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Trump inaugurates new White House helipad, but networks skip coverage during First Amendment fight
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump showed off his new White House helicopter landing pad on Monday, attempting to brush aside a First Amendment firestorm even as major television networks kept…
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3mVoters in 8 Maine towns approved measures capping or freezing mobile home lot rents
Residents have faced drastic increases as more out-of-state corporations have purchased Maine mobile home parks.
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4mKen Fredette wins back his old job leading Maine House Republicans
The 62-year-old lawyer from Newport replaces Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham, R-Winter Harbor, who won an open Maine Senate seat Tuesday.
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4mStorms that caused 1-in-1,000 year flood event in Tennessee and Georgia move up Atlantic coast
A storm system that caused what the National Weather Service calls a catastrophic, 1,000-year flood along the Tennessee-Georgia state line moved up the Eastern Seaboard on Friday, prompting flood advisories in coastal areas from North Carolina to Massachusetts. In McCaysville, Georgia, and Copperhill, Tennessee, residents and crews spent Friday cleaning up alongside the Toccoa River. […]
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3mFoxcroft Academy seeking 2nd-straight state field hockey title on Saturday
The Ponies square off against the Winthrop High School Ramblers at 3:05 p.m. at Edward Little High School in Auburn.
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2mTropical Storm Pena forms in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Pena formed Friday in the Pacific Ocean, well south of the Hawaiian islands. Pena had maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) and was centered about 650 miles (1,046 kilometers) southeast of South Point, Hawaii, and about 1,350 miles (2,173 kilometers) east-southeast of Johnston Island, according to an advisory […]