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Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson

The senator from Maine is the first Republican to announce she will back Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court.

Axios

Susan Collins to vote to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court

The Maine Senator is the first Republican Senator to announce her support for Jackson.

The Independent UK

Teenage girls arrested on tip from their mothers after video ‘shows them attacking homeless people’

Police in Auburn, Maine said they are now investigating other, similar videos that came to light after the arrests

The Independent UK

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Voters in Augusta, Maine approve $4.5 million in bonds for fire and emergency services capital improvements

Voters in Augusta, Maine approved a bond measure on March 22 that authorizes the city to issue $4,455,000 in bonds to fund fire and emergency services capital improvements and city infrastructure. The vote margin was 71.2% to 28.8%. A simple majority vote was required to approve the measure.

Ballotpedia

‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in America’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis

Maine’s disaster from PFAS-contaminated produce is causing farms to close and farmers to face the loss of their livelihoods

The Guardian - US

Mount Dora is the perfect weekend getaway in Central Florida

Mount Dora is often called “the New England town of the South,” and it doesn’t take much imagination to see why. This charming, artsy little city just 110 miles from the Tampa Bay area sits amid gentle hills reminiscent of Connecticut. A popular restaurant proudly touts its Maine lobster rolls.…

Tribune News Service

How to build super energy-efficient houses

When Maine builder Jesper Kruse began marketing a type of high-efficiency home called a passive house a dozen years ago, the dwellings appealed mainly to a small cohort of committed environmentalists.

Tribune News Service

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Thirteen gubernatorial battleground elections to take place in 2022

Thirty-six states will hold elections for governor in 2022. Of those, Ballotpedia has identified 13 as general election battlegrounds: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Ballotpedia

Maine Tax Guide

Maine state tax rates and rules for income, sales, property, gas, cigarette, and other taxes that impact residents.

Kiplinger

Sweet Dirt Presents New THC Edibles Hand-Crafted By Artisan Renowned Chocolatier Jordan Kellerman

Sweet Dirt launched The Confectioners, a new line of cannabis edibles for the Maine adult-use cannabis market.

Benzinga

Voters in Augusta, Maine will decide on one bond question on March 22

Voters in Augusta, Maine will decide whether to authorize the city to issue $4,455,000 in bonds to fund capital improvements to fire services, city streets, and city facilities on March 22.

Ballotpedia

Cookie-mergency: Girl Scout goodies are in short supply

LOS ANGELES — Chocolate milk in Maine. Cream cheese in New York City. Granite for headstones in Mississippi.

Los Angeles Times

Burst Of Snow Squalls In Store For Northeast By Late Weekend

Along with the snow showers, the strong front is expected to ramp up windy conditions across the Northeast.

Zenger

Rash-causing moth spreading due to warming, scientists find

A forest pest that bedevils Maine residents and tourists with hairs that cause an itchy rash appears to be spreading due to warming temperatures

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Man found with homemade explosives plotted online to commit ‘mass murder’ at Chicago synagogues, feds say

CHICAGO — A Maine teenager allegedly found with several shrapnel-packed explosives in his home had been plotting online to travel to Chicago and commit “mass murder” at area places of worship, federal prosecutors said this week.

Chicago Sun-Times

Maine teen with explosives discussed attacking mosque in Chicago, houses of worship, prosecutors say

The 18-year-old, of Waterville, Maine, was in communication with two juveniles about his plans to attack a mosque, and possibly a synagogue, prosecutors said. A federal magistrate judge this week ordered him held without bail.

The Independent UK

Bird flu found in backyard flocks in New York, Maine

Highly contagious avian influenza was previously found mostly in commercial poultry; infected birds were killed

The Independent UK

China accused of failing to buy more Maine lobster

Maine’s congressional leaders say China has failed to live up to its promise to buy more Maine lobster under a deal that eased a trade war under former President Donald Trump

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The Independent UK

Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106

A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died at age 106

Los Angeles Times

Jackie Calmes: Sen. Susan Collins: A profile in cowardice

It took her three days, but Sen. Susan Collins finally criticized the Republican National Committee for its shameful resolution last week calling the insurrectionists of Jan. 6, 2021, "ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse."

The Independent UK

Snowbird kitty: Lost cat heads home to Maine — from Florida

A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited more than six years and 1,500 miles later

The Independent UK

Don't got Moxie? Maine's beloved soda is in short supply

Moxie, a polarizing beverage that is Maine's official soft drink, is in short supply because of supply chain woes

Tribune News Service

Offshore wind takes off at last. States have been counting on it

The United States currently produces almost no electricity from wind farms in ocean waters. That’s about to change — fast.

The Independent UK

Winter storm blows out to sea, but some areas without power

The winter storm that caused hundreds of thousands of power outages and contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents from Texas to Maine has moved out to sea

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Reagan believed in Supreme Court diversity too

On July 1, 1991, I was a junior staffer at the Republican National Committee. At midday, a number of us gathered in an office staring at a small TV as the first President George Bush walked out of the family compound at Kennebunkport, Maine, to address reporters. He was accompanied…

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