The film, ‘Breakdown in Maine’ was announced as a 2025 nominee on Thursday.
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Meet the Mainers behind Renys’ ubiquitous, 4-word jingle
The ad tune, created by David Melville, has been heard in Maine every day since 2011.
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Get aboard a new Maine film festival that celebrates movies on trains
Full Speed Ahead will feature 16 films at venues all over Maine, May 6-11, including ‘The Darjeeling Limited,’ ‘Strangers on a Train’ and ‘Murder on the Orient Express.’
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Waterville to advertise again for new city manager
The search will start anew since four candidates interviewed won’t be invited to a second interview, Mayor Mike Morris says.
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Proposal for passenger rail to Bangor loses steam in committee
The Legislature’s transportation committee says LD 487 ‘ought not to pass,’ especially without assured funding from the Trump administration.
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Maine author Monica Wood says libraries are essential, ‘under siege’
Wood, who grew up in the town of Mexico and lives in Portland, spoke Thursday at the Great Falls Forum in Lewiston.
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Smarts to receive top Mid-Maine Chamber award for distinguished service
Eight others are scheduled to receive 2024 Mid-Maine Chamber awards Thursday at the organization’s annual awards event, to be held at the Waterville Elks Banquet Center.
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As Trump targets higher education, Maine colleges worry endowments are next
The state’s higher education leaders say Republican-backed bills to raise endowment taxes would produce negligible benefits while forcing schools to slash financial aid and operating budgets.
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Lewiston Democrat launches bid for Susan Collins’ Senate seat
Jordan Wood has experience as a congressional staff member and has worked as an advocate for campaign finance reform.
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Four Maine college presidents sign national letter decrying Trump education ‘overreach’
The presidents of Bowdoin, Bates, Colby and the University of New England joined more than 230 college leaders in rebuking the federal government’s ‘political interference’ in higher education.