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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...
Childhood vaccination rates drop across 1,600 US counties
Stacker - New York
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Childhood vaccination rates drop across 1,600 US counties Childhood vaccination rates have markedly declined across the U.S. since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new Johns Hopkins University research showing 78% of more than...
Dorothy Weber Trogdon | Passages
Islands Sounder - Washington State
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July 9, 2025
February 25, 1926 – June 25, 2025 Dorothy W. Trogdon (Dottie), age 99, passed away peacefully at her beloved home in Doe Bay, Orcas Island, Washington on June 25. She was born February 25, 1926 in Waterville, Maine to Clara (Carter) and Carl J...
Jellyfish
Maine Public Broadcasting Network
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A surprising number of jellyfish sightings along Maine’s coast are causing alarm – and curiosity. These otherworldly, tentacled creatures are known for their sting, but they also serve a vital role in the marine ecosystem. We learn about the...
FHS students honored at awards night
Lewistown News Argus - Montana
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Students, families, school staff, and community members gathered Monday, May 20 to celebrate the achievements of Fergus High School students during the school’s annual awards night. The awards won by each of the 55 students honored are as follows:...
Time to say goodbye to ranked-choice voting
Must Read Alaska
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July 13, 2025
By TRENT ENGLAND AND JASON SNEAD | DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION Remember the sales pitch for ranked choice voting? Sure, it’s more complicated, excludes voters, and delays results. But it’ll be worth it because ranked choice voting is supposed to...
Enrollment Analysis: Pacific Islander students comprised less than 1% of Cook County’s student body in 2023-24 school year
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
Lane Technical High School 0.6% 4,515 Taft High School 0.6% 4,231 Von Steuben Metro Science High School 1% 1,668 Whitney M. Young Magnet High School 0.7% 2,213 Garvy J. Elementary School 1.5% 741 Tilden Career Communty Academy High School 0% 226...
NIMBY Lawsuit Accidentally Abolishes City's Entire Zoning Code
Reason Magazine
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July 8, 2025
Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week's stories include: The Supreme Court's decision not to take up a major challenge to Los Angeles' COVID-era eviction moratorium Maine passes a suite of zoning reforms. The...
Tilson Makes Significant Progress In Plan To Strengthen Business
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Company Receives Final Court Approval of Key Business Continuity Motions PORTLAND, Maine, July 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Tilson Technology Management ("Tilson" or "the Company"), a national leader in network development and...
Tech company makes game-changing breakthrough that could transform electric vehicles: 'A novel approach'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 8, 2025
Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, Nissan, BYD, and many other automakers have begun to embrace the technology. by Jon TuriJuly 8, 2025 Chinese technology company Huawei has stepped into the EV ring with a new solid-state battery that boasts up to 1,800...
Udit Narayan Says, 'Melody Is Immortal', All Songs From His Upcoming Project Score High On Melody
MENAFN
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July 8, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Playback singer Udit Narayan, who ruled the Bollywood of the 1990s, recorded the title song for the upcoming film recently. The singer spoke with IANS, and said that the song, 'Maine Pyar Kiya Phir Se' is high...
Plants might one day warn us about toxic PFAS — by glowing
Environmental Health News
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July 8, 2025
Tiny fluorescent microbes and Maine potatoes are giving researchers new clues in the fight against dangerous “forever chemicals.” Claire Elise Thompson reports for Grist. In short: Researchers working with the Mi’kmaq Nation in Maine are exploring...
Your PFAS Questions Answered by Professor Rainer Lohmann
Technology Networks
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Five years ago, few would have heard of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Even the chemicals’ more pronounceable acronym, PFAS, would have been unrecognizable to most. But now, thanks to some canny rebranding and growing outcry, forever...
Dr. Mark Anderson: Congress must protect the lifeblood of medical progress
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 7, 2025
A few weeks ago, I joined other leaders from academic medical centers and research institutions in Washington, D.C., to talk with policymakers about the urgent need for continued federal investments in health care and biomedical research. Despite...
Fact check: North Carolina got a $22M grant to expand internet access. Trump said the program is 'based on race'
WRAL 5 - North Carolina
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July 7, 2025
President Donald Trump called a Biden-era law to expand high-speed internet access "racist" and "illegal." In a May 8 Truth Social post, Trump said he and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "agree that the Biden/Harris so-called ‘Digital Equity...
Brick Store Museum unveils full slate of summer programs
Seacoastonline - New Hampshire
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KENNEBUNK, Maine — The Brick Store Museum welcomes locals and visitors alike to a dynamic summer season filled with hands-on programs, local art, and immersive history. With programs for all ages, museum officials say it’s the perfect time to...
Montrose Environmental looks to ‘future-proof’ PFAS remediation amid regulations
Waste Dive
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July 7, 2025
Montrose Environmental Group’s PFAS remediation and research division aims to help “future-proof” its customers’ remediation efforts amid uncertainties with state and federal regulations. PFAS contamination concerns are a growing issue across the...
Everyone All Hot and Bothered About the Jihadi Running for Mayor in NYC
Hot Air
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July 7, 2025
I'm talking about everyone I read. The folks who have an ounce of common sense and human decency left in their bones, and also the native intelligence to see where electing a guy like this could very well end up. As a wise man once said, 'It ain't...
Late blight danger lessens for potato crop
The County - Maine
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July 7, 2025
Potatoes blossom in a Presque Isle field in 2022. Late blight has so far not been detected in Maine, crop scientists say. (Credit: Paula Brewer | The County) Late blight spores found last week in Aroostook County caused concern for the 2025 potato...