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Over 300 skiing Santas raise $9,000 for charity in Maine
Over 300 skiing Santas took to the slopes over the weekend in western Maine for a good cause. It was all part of Sunday River Resort’s 24th Annual Santa Sunday, with hundreds of skiers and riders dressing up as Santa Claus and skiing down the Broadway trail. The event raised $9,000 for The River Fund Maine, a local nonprofit, according...
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Maine lawmaker accused of choking wife wins re-election by one vote
A Republican lawmaker in Maine accused of choking his wife last month won re-election by a single vote after a Thursday recount.
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Tom's of Maine toothpaste contained bacteria-contaminated water, FDA says
The company said it is working with the FDA to remedy issues found in the agency’s May inspection, including an upgrade to its Sanford plant’s water system.
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A year after Maine mass shooting, gunman's family wants action on brain injury research in military
The family of the Army reservist who committed the October 2023 massacre in Lewiston wants to bring awareness to traumatic brain injuries among military members
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Husband dies after Maine couple is lost in woods for days, wife may have survived thanks to dog
A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost — and officials say she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures.
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2 lawmen linked to Maine's deadliest shooting are vying for job as county sheriff
Two law enforcement officers who were allies when they faced tough questions about their interactions with an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, last year are squaring off to become sheriff.
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From attic to auction: Rembrandt painting sells for $1.4M in Maine
A Rembrandt discovered in the attic of a Maine estate recently sold for $1.4 million at auction.
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Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says
Both the Army Reserve and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s psychiatric crisis and seize weapons from the spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history, according to the final report released Tuesday by a special commission created to investigate the attacks, which killed 18 people. The independent commission, which held more than…
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‘Just dropped in': Woman recalls falling waist-deep into quicksand at Maine beach
Officials at Maine’s most popular state beach posted signs last week that warn visitors the terrain beneath their feet could give way and land them in natural pockets of sticky sediment.
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Broken badminton racket kills NJ girl vacationing in Maine
A 6-year-old girl on vacation in Maine was accidentally killed by a broken badminton racket while playing with her brother last week, police said.
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Report suggests some deputies responding to Maine mass shooting were intoxicated
An independent commission investigating the deadliest shooting in Maine history plans to take up accusations in a report that contended self-dispatching police officers created “chaos” during the search for the gunman.
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Army reservist's family describes struggle to get help before mass shooting in Maine
Family members of an Army reservist who killed 18 people in Maine gave an emotional apology on Thursday and said Army officials and law enforcement frustrated their efforts to get him mental health care before the deadly rampage.
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Tractor-trailer carrying 15 million honey bees rolls over on I-95 in Maine
A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95 in Maine on Thursday night, officials said.
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Search continues in Maine as officer is charged with lying about taking missing person to hospital
Cole reported that he had picked up Erik Foote and dropped him off at a convenience store, but he told Foote’s parents he took him to the hospital.
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Linda Bean, entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of LL Bean, has died
Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82.
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Analysis of Maine mass shooter's brain showed traumatic injury, possibly from Army blasts
The brain of a gunman who killed 18 people and injured 13 others in Lewiston, Maine, showed signs of significant traumatic injury at the time of the mass shooting, researchers tasked with examining the tissue said.
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In his 1st interview, friend who warned officials of Maine shooter says ‘I literally spelled it out'
Despite the warnings by Robert Card’s friend and fellow Army reservist Sean Hodgson, Army officials discounted glaring red flags and failed to prevent Maine’s deadliest mass shooting.
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‘Swatting' at Maine secretary of state's house after Trump kept off primary ballot
Maine’s top election official, who could face an impeachment attempt in the state Legislature over her decision to keep former President Donald Trump off the Republican primary ballot, had a hoax threat called into her house Friday night. The “swatting call,” as such hoaxes are known, involved a person calling police about 8:15 p.m. to say he’d broken into Maine Secretary...
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Maine removes Trump from 2024 primary ballot
Maine’s Democratic secretary of state removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause on Thursday.
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Maine offers free university tuition to Lewiston shooting victims, families
Maine’s public university system is offering free tuition to family members of those who died and to those who were injured in the deadliest mass shooting in state history, officials said Wednesday.