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How an increase in summer heat impacts CT’s unhoused population

Clarence Braun and his wife, Holly, park their Mercury Grand Marquis in the shade or drive with the windows down when the weather gets ...

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He bought the local paper to help his hometown. Now, he’s being blamed for its demise.

According to Jay Lucas, Newport, New Hampshire, around the middle of the century was the best place to grow up. In one of her ...

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15% tariffs on EU products exported to U.S. could affect prices on goods Mainers need

More than $900 million worth of items entering Maine, including automobiles and auto parts, medications, clothing, and raw materials, may be impacted by the ...

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Spray program blunts spruce budworm outbreak

Landowners say there are early indications that a financially funded attempt to contain a spruce budworm outbreak in northern Maine is working. According to ...

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Months after May REAL ID deadline, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles is still seeing record traffic

The state Bureau of Motor Vehicles continues to witness record consumer activity months after the REAL ID deadline in May. Nearly one-third of Mainers ...

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New report gives Maine high marks for democratic engagement, except in county government

With the exception of county-level governance, a recent analysis offers Maine high ratings for the state’s general level of civic involvement and democracy. Maine ...

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With climate change, this rare plant community along the Saco River is barely holding on

It would be simple to miss two small plants that are protruding from the gravel on the Saco River’s bank after strolling through the ...

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‘There you are’: How Mariska Hargitay sought out the truth behind her bombshell mom

Winner of an EmmyActor Mariska Hargitay of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit lost her mother, movie icon Jayne Mansfield, in a terrible car ...

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States sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people

Updated @ 9:26 PM EDT on July 28, 2025 After the federal government ordered states to provide the specific, private data of food aid ...

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The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?

Plans to trash millions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer-funded contraceptives intended for women in low-income nations have been revealed by the State Department. The ...

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