COVID-19 imposes challenges on homeless students.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Maine
Scooter-riding rappers seek to dispel Augusta negativity in music video
Ben Bowman, also known as Ben, the Maker, made the video in hopes it would help people get past both the negative stereotypes some may have of hip hop music and any negative views toward the city of Augusta.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Feds say Maine will receive money to fund added jobless benefits
The funding, being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Association, will allow Maine to provide $300 per week on top of a worker’s unemployment benefit, FEMA said Tuesday.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Maine State Police trooper struck by speeding sports car
Trooper Mickael Nunez remained in an Augusta hospital Sunday night after suffering a severely broken leg, state police say.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine restaurant group says industry will collapse if reopening restrictions aren’t relaxed
A group representing restaurant owners and workers sends a letter to Gov. Janet Mills seeking relief from her phased-in reopening plan and asking for input in making changes to it.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine lawmaker organizes protest of governor’s coronavirus restrictions
State Rep. Chris Johansen said the march will be held Monday in Augusta to protest restrictions on businesses in areas that haven’t been hit hard by the outbreak.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Lawmakers urged to repeal provision allowing secrecy in police use of surveillance tools
Two legislators introduced the measure after the Maine Sunday Telegram reported that state police are using a provision in Maine law to conceal whether they are using technologies capable of mass surveillance of citizens.
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Yarmouth man named to lead Maine Emergency Management Agency
Peter Rogers was sworn in Tuesday as the director of the agency responsible for coordinating responses to natural disasters and emergency situations.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News, Politics
CMP private investigator tailed anti-corridor petitioners
Opponents of a proposed transmission line accuse a PAC funded by the utility of conducting an ‘outrageous intimidation campaign,’ but Clean Energy Matters contends that petition-drive workers violated state law.
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Maine Legislature considers bill to expunge some convictions from public records
The measure would largely apply to nonviolent and low-level felonies and would exclude any crimes against a child or person over age 65.