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This photo provided by Penobscot County Sheriff's Office shows the seizure of 40 pounds of processed marijuana from a hidden grow operation by a Chinese citizen in Maine. Court documents detailing how Xisen Guo, a Chinese man came to Maine to transform a rural house into a high-tech, illicit grow operation were detailed in court files unsealed this week with the arrest of the alleged operator, Friday, April 19, 2024. (Penobscot County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Marijuana grow busted in Maine as feds investigate trend in 20 states
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Sun,04/21/24-12:05AM , 171 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The high electricity consumption of a home, its cardboard-covered windows and odor of marijuana drew law enforcement's attention to an illicit grow operation off the beaten path in rural Maine.
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Maine Gov. Joseph Brennan, left, enjoys a laugh with U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware during the opening ceremonies at Maine's Democratic presidential straw poll in Augusta, Maine, Friday, Sept. 30, 1983. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working class views in a political career that included two terms as governor and two terms in the US. House, died Friday evening, April 5, 2024, at his home in Portland, Maine. He was 89. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

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Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Sat,04/06/24-3:37PM , 227 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine's governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89.
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In this image taken from New York State Police body camera video that was obtained by WMTW-TV 8 in Portland, Maine, New York State police interview Army Reservist Robert Card, the man responsible for Maine's deadliest mass shooting, at Camp Smith in Cortlandt, New York on July 16, 2023. Card told state police before being hospitalized that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was ”gonna friggin' do something,” according to police body cam video released under New York's Freedom of Information Law. Card went on to kill 18 people and wounded 13 at a bowling alley and a bar in Lewiston, Maine, leading to the largest manhunt in state history and tens of thousands of people sheltering in their homes. Card's body was found two days later. He had died by suicide. (WMTW-TV 8/New York State police via AP)

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In video, Maine gunman said reservists were scared because he was ‘capable’ of doing something
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Fri,02/16/24-9:45AM , 164 Reads
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist responsible for Maine's deadliest mass shooting told state police in New York before his hospitalization last summer that fellow soldiers were worried about him because he was “gonna friggin' do something.”
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Rachael Sloat, fiance of victim Peyton Brewer Ross, in framed photo, testifies, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, in Augusta, Maine, during a hearing of the independent commission investigating the law enforcement response to the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Tearful relatives of Maine mass shooting victims plead for change to prevent future tragedies
By DAVID SHARP - Associated Press
Wed,01/31/24-11:13PM , 134 Reads
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Tearfully relaying scenes of blood, chaos and panic, family members of the victims of Maine's deadliest shooting described their unfathomable losses on Thursday as they implored an independent commission to make sure ot
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