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A view of the Spruce Mountain basketball court in 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube)

JAY — High school sports teams almost always prefer to play at home, where they practice every day after school. But for the Phoenix girls' and boys' basketball teams at Spruce Mountain High School, “home” for several games this season was actually “away.” Some practices, too.

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Gloria Denicola carries her dog Lucy and a bag of groceries to her car after shopping at Hannaford in Newport on Friday. Denicola said she had not heard of the campaign protesting Hannaford’s prices and corporate policies, but said that nowadays she only shops at Hannaford for certain items and prefers grocery shopping at local shops. Photo by Linda Coan O'Kresik of the Bangor D...


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The Washington County Superior Court in Machias, where the county's administrative offices are located, is pictured on Feb. 18, 2021. Photo by Erin Rhoda of the Bangor Daily News.

MACHIAS — Washington County commissioners approved the 2026 tax assessments and signed a letter Thursday that is to be sent to municipalities, tribal governments and unorganized territories outl...


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Photo by Alex MacLean.

MACHIAS — The Maine Department of Transportation has reversed course, telling the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan Leadership Committee that its only option is a precise replacement of the ailing Machias Dike.

Tora Johnson, a committee member and director of the Sustainable Prosperity Initiative at the Sunrise County Economic Council, told t...


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Island commuters bundled against the cold as they disembark from a ferry in Portland. Photo by Robert F. Bukaty of the Associated Press.

WATERVILLE — Like large sections of the country, Waterville has endured bitter cold in recent days, prompting the community to scramble to get residents into heated indoor spaces as temperatures fell well below freezing.

Teresa...


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