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Wrapped train cars in Portland create further issues between developers, railroad
News Center Maine
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July 16, 2025
The train cars that are not being used are visibly parked on the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad tracks and wrapped for storage to prevent damage and weatherization. PORTLAND, Maine — A 10-acre, multi-use development is underway in Portland's eastern...
Center Sues Trump Administration Over Medicaid Defunding
Center for Reproductive Rights
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July 16, 2025
The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a lawsuit July 16 on behalf of Maine Family Planning (MFP), Maine’s largest network of reproductive health care clinics. The suit challenges a provision in the so-called “big beautiful bill,” signed July 4...
How Removing Old New England Dams Is Opening Rivers To New Wildlife
The Environmental Magazine
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July 16, 2025
"The silvery water of the Royal River glistens as sunlight strikes its surface on an overcast afternoon. The modest waterway flows an easy 39 miles from southern Maine’s Sabbathday Lake to the Atlantic coast at Casco Bay, attracting kayakers,...
'Possessed' Annabelle doll tour will continue following paranormal investigator's death
KRCG - Missouri
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Paranormal investigator Dan Rivera died suddenly while on tour with the real-life Annabelle doll that inspired the horror movie franchise. Rivera was a senior lead investigator with the New England Society for Psychic Research and was visiting...
Houlton’s ‘Moment in the Sun’ featured in new documentary on total eclipse
Bangor Daily News - Maine
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July 16, 2025
A new documentary, featuring four Mainers and their connection to the 2024 total solar eclipse, will premiere on Friday at the Maine International Film Festival in Waterville. “A Moment in the Sun,” a feature documentary film by New York and...
Wishing on a star: Pitching to Paul Skenes was dream come true for 9-year-old Riley Wheaton
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 22, 2025
When Riley Wheaton followed Paul Skenes around PNC Park on Tuesday, his favorite part came when they got to the bullpen. That’s where the 9-year-old got to pitch to his favorite major leaguer. It was a wish-come-true moment for Wheaton, who...
These 10 states are America's best prepared for extreme weather, climate risks
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 22, 2025
Extreme storms and other natural disasters are increasingly costly, with nearly as many events last year as in all of the 1980s. Companies consider climate risks when deciding where to locate or expand their operations. CNBC’s annual...
Paranormal investigator dies suddenly while touring with ‘possessed’ Annabelle doll
NJ.com - New Jersey
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July 16, 2025
A paranormal investigator and one of the handlers of a well-known haunted doll has died unexpectedly. Dan Rivera, senior lead investigator for the New England Society for Psychic Research (NESPR), died Sunday at the age of 54. He was on tour...
Expert warns of irreversible threat looming over largest expanse of public land in US — here's what's happening
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 16, 2025
The National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska is the largest expanse of public land in the U.S., encompassing nearly 23 million acres — an area equivalent to the size of Maine. The reserve hosts an abundance of wildlife, but an effort to open 82% of it...
John “Skip” Hobson
Voices News - Connecticut
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WOODBURY – John “Skip” Hobson was born in Laconia, NH, on March 14, 1937, and passed on July 4, 2025, at the age of 88. He grew up in Hamden, CT, obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Maine, Orono, raised a...
Congress just passed Trump’s massive tax and spending cuts bill. Here’s what to know
The Globe and Mail
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July 3, 2025
Open this photo in gallery:U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson holds up the vote total during an enrolment ceremony for the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday.Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The House has passed...
The most famous book set in every state
Business Insider
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Updated 2025-07-22T13:11:48Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app We chose the most famous book set in every state. The...
Dan Rivera, Annabelle doll’s haunted tour host, dies at 54
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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FILE - The Annabelle Raggedy Ann doll sits in a case in the Warren's Occult Museum. (Jessica Moore/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) A paranormal investigator known for his work with a psychic research group based in New...
Harvard Law School Professor Richard Fallon Remembered as Lucid Scholar, Committed Instructor
The Harvard Crimson - Massachusetts
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When Harvard Law School professor Richard H. Fallon Jr. attended a small conference in New York a decade ago, he was surrounded by venerable legal scholars. But after watching a graduate student present a paper that piqued his interest, Fallon...
Governor Shapiro challenges Trump administration’s unlawful decision to withhold $230 million from Pennsylvania schools
The Philadelphia Sunday Sun - Pennsylvania
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July 22, 2025
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. S (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) The cuts threaten critical initiatives to help Pennsylvania students learn, including teacher...
Here’s where fall foliage will peak first in 2025
FOX Weather
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July 22, 2025
Specialized viewfinders installed in parks across Virginia are allowing guests to view the changing of leaves, despite some people's difficulty distinguishing between hues. With a little more than a month left before meteorological autumn begins,...
Live plant identification workshop in Monson
Piscataquis Observer - Maine
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plant id guests.jpg Photo courtesy of Lake Stewards of Maine PLANT IDS — Guests learning how to identify aquatic plants at a live plant ID workshop. A workshop will be on Aug. 13 at the Monson Community Center. Photo courtesy of Lake Stewards of...
Osprey came back from the brink once. Now chicks are dying in nests. Some blame overfishing.
News Center Maine
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July 14, 2025
The osprey is in decline in the Chesapeake Bay, one of its key territories, and some scientists blame overfishing of menhaden, an important food for the birds. GLOUCESTER POINT, Va. — Stepping onto an old wooden duck blind in the middle of the...
20 Years of Tisch Summer Fellows
Tufts University - Massachusetts
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July 22, 2025
Amira Al-Subaey, A19, knew she wanted a career that allowed her upward mobility, but during college she found it hard to locate a paid summer job that aligned with her goals of building a better world. “That was a fork in the road that I was often...
Security strategies shift as executive threat landscape evolves
Security Systems News
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YARMOUTH, Maine — Spending on executive protection services is surging in the United States, driven by a rise in politically motivated violence, most recently in Minnesota. The shootings in Minnesota in June, which resulted in the deaths of a...