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PublishedJanuary 1, 2024
An icy plunge into the Atlantic raises money for Special Olympics
The 36th annual Lobster Dip attracted about 600 dippers and thousands of onlookers – and raised at least $190,000.
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2023
Maine businesses expect strong finish to summer tourism season
A sunny Labor Day weekend has helped tourism-dependent business make up for a slow, rainy start.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2023
Old Orchard Beach company defends marijuana referendum challenged by competitor’s lawsuit
After one cannabis company sued Old Orchard Beach earlier in July, alleging new rules unfairly benefit its competitors, a second company is intervening to defend the new licensing laws it wrote.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Maine leaders call for new federal clean car standards
The diverse group wants the Biden administration and EPA to mandate higher gas mileage vehicles in a new round of clean car standards for new vehicles made after 2027 through 2035 to protect Maine's economy, health and environment.
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PublishedJuly 28, 2022
Weeks of preparation, training lead to logistical challenge Sunday for Augusta-based Ironman 70.3 triathlon
Local agencies and organizations have been making plans and working out the details to ensure Sunday's Ironman 70.3 runs, bikes and swims smoothly for the many athletes expected to compete.
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PublishedMarch 9, 2022
‘It’s crazy to see everyone’s faces’: Maine public school students take off masks
For the first time in about two years, masking became optional Wednesday in all Maine public schools under state and federal guidelines. Portland's schools plan to go mask-optional Monday.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2022
Some Maine schools to ditch masks, others wait for state guidance
Chelsea, China and Oakland area schools planned to lift the mandatory masking mandate when school resumed after February break.
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PublishedJuly 22, 2021
Maine justices uphold 40-year sentence for man who brutally murdered his roommate
An autopsy revealed that 65-year-old William Popplewell of Old Orchard Beach suffered multiple broken bones and had been stabbed as many as 30 times.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2021
Old Orchard Beach woman charged with striking husband with motor vehicle
Tamara Kiernan has been charged with domestic violence aggravated assault following the incident Wednesday morning.
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PublishedJune 10, 2021
Would-be victims, including a 9-year-old boy, fight off carjacking attempts
The incidents began in Old Orchard Beach on Wednesday afternoon and ended with a man's arrest in Wells.
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