Trahan spent four months in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities across Maine because of complications from an infection, but he is now home and working toward a full recovery.
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Feds ramp up fight to block massive grocery merger involving Shaw’s
Kroger’s proposed $24.6 billion takeover of Albertsons would be the largest supermarket merger in U.S. history.
Ohio police officer faces murder charge in shooting of pregnant Black woman
Ta’Kiya Young, 21, was confronted in her car by two officers last August for allegedly stealing bottles of alcohol. She was shot by Connor Grubb through the windshield after rolling slowly toward him.
Franklin County commissioners approve $700,000 TIF application for new emergency operations building in Farmington
The county has also been awarded $2 million from Congress and has $1.67 million to use from the county’s American Rescue Plan Act funds to help pay for the $4.4 million center.
Biden announces $150 million for research as part of ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer
In 2022, he set a goal to cut U.S. cancer fatalities by 50% over the next 25 years.
Check out this Augusta boy who’s hunting for gems, geodes and rocks in the Sandy River in Farmington
Bodhi Bilyeu, 8, has made it a hobby to dig for rocks and gems. He has two shelves of gems and geodes at his home, he said.
Resurrected ship a reminder of Maine’s once-thriving sardine industry
But an effort to save the Jacob Pike by the great-great-grandson of the vessel’s namesake has been torpedoed by the need for expensive environmental remediation.
Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for November ballot
The state will join at least a half-dozen others that are voting on abortion rights during the presidential election.
Letter prompts Readfield-area school board discussion
The letter signed by school officials urged board members to make decisions on behalf of the district’s mission to be a ‘caring community dedicated to excellence.’
Starbucks CEO replaced by fixer who revived Chipotle
Brian Niccol is tasked with an even bigger challenge this time around: how to get inflation weary U.S. customers back into stores.