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Rick Bennett

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Rick Bennett

Rick Bennett joins Matt Gagnon live from Hannaford Hall in Portland ahead of the MEREDA – 2026 Fall Conference. The Governor’s Race: Through the Lens of Maine’s Commercial & Residential Real Estate Industry. Bennett discusses housing, property taxes and Maine’s future.

Local Headlines

14 minutes ago in Local

Police continue to look for leads 7 months after Penobscot County man reported missing

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Maine State Police continue their search for a Hampden man who went missing in January.

18 hours ago in Local

One Dead from School Bus and Motorcycle Crash in Augusta

There were reportedly no students on the bus at the time.

19 hours ago in Local

Maine’s Largest State Workers Union Approves New Contract

The new contracts cover 9,000 state workers.

National Headlines

5 days ago in National, Trending

US marks 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

Americans are commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11, remembering the shock, the dead and the sweeping consequences of the al-Qaida attacks on symbols of U.S. might and prosperity.

7 days ago in National, Trending

Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development

An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude human control.

1 week ago in National

Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections

A nationwide outbreak of cyclospora tied to contaminated lettuce has heightened safety concerns about imported food, while underscoring a longer-term trend: U.S. regulators are conducting fewer international inspections to catch contaminated produce before it lands on American plates.

2 weeks ago in National

Mistrial is declared in Lindsay Clancy child killings case after jury deadlocks

A judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial declared a mistrial Friday after jurors failed to reach a verdict in a case that sharply divided many Americans over whether the Massachusetts woman should be criminally responsible for killing her three young children.