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Maine asks hunters to avoid eating deer, turkey in some areas because of PFAS contamination
Maine’s traditional fall hunting seasons are in full swing, but hunters are being asked to avoid eating their game in parts of the state because of the possibility of harmful chemicals in animal meat. Hunters from around the Northeast trek each autumn to Maine, where deer and wild turkeys are two of the most popular game animals. The Maine...
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Lewiston gathers to mark one year since a deadly mass shooting rocked the Maine city
With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting planned to mark the anniversary Friday in ways big and small, including a memorial service. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the stark reality that no corner of the country is safe from...
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Rare whale found dead off Mass. died as result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear
A rare whale found dead off Massachusetts earlier this year died as a result of entanglement in Maine lobster fishing gear, federal authorities said. The North Atlantic right whale was found dead off Martha’s Vineyard in January. The whales are declining in population and are at the center of efforts to more tightly regulate shipping and commercial fishing off...
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Just how rare is a rare-colored lobster? Scientists say answer could be under shell
Orange, blue, calico, two-toned and … cotton-candy colored? Those are all the hues of lobsters that have showed up in fishers’ traps, supermarket seafood tanks and scientists’ laboratories over the last year. The funky-colored crustaceans inspire headlines that trumpet their rarity, with particularly uncommon baby blue-tinted critters described by some as “cotton-candy colored” often estimated at 1 in 100 million….
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Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine, the state’s secretary of state has ruled. Shenna Bellows’ decision came Tuesday, about a week after the withdrawal of a challenge to another long-shot candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The presence of multiple third-party candidates on the Maine ballot is potentially significant because the state uses ranked...
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Lobster fishermen say tiny change in legal sizes could disrupt imperiled industry
Gerry Cushman has seen Maine’s iconic lobster industry survive numerous threats in his three decades on the water, but the latest challenge — which might sound tiny — could be the biggest one yet. Lobster fishing is a game of inches, and the number of inches is about to change. Fishing regulators are instituting a new rule that lobster fishermen…
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Families of victims in Maine mass shooting say they want a broader investigation
Families of the victims of the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history said Wednesday that they want a broader federal investigation into the circumstance surrounding the killings. The request came in a statement issued by the relatives’ lawyers a day after Army officials released a pair of reports about the October shootings. One of the reports said three Army...
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Army review finds ‘series of failures' in lead-up to mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine
Three Army Reserve officers were disciplined for dereliction of duty in the aftermath of a rampage in which a reservist killed 18 people in Maine, according to an Army report that cited communication failures within the chain of command, and between military and civilian hospitals, among other shortcomings revealed during an investigation. The Army review, released Tuesday, unearthed “a series…
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Army lieutenant colonel says Lewiston shooter had ‘low threat' profile upon leaving hospital
A lieutenant colonel with the Army Reserves told an investigatory panel on Monday that a reservist who committed the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history had a low threat profile when he left a psychiatric hospital prior to the killings. Lt. Col. Ryan Vazquez also testified that there were limitations on forcing the gunman, reservist Robert Card, to adhere to…
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Ex-NASCAR driver backed by Trump wins primary in closely watched Maine race
Republican state lawmaker Austin Theriault, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has won the chance to try to unseat one of the most conservative Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in a Maine district rocked by a mass shooting last year. Theriault, of Fort Kent, defeated fellow Maine House member Mike Soboleski, of Phillips, who is also a...
