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Portland Restaurants Petition for COVID Vaccine Requirement at City Eateries
On the heels of Boston and New York deciding to implement COVID-19 vaccine requirements to eat indoors at restaurants, a group of eateries in Portland, Maine, is hoping city leaders will implement that type of mandate. Over the past week, a dozen or so restaurants, including places like Eventide Oyster Co. and Chaval, have signed onto a petition urging...
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Maine Deals With Extreme Heat
Monday’s heat extended way up into Maine. Heat advisories stretched from Kittery in the south all the way to towns well north of Bangor, like Lincoln. Cooling centers were opened in at least 10 cities and towns, including Topsham, Auburn, York, Biddeford, Bridgton, South Portland and Portland. By Monday afternoon, Acadia National Park staff said they had responded to “multiple…
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Maine Leaders Work to Protect Trees and Residents From Invasive Pest
Mainers are fighting a persistent problem on new battlefields — browntail moths are causing acute headaches in Portland and Waterville this year. In the latter city, leaders declared an emergency to combat the invasive moths’ presence and their effects on residents. The hairs of browntail moth caterpillars can cause, among other symptoms, a very itchy rash. Meanwhile, in Portland, a…
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Maine Rep., New England Veterans Press for Global War on Terrorism Memorial in DC
Gold Star family members and veterans in New England are among those asking Congress to move forward on an already approved plan to build a Global War on Terrorism Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring more than 7,000 veterans. A bill introduced in the Senate by Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa — a veteran who spent time in Kuwait during…
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Drones to Be Used for Lobster Fishing Gear Inspections
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it will inspect lobster fishing gear from Maine to Massachusetts and beyond using remote cameras. The operations will take place in both inshore and offshore waters from the summer into this fall, according to Mike Henry, a deputy special agent in charge for the Northeast Division of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement....
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Tornado Warnings Have Been Ringing Out in Maine. Did Any Touch Down?
After at least three tornado warnings were issued in Maine over the past several days, scientists with the National Weather Service are trying to figure out if any tornadoes actually touched down. The NWS’ Caribou office has preliminarily determined that a storm that destroyed barns, took down trees and damaged roofs in Limestone and Castle Hill in northern Aroostook County…
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Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Acadia National Park Visitors With ‘Magical' Pop-Up Performances
First, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma surprised people at a vaccine clinic in western Massachusetts. Now, he’s done it again at a national park in Maine. At the end of last week, Yo-Yo Ma, along with Wabanaki musicians, held multiple pop-up performances in different parts of Acadia National Park like Otter Point and Jordan Pond House. There was also a...
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Interior Secretary Haaland Visits Maine's Acadia National Park
For her first visit to a national park since joining the Biden Cabinet, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Maine and Acadia National Park to meet with state tribal leaders, Maine’s congressional delegation and Gov. Janet Mills. The multi-day visit included stops with the Penobscot Nation, trips up Cadillac Mountain and a visit to Acadia’s Schoodic Peninsula,...
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Back-to-Work Bonus: Maine Offers $1,500 for People to Move Off Unemployment
Until June 30, Maine is offering people who are part of state unemployment assistance programs $1,500 if they seek full-time employment that pays under $25 an hour and work for eight consecutive weeks. The program looks a lot like one that has been in place since May in New Hampshire and is meant to propel at least some of 37,000…
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Maine Teen With Hemophilia Raises $28K Hiking Appalachian Trail
At 16 years old, William Addison of Falmouth, Maine, has not only already hiked thousands of miles, but exceeded goals that would be ambitious for someone of any age. On June 5, 2020, when he was still 15, Addison set out on a southbound hike of the Appalachian Trail, beginning 15 miles shy of Mt. Katahdin near Abol Bridge in…
