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Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Two Maine beaches under advisories for elevated bacteria levels
Water-quality testing at Ocean Park in Old Orchard Beach and Mackerel Cove in Harpswell found bacteria levels several times higher than what the EPA considers safe.
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Posted inNation / World, News
Massive California Park Fire continues spread after start from flaming car, officials say
A man was arrested in connection with California’s largest fire this year, after a woman saw him push a burning car down a ravine.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston police respond to report of gunman on Dill Street. Report may have been a prank.
Police swarmed on a Dill Street home after receiving a report of a gunman there. No problems were found at the home.
Posted inRiver Valley, Rumford Falls Times
Mexico’s Good Samaritan Soup Kitchen organizer finds success as nonprofit
The emergency food pantry and soup kitchen is now a nonprofit organization under the town of Mexico.
Posted inNation / World, News
Autopsy confirms Sonya Massey died from gunshot wound to head, as attorney calls shooting senseless
The 36-year-old Black woman was fatally shot in her Illinois home by a now-fired sheriff’s deputy charged in her death.
Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County arrest log: July 26, 2024
• David H. Anderson Jr., 38, of 247 Main St., Norway, on a charge of failure to appear after bailed, 4:09 p.m. Thursday, July 25, in Norway, by Norway Police Department. • Justin J. Brown, 39, of 3 Essex St., Gloucester, Massachusetts, on charges of operating a vehicle without a license and theft by unauthorized […]
Posted inBusiness, Nation / World, News
Wood pellets production boomed to feed EU demand. It’s come at a cost for Black people in the South
Wood pellet production skyrocketed across the U.S. South. It helped feed demand in the European Union for renewable energy, as those countries sought to replace fossil fuels such as coal.
Posted inBusiness, Lewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston, Auburn Citylink bus drivers rally for better wages
A spokesperson for Western Maine Transportation Services, which operates Citylink, said the company “is continuing to bargain in good faith with the union.”
Posted inHealth, Nation / World
Veterans lobbied for psychedelic therapy, but it may not be enough to save MDMA drug application
Military veterans have spent years lobbying for the use of psychedelic drugs to treat PTSD, but a sharply critical review of the club drug MDMA has put the therapy’s approval in doubt.