From Bangor Daily News
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New Maine laws will let more people hide past marijuana convictions
The proposals are part of an ongoing effort backed in recent years by both progressive Democrats and libertarian-minded Republicans.
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How to build an inexpensive homestead reference library
Though I’m glad to have online resources available, especially how-to videos, there’s a lot to be said for a physical collection.
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Bag a turkey and some morel mushrooms when hunting this spring
A turkey hunter with a keen eye can also spot some morel mushrooms on spring outings, Leighton Wass writes.
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Unreliable eyewitnesses top reason for wrongful convictions
“One study estimated that about 6 percent of those currently in a general state prison population may be wrongfully convicted. In the United States, this means that approximately 60,000 people may be imprisoned for crimes they did not commit.”
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A Bangor school’s 1980s time capsule is nowhere to be found
Almost no one remembered that it had been buried. To make it more difficult, no one knew where exactly it was.
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The latest Allagash controversy all began with money
"Money, especially large amounts of it, has a way of imposing change."
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20 years have passed since Jeremy Alex disappeared
He was last seen running down a rural road by a woman who worried about his well-being and called the police.
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What should we ask Maine’s next Catholic bishop?
The Most Rev. James Thomas Ruggieri is scheduled to be ordained and installed as the 13th Bishop of Portland on May 7.
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Bangor baseball dominates Brewer 10-0
Next up, Bangor, now 4-1, will travel to play Mt. Ararat (2-4) on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m.
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Brewer High softball uses 20-hit attack to subdue Bangor
Brewer is now 3-2 while Bangor fell to 0-5. Both teams will return to action on Wednesday.
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Former NSA worker gets nearly 22 years in prison for selling secrets to undercover FBI agent
DENVER (AP) — A former National Security Agency employee who sold classified information to an undercover FBI agent he believed to be a Russian official was sentenced Monday to nearly […]
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Mainers arrested in Canada on suspicion of poaching baby eels
Worth thousands of dollars per pound, elvers are caught when they migrate in the spring from oceans to freshwater upstream.