Tag: Maine
Northern New England towns to get outdoor recreation boost
FARMINGTON, Maine — Communities and organizations around northern New England will benefit from more than $300,000 in grants that are designed to help more...
About half fully vaccinated in MA; NH gets ready for beach
BOSTON — Coronavirus developments around New England:
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After an absence, ticks are back, and they’re hungry
PORTLAND, Maine — A late-summer drought virtually eliminated ticks in parts of New England but they're back with a vengeance this spring.
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Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash
Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls.
Across the...
Defense contractor’s Senate campaign donations investigated
HONOLULU — U.S authorities are investigating allegations that a Hawaii-based defense contractor illegally donated $150,000 to the reelection fund of a Maine senator who...
Knee still hurting, Koepka can walk but not run at PGA
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Brooks Koepka’s preparation for the PGA Championship included playing the AT&T Byron Nelson last week in Texas — just to...
Tiny bats put kibosh on power line tree-cutting for 2 months
PORTLAND, Maine — Tree-cutting on a key stretch of a power line in western Maine is going to stop almost as soon as it...
Sharks use Earth’s magnetic field as a GPS, scientists say
PORTLAND, Maine — Sharks use the Earth's magnetic field as a sort of natural GPS to navigate journeys that take them great distances across...
As regular season ends, NBA’s play-in games take shape
The NBA’s new play-in tournament begins on Tuesday night, and it took until the 146th and final day of this compressed season to determine...
Soldiers who perished on secret mission are memorialized
PORTLAND, Maine — Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson...
