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Warmer Field Areas Attract More Blooms and Bees
Bioengineer.org
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June 26, 2025
In the sprawling 170-acre wild blueberry fields of Maine, where landscape and climate intertwine in complex ways, a pioneering study is shedding light on how the subtle variations in microclimate profoundly influence pollinator behavior and crop...
As summer nears peak, great white sharks travel through NH waters
WMUR 9 - New Hampshire
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July 10, 2025
Great white sharks are making their way up toward New Hampshire beaches as the peak of summer nears, and researchers are tracking their increasing numbers.To keep New Hampshire beachgoers safe and to further great white research, receivers that...
Local athlete and activist is the subject of children's book
Daily News-Record - Virginia
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July 8, 2025
Some people might say that Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone was born to run. Others might say she was born to lead. Whetstone, a Lakota woman born in South Dakota who moved to Maine as a child, was the daughter of a sprinter and...
Woman Found Dead in NH 50 years Ago Finally Identified
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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July 9, 2025
Above, Nancy Gale Erickson Attorney General John M. Formella, New Hampshire State Police Colonel Mark B. Hall, Brattleboro, Vermont Police Chief Norma Hardy, and the New Hampshire Cold Case Unit announce that investigators have identified a...
Ohio uncle goes on cross-country mission to find a cure for rare syndrome
ABC 5 Cleveland - Ohio
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July 9, 2025
An Ohio uncle on a cross-country mission will be riding through Northeast Ohio this weekend. Charlie Nuck of Cincinnati has a 6-year-old niece named Briar. She has a rare, neurogenetic disorder called Angelman syndrome. It affects about one in...
Senate votes to send 2 million US jobs to China, increase deficit, energy costs
Electrek
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July 1, 2025
Senate republicans passed their version of the republican tax bill previously passed by the House. The bill retains most of the bad parts of the House bill, and still kills a slew of tax credits to help working families become more energy...
Chick-fil-A restaurant near Auburn Mall gets planning board approval
WMTW 8 - Maine
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July 9, 2025
The Auburn Planning Board has approved plans for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the city, which would be the fast-food chain's third location in the state of Maine.The new Chick-fil-A would be located at 65 Mount Auburn Ave., next to the Hobby Lobby...
US Doomsday prepper reveals his fallout shelter stocked with survival gear amid fears of WWIII
Daily Mail
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June 27, 2025
A professional doomsday prepper has opened the door to his fallout shelter to share how he is preparing for World War III. Derrick James, who owns and operates his own doomsday prepping company in Maine, has been interested in prepping for a...
Kenney Blasts Insurance Commissioner; Seeks Probe of Berlin Murder/Suicide
InDepth NH - New Hampshire
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July 9, 2025
By PAULA TRACY, InDepthNH.org BRETTON WOODS – For the second time the council voted down the hiring of an Insurance Fraud Director, mainly on the basis of the starting salary, at an Executive Council meeting Wednesday at the Omni Mount Washington...
Cold Case Unit IDs body of woman discovered in Marlborough in 1974
Manchester Ink Link - New Hampshire
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July 9, 2025
CONCORD, NH – Jnvestigators have identified a previously unidentified female discovered in Marlborough, New Hampshire, in 1974. With forensic testing and assistance from the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory, NamUs, Bode Technology...
Old Town teen shares experience living with Type 1 diabetes at nation’s capitol
WABI - Maine
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July 9, 2025
WASHINGTON (WABI) - In 1997, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, started the bipartisan ‘Senate Diabetes Caucus.’ The special diabetes program through the National Institutes of Health was also set in motion the same year. The critical diabetes research...
Rockland will vote on proposed $20.9 million public safety complex
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 9, 2025
ROCKLAND, Maine — City Manager Tom Luttrell said the estimated $20.9 million for a new public safety complex is in line with other municipal construction projects in New England. The City Council is expected to take a preliminary vote July 14 on...
Graduate student workers are essential to the state’s universities. They deserve a contract now.
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 9, 2025
The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on bangordailynews.com Em Sowles is a fifth-year PhD student and graduate research assistant...
Letter to the Editor: Electronic waste
Daily Bulldog - Maine
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July 8, 2025
In the 1990’s we began talking about climate change in earnest. By this I mean you either believed in it or not, and if you believed in it, you trusted science would identify the best path forward for climate and environment. Today you cannot be...
Cool books for a hot summer
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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July 11, 2025
In May, we gave you a head start on your summer reading list with our bookshelf on the nine British novels that contended for the Climate Fiction Prize. (“And So I Roar” by Abi Dare took the prize.) Now we have 12 more titles for you to consider:...
Florida still ranks No.1 when it comes to chances of hurricane coming close
The News Press - Florida
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Colorado State University drops its 2025 Atlantic hurricane season prediction, now predicting "slightly above normal" season. From Texas to Maine, Florida ranks No. 1 for highest chances of a named storm, hurricane or major hurricane tracking...
Secret service special agent turned banking MD now joins Bank of America
eFinancialCareers
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July 9, 2025
Bank of America hired a technology specialist with a background as a spy. His name's Martinez... Pablo Martinez. Who is your Ideal Employer in finance? 💥 Answer our survey for a chance to win $1k Martinez has joined BofA as a senior vice president...
On the Record: Belfast entrepreneur cooks up growth plans for recipe-sharing app
Mainebiz - Oregon
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Kachina Miller is the Belfast-based founder and CEO of Watermelon Pie, a recipe-sharing platform that started as a class project in graduate school. She founded the business in November 2023 and leads a team of five people, with big plans for...
Van Buren CONNECT space drawing statewide attendance
St. John Valley News - Maine
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July 8, 2025
VAN BUREN, Maine -- Town officials and guests toured Van Buren's new CONNECT Center, which will provide a space for in-person and remote meetings, education, and workplace training during an event in which ACAP also launched its new Mobile Service...
EPA Launches New Online Resource to Address Concerns About Geoengineering, Including Negative Impacts on Environment and Public Health
American Greatness
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July 11, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday launched a new website to address the public’s growing concerns about geoengineering and contrails. The EPA’s resource on geoengineering details the potentially negative impacts it can have on...