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PublishedOctober 21, 2018
UNH professor Tom Haines explores sources of fuel and how they can change
His new book also probes better ways to stay warm in the future.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2018
Beloved blueberry cake shows why Marjorie Standish is Maine’s home cooking icon
The 1950s recipe for Melt-in-Your-Mouth Blueberry Cake still holds up today.
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PublishedMay 25, 2018
Ex-financial manager gets 7 years for embezzling from Brooklin Boat Yard
Steven Nygren of Salem, Massachusetts, admitted embezzling $815,000 from the Down East boat yard where he worked as a financial manager in 2014 and 2015.
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PublishedApril 9, 2018
Judge: Lawmakers can mandate more staff at Down East prison
A Superior Court justice says lawmakers are free to require specific staffing, inmate levels.
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PublishedAugust 13, 2017
Making pasta’s the new focus for Roxanne Quimby
After Burt's Bees, after the national monument, she could take it easy. But this famous entrepreneur can't stop doing.
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PublishedApril 10, 2017
Oldest bald eagle ever documented in Maine rescued Down East
The nearly 34-year-old bird of prey had cuts on a wing, likely from a fight with another eagle.
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PublishedNovember 7, 2016
Down East area reopened to shellfish harvesting as level of biotoxin fades
The waters from east Penobscot Bay to Canada were closed in late September, forcing the recall of 5 tons of Maine clams, mussels and quahogs.
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PublishedOctober 31, 2016
Lobstering turf war off Maine coast brings offer of $15,000 reward
Investigators hope the money brings in tips that help identify who has been cutting trap gear valued at over $350,000 during a bitter conflict in Down East waters.
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PublishedOctober 6, 2016
Brain-damaging toxin closes Down East shellfish industry
A bloom producing 'very nasty' domoic acid, a biotoxin that can cause illness, memory loss, brain damage and possibly death in humans, is unprecedented for Maine.