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Dick Wolf Donates $10M to Maine Hospital

Dick Wolf Donates $10M to Maine Hospital

Get this, the legendary TV producer Dick Wolf, you know, the guy who created Law & Order and Chicago franchises, has pledged $10 million to Mount Desert Island Hospital towards their Building Our Future campaign, according to WMTW. That folks, is...

State fund expands to help Maine public schools buy more local food

State fund expands to help Maine public schools buy more local food

A state fund that incentivizes Maine public schools to purchase food directly from local producers is expanding this year. State officials say a new law is helping each dollar a school spends on local food go further. Since the Local Foods Fund...

Booed In Maine, Collins Faces Dimming Prospects In Midterm

Booed In Maine, Collins Faces Dimming Prospects In Midterm

When Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) spoke at a late August ribbon-cutting ceremony in her state, she was aggressively booed and heckled by attendees. This booing was quite a contrast to the enthusiastic support she enjoyed in Maine in the past, when...

U.S. employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE’s arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

U.S. employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE’s arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

By Patrick Whittle And Mae Anderson The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called “E-Verify” has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure they’re...

Two Adults & Juvenile Seriously Injured after OUI Crash in Maine

Two Adults & Juvenile Seriously Injured after OUI Crash in Maine

A 28-year-old man was injured Thursday and charged with OUI after a crash on I-95 in Sidney that also injured a minor passenger and another adult. OUI Charges and Endangering the Welfare of a Child Shawn Stone from Presque Isle was charged with...

Voters in Maine school district narrowly reject budget again

Voters in Maine school district narrowly reject budget again

Voters in RSU 21, which includes the towns of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Arundel, have again rejected a proposed school budget.Thursday's vote was 1,447 people opposed and 1,365 people in favor. Kennebunkport was the only town to approve the...

Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE's arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

Employers have used E-Verify for years. ICE's arrest of a Maine police officer raises new questions

OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine – The case of a Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities even though he was vetted by a government system called “E-Verify” has raised questions about what employers can do to make sure they’re employing...

Susan Collins Fields Vocal Boos And Heckling At Raucous Maine Event

Susan Collins Fields Vocal Boos And Heckling At Raucous Maine Event

LOADINGERROR LOADING “Shame! Shame! Shame!” Multiple people can be heard yelling in a video posted to TikTok by Searsport photographer Esme Freeman, 25, who uses the handle @hikemainewithme. Others sounded alarms about Trump’s Supreme Court...

Maine’s budget invests in families and communities | Opinion

Maine’s budget invests in families and communities | Opinion

Rep. Michael Brennan, D-Portland, is serving his fourth consecutive term in the Maine House, having previously served four terms in the House and three in the Senate. He represents House District 115, which includes a portion of Portland. He...

Healthy to begin 2025, Williams driving Liberty football secondary with 'top-10' potential

Healthy to begin 2025, Williams driving Liberty football secondary with 'top-10' potential

There wasn't a moment last season that Liberty cornerback Amarian Williams felt quite like himself. It was supposed to be a big year for Williams, one in which he could push forward the momentum from a breakout 2023 after playing in 13 games with...

Science The Cool Down Researchers sound alarm over concerning health risks on swine farms: 'Especially striking'

Science The Cool Down Researchers sound alarm over concerning health risks on swine farms: 'Especially striking'

For agricultural workers at swine farms, just breathing can disrupt gut health, leading to problems such as leaky gut, according to a new study. What's happening? Researchers at the University of California, Riverside found that inhaling hog farm...

Police: Gunshot victim, stolen vehicle turn up at hospital

Police: Gunshot victim, stolen vehicle turn up at hospital

DECATUR — A man arrived at a hospital in a stolen car after being shot in the back but didn’t want to talk about it, police report. Patrol officers had been alerted at 2 p.m. Saturday when the wounded 22-year-old victim was dropped at the...

When a Maine loon killed a bald eagle by stabbing it in the heart

When a Maine loon killed a bald eagle by stabbing it in the heart

This story, written by Nick Sambides Jr., was originally published in May 2020. It had to be one of the strangest cases of eagle death that Danielle D’Auria has ever seen. A wildlife biologist at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and...

5 things you need before buying a house in Maine

5 things you need before buying a house in Maine

Housing This section of the BDN aims to help readers understand Maine’s housing crisis, the volatile real estate market and the public policy behind them. Read more Housing coverage here. Home ownership has become increasingly expensive since the...

Maine vocational schools offer hands-on career training for students

Maine vocational schools offer hands-on career training for students

WESTBROOK (WGME) -- Career and technical education schools, like the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center (WRVC), are playing a crucial role in preparing high school students for the future. "We have something for everybody here," WRVC Director...

Maine CDC plans takeover of Bangor Public Health's nursing services

Maine CDC plans takeover of Bangor Public Health's nursing services

The Maine CDC says the change aims to improve service statewide, but local health workers fear a loss of quality and community connection. BANGOR, Maine — Public health officials in Bangor are expressing concerns after learning that the Maine...

Maine Officials Warn 'Large Lizard' with 'Sharp Teeth' Is on the Loose in the State By Kelli Bender

Maine Officials Warn 'Large Lizard' with 'Sharp Teeth' Is on the Loose in the State By Kelli Bender

Known for its lobsters, the state of Maine is making headlines because of a different creature. According to Maine's Old Town Police Department, a "large lizard" is on the loose in the state. The authorities posted on Facebook about the reptile...

Maine prison inmate dies at Mountain View facility

Maine prison inmate dies at Mountain View facility

CHARLESTON, Maine — The Maine Department of Corrections confirmed the death of an inmate at the Mountain View Correctional Facility. Officials said Brandon Drewry, 63, died around 10:20 a.m. Thursday. Medical staff were present at the time of his...

Maine lawmaker’s initial choice to represent himself delays his domestic violence case

Maine lawmaker’s initial choice to represent himself delays his domestic violence case

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A Republican lawmaker from Sanford agreed to get a court-appointed lawyer after representing himself for months in a domestic violence case that nearly upended his election last year. The development will cause more delays in...

Maine clinics say they will have to cut services after losing Medicaid funding

Maine clinics say they will have to cut services after losing Medicaid funding

One of Maine's largest abortion care providers said it will have to dramatically cut services after a federal judge ruled earlier this week that the Trump administration is not required to restore Medicaid funding. Under H.R.1 -- the mega-bill...

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