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Nurse practitioner Patricia Hutchins peers out of the COVID-19 testing tent in April 2020 in the parking lot of St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Lewiston.
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It’s that time of year when the Sun Journal presents readers with what we consider the top 10 news stories of the year. Typically, we’d introduce the list with a nice introduction, pointing out the highs and lows of the year in a clear and balanced way.
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Fears of a cult takeover roil a tiny town in northern Maine
Androscoggin Mill explosion in Jay causes no serious injuries
Balance of power: With several races still undecided, Senate control remains at a deadlock
By Catherine Park
Control of the Senate was still up in the air Thursday as Republicans beat Democratic challengers in crucial states but failed to lock down the seats needed to retain their tenuous Senate majority.
One race in Georgia is headed to a January runoff. A second contest in Georgia and races in North Carolina and Alaska remain undecided, leaving the chamber now deadlocked 48-48. An outcome may not be known until the new year.
With the presidential race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden also undecided, the Senate is in limbo because the vice president of the eventual winner s party would serve as a tie-breaker in a split chamber.
December 8th, 2020 | by: Stu Marckoon
Police Search
(Bangor) â A manhunt last evening in the Capehart section of Bangor as police looked for two men who fled following a traffic stop. A state trooper reportedly pulled over a maroon colored SUV for a traffic violation and both the driver and passenger fled. The passenger dropped a handgun and police recovered the gun. Bangor police joined state troopers in the search. Police have not released names.
(Augusta) â Bucket trucks and line crews will continue working around the clock to get electricity restored to Mainers who lost it during the weekend. Central Maine Power reported nearly 31-thousand outages at 5:30 this morning, while Versant Power said more than 14-hundred, mostly in Northern Penobscot County still lacked electricity. The power went out Saturday as heavy wet snow and high winds brought down trees over power lines, snapping the lines and sometimes the poles. CMP says the
Bill Nemitz: Money, money everywhere … now what does Gideon do?
Flush with more than $14 million in leftover campaign funds, Maine s losing U.S. Senate candidate has some decisions to make.
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Money didn’t just rain on Democrat Sara Gideon’s failed campaign for the U.S. Senate. It poured.
And now, with the election over, the question hovers like a lingering cloud over the more than $14 million Gideon ran out of ways to spend: What’s she going to do with that residual – and extraordinarily deep – pool of cash?
“If (Gideon) wants to give money to charity, go right ahead,” Walden “Denney” Morton said Thursday in a phone interview from her home in Cape Elizabeth. “But if you’re talking about public airwaves and public monies, or semi-public money, or matching, or whatever, keep it in the public domain and make sure it goes for the common good.”