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Murdered Maine paddleboarder remembered as ‘strong, self-made’ woman
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
TENANTS HARBOR, Maine — Sunshine “Sunny” Stewart was a force of nature who was a fierce advocate for friends, human rights and women’s rights. Stewart, 48, died last week after going paddle boarding on Crawford Pond in Union. Maine State Police...
ICE arrests in Maine are up 50 percent since Trump took office, according to new data
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 7, 2025
ICE has arrested about 100 people in Maine since Trump took office, according to statistics released by the Deportation Data Project that shine new light on the agency’s operations. That’s a roughly 50 percent increase in the average daily arrest...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Other Services (except Public Administration) industry across Portland Maine News publication area
Portland Maine News
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July 7, 2025
Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/ In...
Portland business rides a new wave of popularity for an ancient drink - digestives
News Center Maine
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July 7, 2025
The complex bitter concoctions originated in ancient medicine, meant to aid - what else - digestion PORTLAND, Maine — It's summer, and you have had a lovely afternoon eating your way through Portland's many award-worthy restaurants. You’re...
85 Cousins Maine Lobster Location Opens In Kalamazoo
102.5/104.9 The Block - Michigan
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July 7, 2025
Food trucks have become a normal staple of our communities as some of them will post up in the same location every day, others will rotate around the city to spread the love, and many find themselves making big bank and new customers are mobile...
Swedish medical equipment company plans $135M Maine expansion
Spectrum News 13 - Florida
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July 7, 2025
BRUNSWICK – A Swedish medical products manufacturer is planning an expansion of its facility in Brunswick worth more than $100 million. Mölnlycke Health Care said in a statement that the expansion will create jobs and boost the local economy in...
Media got it wrong when it comes to Maine’s pulp and paper mills
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 5, 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 Krysta West is the executive director of the Maine Forest Products...
New study offers complex picture of AI's impact on Maine labor force
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 7, 2025
New research from the Maine Department of Labor paints a complex picture of the implications that artificial intelligence will have on the state's labor force. The study examined tasks associated with specific jobs and determined whether...
Maine police department to update social media policy after publishing edited photo
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 5, 2025
A Maine police department is changing its social media policy after a digitally altered photograph of drug evidence garnered widespread criticism. The Westbrook Police Department posted an evidence picture Tuesday that had been digitally altered....
ICE arrests in Maine are up 50% since Trump took office, according to new data
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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July 7, 2025
ICE has arrested about 100 people in Maine since Trump took office, according to statistics released by the Deportation Data Project that shine new light on the agency's operations. That's a roughly 50% increase in the average daily arrest rate,...
Kamala Harris ripped Dem governors who expressed concern about Biden: ‘This is about saving our f–king democracy’
New York Post
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July 7, 2025
WASHINGTON — Then-Vice President Kamala Harris demanded that Democratic governors worried about Joe Biden’s mental acuity fall in line behind the commander-in-chief because “this is about saving our f–king democracy,” according to a forthcoming...
Watchdog Slams Mainstream Media for Selective ‘Hottest Day’ Climate Change Claims
The Arizona Sun Times
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July 7, 2025
New analysis by an environmental watchdog finds that mainstream media selectively report high temperatures from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport to bolster climate change claims, while overlooking lower readings from other local weather stations and...
Maine steps up clean energy support with 7 new policies or incentives in 2024
Pine State News - Maine
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July 4, 2025
Maine implemented at least seven new clean energy policies or incentives supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency in 2024, according to data from the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE). Since 2010, the state...
Pres. Trump's Bill: Impacts on Maine
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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This is a special two-hour Maine Calling: Part 1 will feature political leaders discussing what is included in Trump's bill and the process that led to it being signed into law; Part 2 will focus on the economic impacts on Maine residents. What do...
Study: New England doesn’t love President Trump — or its own governors
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Rhode Island is not alone. The electorate is pretty cynical right now. A new survey from the Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50) found that only 36 percent of national residents approve of the job their governor is doing and 37 percent...
Susan Collins opposes clawing back health care, public media funding — with the exception of NPR's
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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July 7, 2025
The U.S. Senate is considering whether to claw back $9.4 billion in already-approved funds. That money was going to go for things like medical and other foreign aid, peacekeeping efforts around the world, and $1 billion to fund public radio and...
Midcoast meat snacks maker brings home the bacon in 'Greenlight Maine' season finale
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Singing Pastures, a Newcastle-based producer of pasture-raised meat snacks, won the $25,000 Season 10 “Greenlight Maine” cash prize. Owners Holly and John Arbuckle plan to use the money to fund a new website ahead of a rebrand and expansion. In...
What led to the $25 million freeze in Maine student grants during the Trump administration’s funding review?
The Times of India
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July 7, 2025
What led to the $25 million freeze in Maine student grants? Maine schools are facing delays in accessing nearly $25 million in federal education grants, following a nationwide review launched by the Trump administration. The funding pause is part...
Man accused of trying to hit officers with car before high-speed chase through NH, Maine
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 7, 2025
A man from Hampton, New Hampshire, is facing charges after police say he led them on a chase through multiple towns in both New Hampshire and Maine and tried to crash into officers and their vehicles.Hampton police officers say they first tried to...
Database of hazing victims now available, thanks to University of Maine
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 7, 2025
For 3 years I wanted to figure out *** way to go upstream and honor him and encourage the conversations between youth and their caregivers that would help create more uh communication around the struggles. There are so many people that are in the...