at Online Casinos
102.9 WBLM - Maine
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June 26, 2025
This content was produced in partnership with Bazoom Group. From tribal gaming bills in Augusta to changing ways across New England, online casinos are gaining traction, promising big potential, new dilemmas and a dash of Maine flair. Alright...
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 state parks announce temporary closures for improvements
Pine State News - Maine
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June 26, 2025
Amanda E. Beal Commissioner | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and ForestryAmanda E. Beal Commissioner | Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands has announced temporary closures...
Maine contractor at center of I-Team investigation faces criminal charges & AG lawsuit
WGME - Maine
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WESTBROOK (WGME) -- A Maine home contractor, who was recently at the center of a CBS13 I-Team investigation, is now facing criminal charges as well as a civil lawsuit from the Maine Office of the Attorney General. Tim Galvez, 33, of Portland, was...