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Voters here will have an opportunity on Tuesday to expand the use of ranked-choice voting in its municipal elections. The state’s watchdog commission on government ethics may soon have a full membership for the first time in almost two years. Presidential campaigns are making their final push in Maine this weekend. Candidates themselves are unlikely to make another appearance in Maine before Tuesday’s primary. Researchers in Finland studied the impact of parental eating habits on kids and found that when both parents model the vigorous eating of fruits and vegetables, their kids eat more fruits and veggies. President Donald Trump might not be a fan of coffee, but that didn’t stop a couple from opening up a coffee shop in Rockland in his honor. The University of Maine College Republicans group that inflamed tensions on campus last fall with a Facebook post condemning Maine’s adoption of Indigenous Peoples Day and later inviting a controversial right-wing speaker can no longer officially claim the “UMaine College Republicans” name. Ida Kuoppala is among the top first-year goal scorers in the nation and heads that category in Hockey East with 17 goals, including 14 in league play. After a 10-minute battle, Gage Poulin was able to haul the hefty brook trout onto the ice. The fish was 23 inches long and weighed in at 5.6 pounds. The tempo should be rapid Friday night when defending state champion Caribou and Maranacook of Readfield battle for the Class B boys basketball state championship. The Bangor City Council has given final approval to a $433,777 construction project that will make it easier for bicyclists and pedestrians to avoid the knots of vehicles heading to shopping centers on Stillwater Avenue and Hogan Road. A long drought will come to an end on Friday night when the 20-1 Hermon High School girls basketball team takes on 15-6 Wells in the 7 p.m. Class B state championship game at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. The six seniors on the Greenville High School basketball team will be appearing in their fourth Class D state championship game Saturday. Several days of spring-like weather gave way Thursday to driving rain, heavy wet snow and powerful wind gusts as a fast-moving storm knocked out power to thousands of people in parts of New England. More than two dozen people were displaced by an apartment fire in a southern Maine city on Thursday. The coronavirus risk remains low in Maine, but state officials are trying to get residents to prepare for the worst while ramping up a response to combat the outbreak if it arrives here. The members of the Paris Fire Department quit Wednesday night because Town Manager Dawn Noyes reversed a decision made by Chief Mark Blaquire, the Sun Journal reported. Paris is an hour north of Portland. As Northern Light Mercy Hospital gears up to expand its Fore River campus and consolidate its operations there, the Portland hospital announced Thursday that it has sold its State Street building to private housing developers. The BDN will review its screening process of comics and be more sensitive. Regina Long, 49, has been treated and discharged from Maine Medical Center in Portland, a spokesman at the hospital said Thursday. |
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CLASSIFIEDS EAST MACHIAS MLS#1282261 |
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Covenants protect investment. Rd front, rights to common lot. Near Gardner Lake. Great opp. Survey says 8.97ac. lot. $26,500 Sunrise Realty, Anita Johnson, | | Read more... |
HAMPDEN MLS#1413707 |
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4 BR/2 BA 1918 farmhouse on 1.2 acs. Spacious fam. rm., huge backyard, 2-car att. gar. & front porch. $169,000 Jean Jenkins, Vacationland Realty, VacationlandRealtyMaine.com | | Read more... |
DEDHAM |
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Lot # 1 Hillside Dr. Conv. loc. minutes from 1A. Subdivision lot., Elec. at St., septic test avail. Walking trails abound & Lucerne Beach Club nearby. $25,000 | | Read more... |
COUNTRY LIVING IN MILO RANCH |
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3 BR/1.5 BA W/2-car attach gar Deck & nice yard. Big basement. 1-car detach gar & shed w/gen. Near Schoodic & Ebeemee Lakes & KI. Trails nearby. Anne Bailey, DeWitt-Jones Realty, 207-943-3163 | | Read more... | Place a classified ad with the BDN |
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