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Bubba’s Sulky Lounge endures as a beloved Portland institution
The dance club's owner, Robert 'Bubba' Larkin, who was also known for his race horses at Scarborough Downs, has run the joint for nearly 70 years.
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August 23Many of Ukraine's backers oppose the country using donated weapons for anything but defensive purposes.
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August 23Boredom, researchers say, is rooted in attention shifts that occur when there’s a mismatch between how engaged people actually feel and how engaged they want to feel.
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August 23Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship.
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August 23Nebraska voters will choose between two competing abortion measures to either expand abortion rights or limit them to the current 12-week ban.
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August 23Roughly $2 million in raised funds has already been put into the theater, including a new roof and a new floor that covered a gaping hole in the old, long-neglected floor. The next project at the theater will be an expansion and restoration of the stage area
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August 23The videos included ads from over 60 global brands, including SKIMS, BetterHelp, Verizon and Slack. Several of the brands have publicly made diversity, equity and inclusion commitments that appear to run counter to the video messaging.
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August 23Investors now expect the Fed to start cutting rates at its next meeting in September.
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August 23The death of Sphen the penguin inspires love and concern in Australia and beyond.
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August 23The announcement also comes as the government is once again urging people to get an updated COVID-19 booster, ahead of the fall and winter respiratory virus season.
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August 23He made clear that he wasn't formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome.
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August 23The Ford F750 was loaded with gravel and exceeded the posted 3-ton weight limit when it fell through the wooden planks of Babb's Bridge and into the Presumpscot River. The driver sustained minor injuries.
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August 23This year’s convention culminated recent efforts to needle Trump on topics known to strike a nerve in the former president, with some Democrats saying they are tired of being polite.
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August 23Attorneys general in several states have separately sued RealPage alleging an illegal price-fixing scheme over its algorithmic pricing software.
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August 23The vice and virtue laws issued Wednesday empower the ministry to be at the frontline of regulating personal conduct, administering punishments like warnings or arrest.
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August 23Lincoln Deming is accused of helping rioters overtake the West Plaza and entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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August 23Eversource Energy says replacing hundreds of power line poles and structures would make the 49-mile line more resilient to storms, but ratepayer advocates across New England say it's excessive and too costly.
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August 23The department used $300,000 in federal funding to pay a recruiting company to create promotional videos and a website designed to bring in more applicants.
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August 22Small amounts were found in the original section of the building, which was built in the 1950s. The district said detected levels are 'extremely low.'
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August 22Teamsters Local 340 rolled in trucks and affiliated members Thursday to bring attention to contract negotiations with United Ambulance that union representatives feel has reached a stalemate.
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August 23The UMaine System argues that considering the Belfast evangelical group's religious affiliation could amount to illegal discrimination.
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August 22Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to accept a major party's presidential nomination, and if elected, she would be the first female U.S. president.
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August 22Arizona election officials must reject state registration forms if voters don’t provide documentation of citizenship.
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August 22The Northeast, which has warmed faster than the rest of the country, saw the biggest jump in mosquito days.
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August 22The hand-carved mahogany piece is a gift from artisan Matthew Carr and the Eagles for Veterans project.
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August 22The changes would give customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities faster delivery service, which accounts for the vast majority of mail and packages, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said.
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August 22Charles Bellows, 43, was killed by sharp force injuries earlier this week at 119 Cool St. where he was staying with Thomas Lowrie, 41, who is charged with Bellows' murder.
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August 22The question of how to manage political interactions and expression in the workplace has become increasingly urgent for managers over the past year.
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August 22Thursday’s determination suggests Amazon is wrong, finding that it failed to bargain in good faith after delivery drivers in Palmdale, Calif., voted to unionize in 2023, a first for the company’s delivery drivers.
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August 22Mike Lynch's 18-year-old daughter is the only person still missing in the sinking.
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August 22On the last day of the convention, pro-Palestinian activists and delegates continued to hold vigils and news conferences to broadcast their disappointment with Democratic leaders who declined to give them a speaking slot during the four-day event.
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August 22The latest figures also show a slight increase in inventory.
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August 23The median home sale price in Maine last month was $399,250 – a 5% increase over July 2023, but a slight dip from the record high of $406,000 reported this June.
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August 22Gage Parsons, 28, was pronounced dead at Maine Medical Center on Thursday.
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August 22While most Americans have some degree of immunity from prior infections or vaccinations or both, that protection wanes.
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August 22It was in September 2012 when she, as California’s attorney general, made her first major national appearance at the Democratic National Convention in North Carolina to champion President Barack Obama for a second term.
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August 22On Wednesday night, more than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched peacefully past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier.
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August 22Take a road tip to Wiscasset for art, food, car racing and a gargantuan amount of candy.
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August 22The FSB said the reporter would be placed on Russia’s wanted list. Under Russian law, the maximum penalty for illegally crossing the border is five years in prison.
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August 22Carl Williams appeared in Cumberland County Superior Court Thursday and was found competent to stand trial on a murder charge in the death of Renaldo Jones.
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August 22The federal funds would allow seniors across five Maine counties to make repairs to promote aging in place.
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August 22The casting was announced on Thursday's episode of ABC's 'Good Morning America. The Paris Olympian is the first celebrity contestant named for the season.
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August 22Jerome Powell's Jackson Hole speech will offer the clearest clue yet about what the Federal Reserve plans to do with interest rates at its September meeting.
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August 22The hope that a deal can be completed, at least in the near term, appears to be diminishing.
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August 22The project’s developer said he expects a portion of the building in downtown Skowhegan to open later this year, after it sustained major flooding damage in December.
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August 22School officials say it continues to be difficult to hire all of the staff they need, particularly in special education.
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August 22The landlords of the Sawyer Street apartment admit no fault and the city won't go to court to collect an $8,700 fine imposed by the rent board that has been accruing at $200 a day since June 3.
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August 22Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined the 3rd day of the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday.
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August 22The Boothbay lab will use the National Science Foundation grant to build the Maine Algal Research Infrastructure and Accelerator in a bid to unlock more ways macroalgae and its microscopic counterpart can be used and ultimately marketed.
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August 21The 'Seinfeld' actor hosted Maine's governor and the nation's 7 other female Democratic governors for a panel discussion on the value and role of women in politics.
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Kennedy's running mate openly discussed the possibility this week, saying the campaign was considering a move to 'join forces' with Trump in an attempt to beat Kamala Harris.
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August 21Ford is revamping its money-losing electric vehicle business, retreating from some plans for all-electric vehicles and instead prioritizing the development of hybrid technology, the automaker announced.
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August 21Two other bidders have appealed the decision, arguing that their offers were higher than one submitted by the Calvary Chapel of Belfast.
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August 21Attorneys for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev claim the U.S. District judge overseeing the bomber's death sentence legal battle, made public comments on the case during the appeals process.
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August 21The executive director of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services tells the Government Oversight Committee that defendants in over 860 criminal cases need an attorney.
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August 21Iran repeatedly warned of a 'devastating' reprisal to 'punish' Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh – but it later softened its rhetoric.
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August 21At the most critical juncture in Walz’s tenure as governor, with the world pointing to his state as an example of gross injustice, he found insights and counsel from a group of Black women who pleaded with him to do more to address systemic racism.
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August 21Residents question the future of the police force amid ongoing recruitment challenges.
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August 21Since arriving on Sunday, Pelosi has attended over 20 events where she has often been greeted like a hero, hosted over 500 guests at a luncheon, and stopped to take an innumerable number of selfies.
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August 21The ministry condemned the actions of American journalists who reported from Kursk after Ukrainian forces took control of the region and complained that an American private military company was operating there as well.
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August 21The state's public university system has engaged with a national consultant to study the feasibility of establishing a medical school.