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As Maine’s population ages, nursing shortage looms
Maine nurses are aging alongside the patients they treat, setting the stage for a critical shortage of nurses across the state by 2025, officials announced Tuesday.
VIDEO
Bangor barbershop quartet serenades Valentine sweethearts
“We make a big deal out of Valentine’s Day because 15 years ago tomorrow is when we went on our first date.”
We followed the mysterious Valentine Phantom who puts hearts all over Portland
BDN Portland followed along for the evening to see how the Valentine Phantom works. In return, the bandit insisted on anonymity.
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Man describes daring rescue of teenage girl from frozen Maine lake
The sheriff’s office said the men put themselves in harm’s way for a stranger and is calling them heroes.
Atlanta zoo welcomes baby cockroach ‘Tom Brady’
Madagascar hissing cockroaches are found inside of rotting logs and some people keep them as pets.
Opinion
EDITORIALS
Efforts to improve voting system’s ‘integrity’ aren’t solving any problems
The biggest problem with elections in Maine and the United States is that not enough people vote. Some elections have turnout as low as 10 percent. Lawmakers should turn their attention to increasing turnout, not turning people away.
The Point
The Point
LePage wants to fix Maine, but his to-do list is built on shaky history, data
Here are four lessons the governor wanted you to take home, but with a fuller picture.
Sports
Here’s how to watch every Maine high school basketball tournament game
The quarterfinals can be watched at nfhsnetwork.com, the semifinals and finals can be watched at nsnsports.net, and the MPBN website is mpbn.net.
Homestead
Homestead
Maine Farmland Trust artist residency program promotes agriculture through visual arts
“Farmers are makers, and artists are makers, and they seem to have a lot of shared passion for our rural environments and heritage here in Maine.”
Business
Forum brings northern Maine into loop on global trade opportunities
More than 2,200 Maine companies are selling goods and services in the international marketplace and the state is attracting interest abroad, according to Wade Merritt, vice president of the Maine International Trade Center.
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Legitimate solicitations for funds can be just as dangerous to seniors as scams
“If you start to notice your parent or elderly loved one sending out a lot of checks, it may be time to start the conversation about sharing financial responsibilities.”
Food
Down East restaurant reinvents itself as tiny brew house
A bar in Machias is stepping into the craft beer business in a region where the industry hasn’t taken off as it has in other parts of the state.
Crime & Courts
Community and National Questions ... what's this?
- Man describes daring rescue of teenage girl from frozen Maine lake
- The Valentine Phantom speaks
- The Valentine Phantom speaks
- Tom Cruise’s mother, who inspired him to act, dies at 80
- Flynn’s ouster sparks new GOP calls for wider Russia probe
- As Maine’s population ages, nursing shortage looms
