The proposed area would be called the Downeast Maine National Heritage Area.
Julia McCue
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
For states like Maine with cold winters: More aid but also rising costs
In Maine, people in need of aid will have access to an extra $55 million this year because of the funding boost.
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UN nuclear treaty conference likely to be delayed due to virus
Days before its start date, an international conference on a landmark Cold War-era nuclear treaty is poised to be postponed.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
‘Slow-motion insurrection’: How Republicans seize election power
In battleground states and beyond, Republicans are taking hold of the once-overlooked machinery of elections.
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New COVID-19 cases in U.S. soar to highest levels on record
More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases have soared to over 265,000 per day on average.
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Maine commission issues recommendations to boost affordable housing
The legislative commission created to address Maine’s housing crunch is suggesting relaxed zoning and denser housing projects.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Boston man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, wanted in a bank robbery
Thomas Randele’s family confirmed that only just before he died, he told them he was wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history.
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Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents to House Jan. 6 committee
Trump is claiming that as a former president he has right to assert executive privilege over the records.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Consumer prices up 5.7% over past year, fastest in 39 years
Consumer spending, which accounts for 70% of U.S. economic activity, rose only slightly in November even as people shifted their holiday shopping to earlier in the season.
Posted inHealth, Nation & World, News
U.S. adds Merck pill as second easy-to-use drug against COVID-19
The authorization comes one day after the agency cleared a competing drug from Pfizer.