The median age of Maine residents is now 44.9 years, but more people moved to Maine in that period than left, census figures show.
Julia McCue
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Charitable giving by individual Americans drops in 2018
The decline is the biggest since the Great Recession of 2008-09; one factor is a Republican-backed change in tax policy
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Freeport Flag Ladies to ‘retire’ after 18 years of weekly wavings
They have stood at Main and School streets since immediately after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
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Two hikers rescued in Acadia in separate incidents
No sooner had a woman been carried out than rescuers were called to help another hiker with leg injuries.
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New York, like Maine, ends religious exemption to vaccine mandates
Maine ended religious exemptions by passing legislation last month, but exemptions are still allowed in 45 states.
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U.S. donors, not French tycoons, foot Notre Dame works bills
It is mainly American citizens through the charitable foundation Friends of Notre Dame, that have paid salaries for the up to 150 workers employed by the cathedral since the April 15 fire.
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Thai vets nurture lost baby dugong with milk and sea grass
The dugong has developed an attachment to humans and it will be at least a year before she can be weaned off bottled milk and perhaps fend for herself.
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King Arthur Flour recalls flour because of E. coli risk
The wheat used to make the flour has been linked to an ongoing outbreak of E. coli infections.
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U.S. says Iran removed unexploded mine from oil tanker
The military releases a video it says shows Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two oil tankers attacked Thursday near the Strait of Hormuz.
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Brunswick-to-Rockland Downeaster rail service delayed again
The Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority is ‘optimistic’ that the seasonal weekend service will begin next year.