HOULTON, Maine — Gabriel Wortman crossed the border from Woodstock, New Brunswick, into Houlton, Maine, on April 25, 2019. Several days later, he returned into Canada, having managed to smuggle a semi-automatic Colt AR-15-style gun with him. A year later, he would use it and other guns to commit the worst mass-shooting in Canadian history.

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Canada’s worst-ever mass shooting was committed with guns from Maine

A Maine judge will have the final word in a boundary dispute that led a Dover-Foxcroft man to cut his neighbor’s garage in half last year.Gabriel Brawn used a land surveyor’s demarcation between the two lots as a guide to remove the half of the building he believed was sitting on his land when a dispute over the boundary line boiled over the day after Memorial Day.

Boundary dispute that led a Dover-Foxcroft man to saw neighbor's garage in half now rests in judge's hands

After a year of being closed to visitors, the Good Life Center, the former home of famed Maine homesteaders and activists Scott and Helen Nearing, plans to reopen for the 2021 season. The organization is now seeking its resident stewards for the year, who will be responsible for gardening, stewarding and leading tours of the Nearings’ property.

Good Life Center seeks residents for 2021 season after pandemic closure

Unless COVID-19 vaccinations increase, the summer concert season in Maine could be in jeopardy.

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Maine summer concert season in jeopardy unless vaccination efforts increase

If Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling were still alive, I would firmly believe he’s messing with my life.For more than a week now, it has been wicked hard for me to tell what planet I’m on.After 10 months of living in Maine, where Gov. Janet Mills is keeping citizens and businesses held tightly in pandemic protocol, I’m on sabbatical in Florida. Mask sightings here are as rare as pale people. There’s no 9 p.m.

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Commentary: Watching Tom Brady from Florida is like an episode of ‘Twilight Zone’

The Black Bears welcome the bye week brought on by the University's pause in competition.

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College Basketball: With no games this weekend, Maine women’s basketball team focuses on fundamentals

This story will be updated.Maine may see a small bump in its coronavirus vaccine allocations next week as the federal government looks to be ramping up distribution efforts, but a top state health official said he is not relying on the increase yet.The Washington Post reported Tuesday that federal health officials were expected to inform governors of a 16 percent increase in doses.

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Reported bump in COVID-19 vaccine doses not yet confirmed, Maine CDC chief says

More clinics in Maine are offering the COVID-19 vaccine this week to people who are at least 70 years of age. Older adults will also have more options for how to make appointments, with the launch of one health care system’s new hotline.Northern Light Health opened its hotline at 9 a.m. Monday to provide information about the COVID-19 vaccine. When the hotline started taking appointment requests at 2 p.m., physician leader of incident command, D…

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