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L.L.Bean to lay off up to 75 Maine workers
It is the second round of layoffs announced this year by the Freeport-based outdoor clothing and equipment brand.
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Rangeley woman accused of stealing over $30,000 from local business
Brittany Moura, 38, was arrested on Friday on a felony charge of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Mills, Pingree, King push to extend asylum seeker work permits
Rep. Chellie Pingree, Sen. Angus King and Gov. Janet Mills are asking federal authorities to permanently extend automatic work permit renewals for up to 540 days because of a backlog in asylum cases.
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Farmington Marshalls, Rent-A-Center closed after 9 people felt ill from propane smell Saturday
Marshalls also was closed Friday after gas odor was reported.
Posted inHealth
Abortion funds take on bigger role in Maine, nationwide as access shifts
Financial support for the nonprofit support groups has surged since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Three generations on Vassalboro farm to donate Christmas trees for troops
Pinkham’s Treefarm is one of about a dozen Maine Christmas tree farms to donate trees to military bases and families of deployed troops.
Posted inNation & World
‘Reindeer’ volunteers bring holiday magic to Ukrainian children living on the front lines
The children’s wishes are published on the project’s website. Donors affectionately known as magicians then choose a letter and buy the requested gift for the ‘reindeer’ to deliver.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump says he can’t promise tariffs won’t raise prices and won’t rule out revenge prosecutions
The president-elect’s ‘Meet the Press’ interview also touched on monetary policy, immigration, abortion and U.S. involvement in Ukraine.
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Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad given asylum in Moscow, Russian state news agencies say
The Russian agencies, Tass and RIA, cited an unidentified Kremlin source on Assad and his family being given asylum in Moscow, his longtime ally and protector.