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Maine’s vaccine mandate won’t include dental workers

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care providers will not include dental workers or emergency medical service personnel.

Maine to expand mental health help for farmers

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Maine is using a federal grant to try to help the state’s farmers deal with stress.

Stormy weather in Maine could include wind gusts topping 40 mph

(WGAN) A Friday storm will bring widespread rainfall and strong winds to the area.

Maine child agency watchdog: Little has improved despite scrutiny

The head of a watchdog office within the state’s children’s welfare agency said that despite ongoing scrutiny, little has changed to address what she told lawmakers were deep-seated problems.

North Carolina man sentenced in Maine for abusing infant

A man who who pleaded guilty to assaulting a 6-month-old boy in Orono has been sentenced.

Feds charge 13 people in drug trafficking crackdown

Federal authorities have charged 13 people they allege are members or associates of a drug trafficking gang that moved fentanyl, cocaine, suboxone and counterfeit prescription pills from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire and even into a county jail.

Maine campers set another attendance record in 2021

Maine’s state park campers set another record this year.

Maine car dealership to take part in Wreaths Across America Day

Our country’s fallen veterans will be honored on Saturday, Dec. 18, which is National Wreaths Across America Day.

Police ask for help finding missing Waldoboro man

Police in Waldoboro are asking for the public’s help to find a man who left a hospital against medical advice.

Winner in Portland City Council race declared following historic tie, hand recount

A candidate for Portland City Council whose name was pulled out of a bowl after a tie has conceded after a recount on Wednesday.

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