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Opposition to “dark money” was one thing Maine’s U.

MILO — The season will look different than years past with rule adjustments and a reduced schedule, but the Penquis Valley High School boys and girls soccer teams will be playing in 2020.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is expediting a decision on a referendum petition aimed at stopping the use of ranked-choice voting in this November’s presidential election, the acting chief justice said Tuesday.

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The next step was taken in a process to fix long-running communications problems for the county’s fire and police departments as the county commissioners formally approved a letter seeking requests for proposals for a public safety radio system study during a Sept.

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The coronavirus pandemic upended economic activities in Maine and across the U.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, contact tracing has played a big part in controlling the spread of the virus.

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The patrol and investigative divisions of the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Office had long ago outgrown their small workspace, but this week they are working in their new spacious headquarters at the former KeyBank building in Guilford.

The entire state of Maine is now enduring a moderate- to severe state of drought for the first time in 18 years.

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BREWER — In July, Northern Light Health launched its first podcast, Tim Talk, hosted by President and CEO Tim Dentry with the goal to break down barriers, open hearts and minds to diversity and focus on issues of social and medical justice.

SEBEC — It is Jim Mauzy’s 77th birthday on Saturday, Sept.

Four candidates will vie to represent Maine in the U.

Maine can print ranked-choice voting ballots for the November presidential election, the state’s high court ruled on Monday, but it has not finally decided whether the system will be used in a case over whether a Republican people’s veto effort will move forward.

While a small number of Maine churches have been publicly fighting the state’s limits on large indoor gatherings, they are greatly outnumbered by the hundreds of other congregations that have chosen to follow the rules that are meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

AUGUSTA — The Mills Administration today released a special update to its color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies counties’ relative risk of COVID-19 transmission by color, and is provided to assist schools as they continue with their plans to deliver instruction and support students safely this fall.