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Maine bill to help mobile home residents buy parks signed into law
WGME - Maine
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) -- A bill to protect people living in Maine mobile home parks from out-of-state investors has been signed into law. It gives residents "the right of first refusal,” forcing mobile home parks to sell to residents if they can...
Get $30 Maine Savings Amphitheater Tickets
92 Moose - Maine
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June 30, 2025
Sometimes we forget how lucky we are to have Bangor's Maine Savings Amphitheater. The large (16,000 person capacity), state-of-the-art, outdoor concert venue allows Eastern Maine to host some of the world's top touring entertainers. While the...
Domestic violence resource centers in Maine freeze hiring with federal funding in doubt
News Center Maine
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June 30, 2025
Resource centers around the state have frozen hiring and are operating understaffed in anticipation of funding shortfalls. LISBON, Maine — Last year, when Syd Moore began work helping survivors of domestic violence find housing, they managed about...
When Anna Kendrick Buys Your Bug Art in Portland
94.9 WHOM - Maine
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June 30, 2025
If you were taking a lovely stroll in downtown Portland, Maine recently, you have may have caught a surreal celebrity moment. If you missed it, don’t worry, local artist Savannah Saccarelli shared all of the iconic details with us! Savannah set up...
A roundup of Maine's commercial real estate sales from June 2025
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Here’s a roundup of commercial sales in Maine first published in the Tuesday Real Estate Insider during June. (The Thursday Real Estate Insider compiles real estate leases.) The information is provided by brokerages and thus does not include...
Two of Maine's immigration service centers have closed
News Center Maine
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June 30, 2025
Catholic Charities Maine’s Greater Bangor Refugee & Immigration Services office and The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center both closed Monday. PORTLAND, Maine — Two offices in Maine that provide services to immigrants closed on June 30....
One of the Best Sub Shops in America Is Based Here in Maine
Q106.5 - Maine
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June 30, 2025
We love our subs and sandwiches up here in Maine, so it’s no surprise that this spot was recently named one of the best in America! While Maine may not be as densely populated as some states to our southwest, we’ve still got a pretty remarkable...
Sunny last day of June in Maine; Showers, potential strong storms on way for Tuesday
WGME - Maine
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PORTLAND (WGME) -- The end of June will bring plenty of sunshine, warm/hot temperatures, and increasing humidity. Monday will be one of the best days to get outside all week long. High temperatures will span into the upper 70s to mid-80s. A sea...
Maine Teen Survives 54 Surgeries and Still Finds Reasons to Smile
94.9 WHOM - Maine
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June 24, 2025
Meet Charlotte, she is a resilient young Maine woman whose strength has pushed her to the limit. She has gone through 54 surgeries in 11 years. Her next surgery is coming this August, but you’d never know it from her bright spirit. Meet Charlotte:...
Police arrest 35-year-old man for alleged assault in Augusta
News Center Maine
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June 29, 2025
AUGUSTA, Maine — Augusta police arrested a 35-year-old man Friday night after he allegedly assaulted three women on Water Street, according to a news release from the Augusta Police Department. Police said they responded to a report of an assault...
Missing Maine man found alive in brush near his home
WMTW 8 - Maine
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June 30, 2025
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife says a Hollis man who was missing for more than 24 hours was found alive late Monday morning.Ralph Hughes, 76, was found conscious and alert at about 11:20 a.m. by a game warden who was...
$13.4M awarded to Portland, Lewiston for affordable rental homes
WGME - Maine
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Maine's two largest cities are getting millions of dollars for more than 100 new, affordable rental homes. MaineHousing says it's awarding $13.4 million in state funding for 129 new rental homes in Lewiston and Portland. The money will be used for...
Maine Resort Offers Daily Breakfast Buffet to General Public
92 Moose - Maine
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June 24, 2025
Once upon a time in Maine, you wouldn't have to travel far to find yourself a quality buffet. Restaurants all across the state offered them with some restaurants making their name on the quality and consistency of their food. These days, buffets...
Cousins Maine Lobster grows presence across the US
SeafoodSource
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Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based Cousins Maine Lobster continues to expand across the U.S., hoping to reach 100 locations nationwide by the end of 2025. The operator of both brick-and-mortar restaurants and food trucks recently opened a unit in Grand...
Maine legislators honor late paramedic for decades of service
EMS1 - Texas
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June 24, 2025
By Dana Richie Portland Press Herald AUGUSTA, Maine — State legislators presented an in-memoriam legislative sentiment honoring the life and legacy of Lt. Shannon Haley, a paramedic with the Scarborough Fire Department, earlier this month. Haley,...
Maine supreme court to decide whether state must release people without lawyers from jails
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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June 24, 2025
A years-long lawsuit about the state’s requirement to provide people constitutionally mandated lawyers is now headed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. The state’s highest court said Friday it will take up the 2022 lawsuit brought by the...
2024 H-1B petitions: Approvals for employers classified under Utilities industry across Portland Maine News publication area
Portland Maine News
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June 30, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadership/ur-m-jaddou-director-us-citizenship-and-immigration-servicesUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship...
“Irresponsible and cruel” Maine Senator slams Trump’s spending bill
WABI - Maine
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June 30, 2025
WASHINGTON (WMTW) - U.S. senators are expected to continue debating President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax and spending cuts Monday morning as Republicans hope to conduct a final vote and send a modified version back to lawmakers in the U.S....
Maine alters packaging EPR law, to industry’s relief
Packaging Dive
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Dive Brief: Dive Insight: Maine was a trailblazer in U.S. packaging EPR when it adopted the nation’s first such law in 2021. But being the first mover, its law is structured differently than later states — such as Minnesota, Washington and...
How a Northeastern grad student from Rwanda is uplifting Maine’s immigrant communities
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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June 30, 2025
Rwandan Northeastern graduate student Germain Mucyo builds community in Maine through tech, mentorship and immigrant advocacy. Germain Mucyo volunteers with Maine Initiatives, a nonprofit that supports social, economic and environmental justice...