Sarah Thomas
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UMaine projects $19M budget shortfall for fiscal year 2028, layoffs anticipated (opens the original)
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ORONO, Maine (WABI) - The University of Maine’s flagship and Machias campuses face a $19 million budget shortfall for fiscal year 2028 if adjustments are not made, according to a letter penned by University of Maine president Joan Ferrini-Mundy and executive vice president of academic affairs and provost Gabriel Paquette. Ferrini-Mundy attributed the deficit to a rapidly shifting federal policy and funding environment, deferred maintenance costs, inflation, higher operational expenses, and decli
Historic lodge once home to artist Robert Indiana listed for $1.4 million (opens the original)
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VINALHAVEN, Maine (WABI) - A historic island structure that acclaimed late pop artist Robert Indiana called home has hit the market for $1.4 million following years of legal turmoil. The Star of Hope Lodge on Main Street in Vinalhaven was built in the 1880s to serve as home to the local chapter of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization. Indiana, known for the iconic LOVE image and sculpture, bought the former lodge on Main Street in the 1970s after renting the upper floor
Walking America Couple walks through Bangor during 12,000-mile, 50-state trek (opens the original)
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BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Walking 12,000 miles across all 50 states: that’s the mission a Missouri couple has been working to conquer for the past four years. Torin and Paige Rouse have dubbed themselves the Walking America Couple. The pair has amassed over 80,000 followers on Facebook where they delight their fans with their adventures. To date, the Rouses have traveled almost 8,000 miles in 29 states since they started this endeavor in 2022. Tuesday, their journey brought them to Bangor. When we
Federal report finds firefighting actions contributed to deadly Searsmont silo explosion (opens the original)
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SEARSMONT, Maine (WABI) - A new federal report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health details the sequence of events and contributing factors surrounding the fire and subsequent explosion in a silo at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont on May 15 that killed three people and injured 10 others. Some are still in the hospital. Morrill volunteer firefighter Andrew Cross, 27, died at the scene. Searsmont Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Woodbury, 76, died about a month later from burn injuri
Baileyville mill ordered to pay nearly $800,000 in fines after deaths of two employees (opens the original)
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BAILEYVILLE, Maine (WABI) - A pulp mill in Baileyville that investigators say caused the deaths of two workers from exposure to gas fumes earlier this year is facing hefty fines from the federal government. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says workers at Woodland Pulp were performing a cold weather shutdown, which caused high concentrations of deadly, uncontrolled, hydrogen sulfide gas to release into the plant on January 27. Two employees died from the exposure to the gas. Kas
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