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Collins floats Romney to find long-term fix for Social Security
Senator Susan Collins proposes a bipartisan commission led by Mitt Romney to address Social Security's long-term funding challenges, including potential adjustments to income tax caps.
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3mAn Maine 11-year-old just shot his first moose
Logan Grard's successful moose hunt came together in an unexpected way.
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7m5 Ellsworth residents are competing for 2 school board seats
The field includes two incumbents and three challengers.
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7m‘An incredible amount of panic’: As Maine faces record-high heating oil prices, Aroostook County will be hit the hardest
The average price of heating oil is roughly 80% higher than this time last year, lingering around a record high of $6 per gallon.
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4mNew Bangor childcare center with space for hundreds of children sees high demand
The large facility merges three that were run by the social services agency Penquis in leased spaces around the city.
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5mEveryone has the same question in the midterms — where's the beef? (And how much does it cost?)
In the midterm elections, meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war, they’re also having a food fight over who’s the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic Senate candidate Scott Colom released a video with a snippet of Republican […]