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Trump promises $500 Obamacare rebate checks for 1M enrollees in 30 states
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, whom the White House alleges were overcharged by…
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Maine Savings Foundation opens 2026 Beyond Banking Grant Program
HAMPDEN – The Maine Savings Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Maine Savings Federal Credit Union, announced that applications are opening for its 2026 Beyond Banking Grant Program. The program will award five grants of $5,000 each to Maine nonprofit organizations and community projects making a real difference for their neighbors. Applications will be accepted […]
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5mSalman Rushdie will receive a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie, a U.S. citizen for the past decade, is to receive a literary honor reserved for the elite of American writers — a National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement. “Although I lived here for many, many years before I became a citizen and had a green card, citizenship suddenly […]
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8mThe push to remove lead pipes is on. Thousands of water systems still don’t know where theirs are
Kathryn Pilgrim knew the century-old Victorian she bought in Dunkirk, New York, came with old plumbing. She replaced pipes she suspected of containing lead and later installed a kitchen filter designed to remove heavy metals. But six years after buying the house, she still can’t be sure that her tap water is lead-free because she […]
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1mBroken water pipe has left Camden road ‘impassable’
A Maine Water Co. worker called it “the worst one I have seen.”
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3mMaine lawmaker proposes 'Eliot Cutler Law' to clamp down on habitual sex offenders
Under the bill, convicted sex offenders would go back to jail after "the very first probation violation."