As warmer winters leave southern and western Maine with less snow each year, recreators are filling the gap with artificial snow in Waterville.
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Browntail moth populations in Maine crashed in 2024, so expect a less itchy spring
Hairs from the browntail moth caterpillar cause a red, itchy rash that can linger for weeks.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Judge rules Maine is denying constitutional rights
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy will hold a hearing this month to determine how the state should remedy what she says is a violation of the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted inCommunity News, Local & State, News
Jay couple’s baby is the first in 2025 at Farmington hospital
Parents Tisha-Marie Stinchfield and Tristan Franchetti of Jay welcomed Elliani-Lynn Marie Franchetti to the family on Thursday.
Posted inNation & World, News
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country’s ills
Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, also wrote in the note that he needed to ‘cleanse my mind’ of the lives lost of people he knew and ‘the burden of the lives I took.’
Posted inNation & World, News
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say
Authorities say 14 people were killed and about 30 were injured in the attack early Wednesday by Jabbar, a former Army soldier who posted social media messages saying he was inspired by the Islamic State militant group.
Posted inNation & World
Judge sets Trump’s sentencing in hush money case for Jan. 10
The development marks yet another twist in the singular case. President-elect Donald Trump was convicted in May of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Searsport man sentenced for shooting into vehicle in Winslow
Steven G. Pratt is to serve more than 4 years after one gunshot came within inches of striking a driver’s head.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Republican Mike Johnson reelected House speaker in dramatic floor vote
Johnson’s weak grip on the gavel threatens not only his own survival but President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious agenda of tax cuts and mass deportations as Republicans sweep to power in Washington.
Posted inBusiness, News
Solar power is cutting daytime electricity demand on New England’s grid
Power generated by rooftop solar panels in Maine is small relative to other New England states but nearly doubled in the last year.