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2.8 Magnitude Earth Quake Reported Near West Gardiner, Maine
First, it was great white sharks in the water off the coast of Maine, now comes an earthquake that measured 2.8 on the Richter scale near West Gardiner, Maine. The United States Geological Survey, better known as USGS, is the government agency that, among other things, detects earthquakes and their magnitude worldwide. On Sunday, July 28 at 2:50 p.m. USGS detected a 2.8 magnitude earthquake in Maine near West Gardiner with the epicenter at these coordinates: 44.236°N 69.862°W. That's about here on the map, south of Augusta and northeast of West Gardiner.
How Many of These Huge Maine Concerts at the Augusta Civic Center Do You Remember?
Years before the Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, the Cross Insurance Arena (formerly the Cumberland County Civic Center) in Portland, and Bowl in the Pines Amphitheater became the prominent concert venues in Maine, there was the Augusta Civic Center. Built over the summer and autumn of 1972, the 49,000-square-foot event...
Local Democratic Party leaders hold canvassing event in Lewiston as support for Harris ramps up
As support for Vice President Kamala Harris continues to grow ahead of the 2024 presidential election, local Democrats held a canvassing event in Lewiston Sunday. Attendees included members from Maine's Harris for President campaign, local labor leaders, and was led by Democratic Party leaders including Maine Senate President Troy Jackson and former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.
Volunteers go door-to-door to teach life-saving naloxone use in Winthrop community
WINTHROP (WGME) - Teaching the community how to save lives- that's the goal of Project Doorstep, which goes door to door teaching people how to use the drug naloxone. Naloxone, better known as Narcan, is a life-saving drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose. Project Doorstep volunteers met...
I-295 overnight ramp closures planned for Topsham, Bowdoinham, Richmond
SAGADAHOC COUNTY — The Maine Department of Transportation will be closing some I-295 ramps overnight to accommodate paving work. The closure periods will begin at 7 p.m. and go until 6 a.m. Work on the Exit 31 on- and off-ramps in Topsham will happen on the nights of Sunday,...
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