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Rockland stores lift lockdown order after police detain one in parking lot

Shoppers inside Shaw's and Ocean State Job Lots, along with a bank, were kept inside for a brief time, Thursday morning, while police took one person in custody in the Ocean State Job Lots parking lot ...
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Speed of Sound to perform at Underground Lounge

BELFAST — "Belfast welcomes something new and exciting this winter," said The Underground Lounge, in a news release. The Speed of Sound, the latest musical endeavor from longtime Maine musician ...
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Homeschooling is growing in Maine. Here’s what that looks like.

Angelica Larrabee didn’t plan on becoming a homeschooling parent. She had gone to school in the same Midcoast district where ...
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Rockland Main Street’s "ROCKLocal and Win" returns for second year

Rockland Main Street announces the return of ROCKlocal & WIN! to Downtown Rockland with 35 businesses participating up, down, and around Main Street. "Last year was the inaugural year and was very ...
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Megunticook Watershed Association receives grant to fund major watershed survey

The Megunticook Watershed Association (MWA) has been awarded two grants from private foundations to fund a major Watershed Survey in 2026. The survey will be administered and conducted by MWA staff ...