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Rabies vaccine baits to land in some parts of Maine

Federal agriculture officials are set to disperse rabies vaccine baits targeted at raccoons across a wide swath of northeast Maine

Former Maine public advocate to join FCC working group

PORTLAND, Maine (AP)   Maine’s former public advocate is set to join a Federal Communications Commission working group aimed at broadband deployment in low-income areas

Great white shark sighted in water off Kennebunkport

Kennebunkport Police say a great white shark was spotted in the water off Goose Rocks Beach.

Motorcyclist killed in crash in Easton

Maine State Police say an Easton man died Wednesday when his motorcycle collided with a car in Easton.

Police say man whose moped crashed into a boat has died

Police in Maine say a man whose moped crashed into a parked boat has died.

Sen. Collins Questions FAA about Boeing, Presque Isle incident

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WGAN)  Members of a Senate subcommittee clashed with Federal Aviation Administration officials Wednesday, contending the agency was too deferential to Boeing in approving the 737 Max airliner

Bus driver charged in upskirt photos back in Maine

BATH, Maine (AP)   A former school bus driver who police say took cellphone photos up the skirts of six female children is set to appear in Maine court

Man dies from injuries in car crash

WOOLWICH, Maine (AP)   A county sheriff’s office says that a Maine man injured in a four-car crash has died

Public can weigh in on plan to abandon dam

DANFORTH, Maine (AP)   A federal agency wants the public to weigh in on a paper mill’s plan to abandon its dam straddling the U.S.-Canada border

Migratory fish could get $800,000 boost from settlement

BANGOR, Maine (AP)   Efforts to help migratory fish could get an $800,000 boost from a legal settlement stemming from oil spills into the Penobscot River

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