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Wednesday, April 8, 202004/08/2020

Eggs & Issues This Morning

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Quincy Hentzel, Chief Executive Officer with Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce speaks to Matt Gagnon about this morning’s Eggs &…

Wednesday, April 8, 202004/08/2020

Remote Learning

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Maine education commissioner recommends remote learning for rest of school year.

Wednesday, April 8, 202004/08/2020

Maine’s Primary Moved

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Maine’s June primary likely to be pushed to July because of coronavirus

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Bruce Poliquin / Connecting With Family

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Bruce Poliquin speaks  to Matt Gagnon and shares A couple heartwarming stories about not being able visit his 90-year-old parents…

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Portland Mayor Kate Snyder

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Portland Mayor Kate Snyder gives us an update about Portland’s ongoing response to COVID-19.  All vehicle access to back cove…

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Cumberland County DA Jonathan Sahrbeck

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Cumberland County DA Jonathan Sahrbeck speaks to Matt Gagnon. Court Activity Is Down. There is Concern about the possibility of…

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Wayside Food Programs

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Rachel Freedman, Special Project & Communications Manager with Wayside Food Programs in Portland speaks to Matt  Hunger Relief in the…

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Pass-Fail Grades / Bangor Schools

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Matt  Gagnon talks about Bangor schools shifting to pass-fail grades after school buildings close. 

Tuesday, April 7, 202004/07/2020

Maine’s 1918 Spanish Flu vs COVID-19

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In 1918, a pandemic swept through Maine — and offers lessons for containing COVID-19.  Matt speaks about this and also…

Monday, April 6, 202004/06/2020

Commissioner Laura Fortman

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Commissioner Laura Fortman speaks to Matt about The Health of Maine’s unemployment system depends on how long coronavirus persists.

Local Headlines

6 hours ago in Local

Driver Not Injured After SUV Ends Up in Acton Pond

The York County Sheriff’s Office says they were sent to the scene of a reported vehicle in Horn Pond

7 hours ago in Local

Space Heater May Have Caused Large Fire in Falmouth

Fire Marshal Investigators say people who had been staying at the home told them a space heater accidentally caused a couch to catch fire.

7 hours ago in Local

Bangor Man Arrested for Felony Domestic Violence

Police say they they found a man actively assaulting a woman who was calling for help.

National Headlines

11 hours ago in National

Melania Trump and Usha Vance are making an early holiday visit with North Carolina military families

Melania Trump and Usha Vance took their first trip together, spending time in North Carolina on Wednesday with service members and their families to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice as the holidays approach.

1 day ago in National

Here’s what’s in the opioid settlement against OxyContin maker Purdue and the Sackler family

Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.

1 day ago in National

House votes overwhelmingly to force release of Epstein files, sending bill to Senate

The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.

2 days ago in National

Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services

Internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare says it is deploying a fix for an issue that caused global outages for ChatGPT, social media platform X, transit infrastructure and other prominent internet services.