Alain Jean Claude Nahimana, the founder of The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, is inducted posthumously.
Jeff Ham
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Panel that will redraw Maine’s voting districts meets Friday
The reapportionment commission is responsible for redrawing congressional and legislative districts based on new U.S. Census data.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Lake Tahoe residents relieved that wildfire spared homes
It’s the first time in more than a decade that South Lake Tahoe residents saw a blaze get so close.
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Life is still a beach for Maine lifeguard in his 50th season
Greg Wilfert remembers his first visit to Scarborough Beach State Park, as a teenager, like it was yesterday.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on ‘The Wire,’ found dead at 54
Williams was found dead Monday afternoon in his Brooklyn penthouse apartment, and police say his death is being investigated as a possible drug overdose.
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British national pleads guilty to role in Islamic State beheadings
Alexanda Anon Kotey admits guilt in connection with the deaths of four American hostages – journalist James Foley, journalist Steven Sotloff and aid workers Peter Kassig and Kayla Mueller.
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Ida pounds Northeast with flooding, wind and at least 2 tornadoes
Soaking rains prompted evacuations of thousands of people after water reached dangerous levels in a Pennsylvania town nicknamed Flood City.
Posted inBusiness
Fallen tech star Elizabeth Holmes prepares to go on trial
The trial will revolve around the rise and fall of Theranos, a startup that Holmes launched after dropping out of Stanford University in 2003.
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Photos: BIW-built Zumwalt destroyer makes appearance during sea trials
The future USS Lyndon B. Johnson pays a visit to Portland Harbor.
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Delta Force sniper killed in Somalia is memorialized in his Maine hometown
Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, a native of Lincoln, died in a rescue of a downed helicopter in Somalia in 1993.