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Free Down East dental clinic sees record number of patients

Bangor Daily News 27 Apr 2026
The 19th no‑cost dental clinic at the Lee Pellon Event Center in Machias the week of April 13 served 690 patient visits, the most in years, said Eddie Rosenbaum, director of the global outreach and international engagements at NYU Dentistry ... ....
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Body of lobsterman recovered in Down East bay

Lewiston Sun Journal 23 Apr 2026
Thomas West, 63, of Steuben, was found dead Wednesday in Dyer Bay, according to the Maine Marine Patrol ....
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This mural-filled 1790 home used to be a Down East country club

Bangor Daily News 20 Apr 2026
This East Machias home holding one-of-a-kind murals was built 30 years before Maine became a state ... It was built in 1790 and served as the East Machias Country Club in the 1800s, according to Peter Larlham, the seller.
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Michigan tornado tally reaches 8. EF-0 touched down east of Lansing

Lansing State Journal 16 Apr 2026
In all, five tornadoes had been confirmed on the east side of the ... That funnel cloud touched down near Newburg Road, west of Lansing, just before midnight Tuesday and traveled east for about 1.7 miles.
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Sea-run smelting is underway in Down East Maine. Here’s what it looks like.

Bangor Daily News 16 Apr 2026
But as April arrives and the world seems to come alive again, sea-run rainbow smelt return to the tidal streams here Down East to spawn ... A catch of sea-run smelt after a night of dipping in Down East ...
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Georgetown takes down East Clinton 4-1

Wilmington News Journal 15 Apr 2026
GEORGETOWN — East Clinton dropped its SBAAC National Division tennis match Tuesday with Georgetown, 4-1 ... East Clinton is 1-5, 0-5 ... SUMMARY. April 14, 2026.
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Fishermen worry proposed underwater Down East data center would displace them

Bangor Daily News 13 Apr 2026
Holly Lewis, who lives seasonally in Eastport while not teaching at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, said she loves Down East Maine and would hate to see the problems that have beset other ...
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$2.5M state project will connect Ellsworth’s walking path to the Down East Sunrise Trail

Bangor Daily News 01 Apr 2026
The state’s transportation department is planning a $2.5 million project to extend a popular paved pedestrian and bicycle trail in Ellsworth to the 96-mile Down East Sunrise Trail.
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Down East Maine’s last shingle mill keeps on sawing

Bangor Daily News 01 Apr 2026
Grandpa’s Shingle Mill, the last shingle mill in Washington County, lies far down in the woods off the Halls Mills Road in Whiting ... But now it’s a thing of the past.” The nearest one may be in East Corinth.
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Hawks escape Detroit, down East-leading Pistons in overtime

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 26 Mar 2026
Big fourth quarter by McCollum leads Hawks to key win ....
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Down East man peddles affordability by selling potatoes in Maine parking lots

Bangor Daily News 20 Mar 2026
Matthew Alley has tried almost every way there is to make a living Down East. The Jonesboro man mowed lawns, worked for a blueberry processor, landscaped and fished commercially until chance brought him the hustle that stuck ... Credit.
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Down East town bans large solar farms

Bangor Daily News 11 Mar 2026
This story appears as part of a collaboration to strengthen investigative journalism in Maine between the BDN and The Maine Monitor. Read more about the partnership ... The systems may not exceed 2,500 square feet of total project airspace ... ....
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Rivera and Westry each score 22 and UAB takes down East Carolina 90-83

HJ News 09 Mar 2026
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Led by 22 points each from Daniel Rivera and Chance Westry, UAB defeated East Carolina 90-83 in a regular-season finale on Sunday ....
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3 arrested in drug bust at Down East motel

Bangor Daily News 03 Mar 2026
Maine drug enforcement agents on Monday arrested three people in connection with suspected drug trafficking at a Baileyville motel ... Police detained her ... Baileyville police subsequently stopped the vehicle that met with Smith ... At about 3.42 p.m ... ....
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