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- Numbers released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday show 115,000 fewer people crossed Maine’s border with Canada in August compared with the same month a year ago. That’s a drop of 28%. In spots like Calais and Houlton, the difference is palpable. The precipitous drop-off began in January — the month Donald Trump was sworn back into office — a Calais gas station clerk said in a matter-of-fact tone.
- Nearly half a million Mainers are drinking tap water containing amounts of cancer-linked chemicals that, while complying with state and federal limits, still pose a public health danger, according to a new study. The Environmental Working Group is calling for stricter regulatory standards for hexavalent chromium, arsenic and nitrate and urging public water systems to invest in technology that could filter them all out at once.