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32+ min ago (215+ words) BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Bangor is on a streak of four state championships in the last five seasons. "We have really good individual parts, and then also it's teamwork. We have really good teamwork. Once you put everyone together, the individual scores and put it together, it just makes us really good," said Emily Murray, sophomore shotputter. The Rams spoke about what keeps them motivated after so much success. "It's okay to have your worst days even on meets. You feel like it's the major one you need to be so great at. It's okay to be down and fail, but always know that you can always succeed," said Alexis Blue, senior distance runner. The Bangor boys and girls teams won the season-opening meet at UMaine on Dec. 6. The Rams spoke about early competition takeaways. "A lot of us had a…...

3+ hour, 20+ min ago (316+ words) A Maine destination has once again been crowned the country's best small town to visit by US News & World Report. The outlet published its annual best vacations rankings on Tuesday, and for the fifth year in a row, Maine's Bar Harbor has topped the list of small towns to visit in the US, which celebrates "places with a population of less than 50,000 people," according to the ranking's description online. The scenic, Pine Tree State locale is one of five New England destinations featured on this year's list. Camden, Maine, which was previously ranked No. 8 on America's best small towns to visit list drops to No. 18, while Stowe, Vt., jumps up to No. 12 after ranking No. 14 last year. A pair of popular Massachusetts islands also made the list, with Nantucket dropping a spot to No. 11 (it was previously ranked No. 10), while…...

4+ hour, 6+ min ago (666+ words) Lights Up Production's community theater is scheduled to stage "A Christmas Carol Every Mano Has the Power to Do Good" at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Skowhegan Opera House, 225 Water St., Skowhegan. The play is an adaptation by James Hutchison and is directed by Jeralyn Shattuck. In this expanded adaptation, Ebenezer Scrooge is more than a miser " he's a man shaped by grief, fear and forgotten love. Alongside familiar faces like Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim, audiences will meet Old Fezziwig, Scrooge's cheerful mentor; his warm-hearted nephew Fred; and Belle " the love of Scrooge's life. When long-lost letters from his sister Fan resurface, they awaken memories that even the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come cannot ignore. As Scrooge journeys through the shadows of his youth, the warmth of the present, and the uncertainty of what lies ahead,…...

7+ hour, 38+ min ago (1701+ words) Calvary Belfast Academy brings together homeschooled children once a week for classes that are meant to supplement their learning at home. The co-op has doubled in size since it launched three years ago." Angelica Larrabee didn't plan on becoming a homeschooling parent. She had gone to school in the same Midcoast district where she was raising her kids, and she figured they would be there "from start to finish." Then the pandemic hit. Larrabee's oldest son, who was in second grade at the time, was happier learning from home. As he excelled, Larrabee decided that a homeschooling model would work better for their family. Now, Larrabee educates all three of her kids at home. The family joined Calvary Church in Belfast, and in 2022, families at the church launched a homeschool co-op called Calvary Belfast Academy, which brings together homeschooled students…...

23+ hour, 39+ min ago (35+ words) The Maine Lottery offers several games for those aiming to win big. You can pick from national lottery games, like the Powerball and Mega Millions, or a variety of local and regional games, like the ......

1+ day, 4+ hour ago (681+ words) Most attendees were not Somali, but say they turned out to show their solidarity. The event also drew a long roster of elected officials and candidates. The rally was organized by Safiya Khalid, a former Lewiston city council who became the first Somali-American to hold that role when she was elected in 2019. She addressed a crowd circled around the gazebo in Lewiston's snow-covered Kennedy Park downtown, delivering her response to Trump's attacks. "We are here today to say something clearly and without apology, we are not going anywhere," she said, to cheers. Khalid drew a historical comparison between today's anti-Somali rhetoric, and past waves of xenophobia and discrimination against Irish and French-Canadian immigrants in Maine. "Every generation has seen a community scapegoated, blamed and dehumanized in moments of fear and political convenience," Khalid said. "And history has never been kind…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago (234+ words) Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills announced Monday in an op-ed that she will allow a state bill to become law, which will not allow local law enforcement to work with ICE on immigration enforcement unless it's related to a criminal investigation. The governor said she would allow LD 1971 to become state law without her signature, declining to veto the legislation, and also repealed a 2011 executive order that enhanced cooperation between state and federal officials on immigration enforcement. Under the state constitution, Mills can no longer sign the legislation but can allow it to become law without her signature or veto it within three days of the state legislature reconvening, the governor's office said in a news release. "I also agree with the bill's aim of ensuring that Maine law enforcement are enforcing Maine laws, not Federal immigration law," she continued....

1+ day, 6+ hour ago (243+ words) Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Phillip Rench is ending his campaign, citing "an unforeseen personal circumstance," he said Sunday. The political newcomer and former SpaceX engineer was running as an independent to unseat Republican Sen. Susan Collins. The seat is viewed as a top pick-up opportunity for Democrats as they try to regain control of the closely divided Senate. Rench's candidacy drew attention earlier this year when his former boss, Elon Musk, was making headlines for leading an aggressive effort to cut federal spending. Rench did not provide details about his personal circumstances, but said he's ending his campaign "out of an abundance of caution" and that he's interesting in running again in 2030. That's when independent Sen. Angus King's term ends. But Rench also expressed concerns that social issues were taking priority over affordability issues and the national debt, which he said…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (502+ words) A panel of Maine judges is weighing whether to publicly reprimand a justice from the state's highest court who has been accused of wrongdoing by the state's Committee on Judicial Conduct. Catherine Connors, an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, did not recuse herself in 2024 from two major foreclosure cases, which overturned precedent set by rulings in earlier cases that protected homeowners not appropriately notified that they had defaulted on their loans. As a private attorney before joining the court, Connors regularly represented banks and banking interests and worked for them on the cases that led to precedent-setting decisions that she was a part of overturning last year. The judicial conduct committee has said Connors violated a portion of the state's rules for judges by failing to recuse herself from a case in which a "reasonable person" might…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago (292+ words) Earlier this month, Cal-Maine Foods announced that Johnathan Zoeller, a veteran with over 25 years in senior finance roles and most recently Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Investor Relations at Westlake Corporation, has joined as Chief Financial Officer for its Prepared Foods business. His background leading global treasury, risk management, and investor relations at a Fortune 500 industrial company could strengthen Cal-Maine's financial discipline and communication with the market as it builds out higher-value prepared egg offerings. Next, we'll examine how Zoeller's Fortune 500 treasury and investor relations experience may influence Cal-Maine Foods' broader investment narrative. However, one risk stands out that shareholders cannot afford to ignore. Cal-Maine Foods' shares have been on the rise but are still potentially undervalued. Find out how large the opportunity might be. Eighteen fair value views from the Simply Wall St Community span roughly US$15 to…...