The Select Board accepted Richard Caton IV’s resignation Monday, with regret. His last day is Aug. 3.
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Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Who is JD Vance? Things to know about Donald Trump’s pick for vice president
Ohio U.S. Sen. JD Vance is a 39-year-old Republican now in his first term in the Senate.
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Posted inNation & World
Expert calls NRA’s spending policies a ‘dumpster fire’ as gun group’s civil trial begins a new phase
The second phase of the trial in a civil lawsuit against the National Rifle Association and its top executives is underway in New York.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation & World, Politics
Protesters rally at Republican convention for abortion and immigrant rights, end to war in Gaza
Hundreds of demonstrators converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest around the Republican National Convention.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put a ‘bull’s-eye’ on Trump
But in an interview that aired Monday night, he argued that the rhetoric coming from his opponent was more incendiary.
Posted inNation & World, Schools and Education
New California law bans rules requiring schools to notify parents of child’s pronoun change
The law bans rules requiring school staff to disclose a student’s gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child’s permission.
Posted inNation & World
Scientists have confirmed a cave on the moon that could be used to shelter future explorers
The cave is not far from where Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed 55 years ago.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Gov. Mills swears in new chief medical examiner for Maine
Dr. Alice Briones is a Maine native who recently retired as head of the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Midcoast scientists team up to save marsh habitats
Rising sea levels bring tides that threaten coastal birds’ extinction. Maine scientists have teamed up to create more resilient marsh systems, and the Midcoast is spearheading the movement.
Posted inLocal & State
Photos: Young people with critical illnesses bag Maine moose hunting permits at ceremony in Augusta
Gov. Janet Mills was among the state officials who awarded the 2024 moose hunting permits during a ceremony at the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.