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Maine Restaurant Won’t Get Lobsters High Before Killing Them (for Now)
Eater Boston
Updated weekly, this round-up summarizes the latest restaurant news from New England, beyond the borders of Massachusetts — restaurant openings, closures, and more in Portsmouth, Providence, Portland, and elsewhere. (This page will be updated …

Morning fire damages South Portland home
Press Herald
SOUTH PORTLAND — Fire officials are investigating the cause of a blaze that left a Calais Street home uninhabitable Tuesday morning. The fire started shortly before 7 a.m. on the second floor of a Cape-style home at 12 Calais St., said Capt. Robb …

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Our View: Solar lawsuit aims to put Maine back on track
Press Herald
Except in Maine, where the Public Utilities Commission has developed a policy to fight progress. While other states provide incentives for home and business owners to generate some or all of their electricity with solar panels, our PUC wants to punish …

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Dozens of Kavanaugh protesters arrested at Sen. Collins’ DC office
Press Herald
Hundreds of people protesting the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court packed the hallway next to Maine Sen. Susan Collins’ office in Washington on Monday. … Dozens of protesters also rallied in Portland on Monday, shouting “Kava-NO …
Protesters pressure Sen. Collins on upcoming Kavanaugh voteBristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

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Ex-priest with Boston ties sent to prison again for child sexual abuse
The Patriot Ledger
PORTLAND, Maine — A defrocked Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting two students while teaching at Boston College High School in the late 1970s has pleaded guilty to abusing a 9-year-old boy at a Maine church in the 1990s. James Talbot, 80 …
Former Priest Sent to Prison Again for Child Sexual AbuseU.S. News & World Report
Former Maine priest pleads guilty to sexually assaulting childWMTW Portland

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