Voters will be asked this fall whether Maine should change its official state flag from the current one based on the state seal to a simpler, pine tree design dating to 1901.
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Micro communities for the homeless are sprouting up in U.S. cities
Faced with years of rising homelessness rates and failed solutions, city officials across the U.S. have been embracing rapid housing options emphasizing 3 factors: small, quick and cheap.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World
On a warming planet, outdoor concerts need a new safety playbook
Concerts can increase that risk by increasing crowd density, as athletic fields are often converted into standing or seating room for ticket holders.
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Pittston Fair returns to its roots with new June dates that signal fresh start to Maine’s fair season
Maine’s agricultural fair season kicks off this week with the Pittston Fair, which is returning to its historic June start date for the first time in many years.
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Fed diverges from global peers in new era of higher for longer
The Fed staying on hold raises questions around harmful foreign-exchange volatility and risks undermining progress on getting inflation down, according to analysis by Bloomberg Economics.
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Photos: Check out the Downtown Waterville Farmers’ Market
All photos by Rich Abrahamson/Morning Sentinel
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Maine university system holds first conference on artificial intelligence
The event on Friday drew leaders from business, government and academia to talk about keeping Maine at the forefront of AI use and development.
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Kate, Princess of Wales, says she’s making ‘good progress’ in cancer treatment, will attend a public event
The princess says she will attend Saturday’s royal Trooping the Color ceremony, which will mark her first public appearance since her diagnosis.
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Dresden voters to decide on $1.78 million budget at annual meeting Tuesday
Dresden’s spending plan reflects increases in the protection services and highway portion of the budget.
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Alex Jones’ assets to be sold to help pay $1.5 billion Sandy Hook debt as company bankruptcy is thrown out
Judge Christopher Lopez approved converting Jones’ proposed personal bankruptcy reorganization to a liquidation, but threw out the attempted reorganization of his company Free Speech Systems.