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The former Loring Air Force Base is now an industrial park overseen by a public municipal corporation created to redevelop the land and provide services to tenants.
Recent lawsuits follow previous concerns about the properties.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved two more blood tests to identify signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
They have the potential to help patients and their families get to a diagnosis sooner — and also come with important caveats.
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Wendy Little Bear is one of about 100 survivors of sexual abuse, including roughly 10 members of the Wabanaki Nations, who reached a recent multimillion-dollar settlement with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.
This is her story:
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While candidates running for the State House have to file personal financial statements before the election, the same is not true for candidates running for governor. Staff with the Maine Ethics Commission have put forward a proposal to change that. themainemonitor.org/governor…
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At the height of the pandemic, hospitals in Maine spent $560 million on contract staffing. This year, that number dropped to $214 million.
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Two federal agents who allegedly violated a Maine man’s constitutional rights by threatening him for observing their work during a January immigration enforcement surge were identified for the first time in a new court filing on Wednesday.
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Seal Island saw a record 127 razorbill nests, while Eastern Egg Rock saw a record 213 puffin burrows.
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The last barrier on the Narraguagus River just came down, opening up the way for salmon.
But there is no guarantee they will come back in greater numbers given other challenges.
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Texts and emails show the influence conservative policy groups had on a Sullivan-based school district’s debate over whether to align its Title IX policy with Trump’s executive order or to abide by state law. themainemonitor.org/rsu24-pu…
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Read the texts and emails of school leaders grappling with the legality of their new transgender student policy here: themainemonitor.org/rsu24-tr…
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Washington County and County Manager Renée Gray have reached a settlement, two months after she sued the commission and two of its members for wrongful termination.
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Major medical groups issued immunization recommendations last week, ahead of the fall respiratory virus season that begins in October.
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The Maine state troopers who violently arrested a York County man in 2024 denied the accuracy of his account of the incident in court filings this week.
This story was co-published with @bangordailynews:
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Some of Maine’s rural counties could be hit hardest by Medicaid cuts, according to data The Maine Monitor received from the state under a public records request.
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Because of his late entry into the U.S. Senate race against Sen. Susan Collins, Troy Jackson hasn’t yet had to file a quarterly FEC report or his Senate personal financial disclosure.
Here’s what we know and don’t know about both candidates’ finances.
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As Maine’s Senate race heats up, there has been a similar attack launched against both Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson: lobbying ties in the family.
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Ethan Hughes travels throughout Maine, and around the world, to stand against corporations he sees as exploiting natural resources and Indigenous peoples.
He and his family also protest humanity’s disconnection from nature by the way they live.
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The trade group representing Maine’s mobile home industry told officials in one southern Maine town it is preparing to sue them and other municipalities if they pass ordinances restricting how much mobile home park owners can raise lot rents.
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A Portland District Court judge was correct in giving a father the power to decide whether his daughter could attend an evangelical church following a clash with the girl’s mother over her religious upbringing, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled.
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