Press Herald
- To examine the life of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is to sift through a series of seemingly irreconcilable contradictions. Perhaps the most progressive major statewide political candidate in Maine history, he may be best known by the average voter for having a Nazi symbol tattooed on his body. He’s a gravel-voiced combat veteran who was an acclaimed amateur thespian in his youth. Platner left Washington, D.C., a decade ago, disgusted by the indifference he felt leaders showed veterans like him. Now, the candidate is fighting to go back.
- Mainers with inflatable holiday decorations in their yards may want to ensure they’re tied down tightly: A storm that’s forecast to arrive late Thursday is expected to bring high winds, as well as rain and warmer temperatures. “There’s a pretty strong storm that’s tracking to our west, and it pulls up a lot of warm, moist air,” Michael Clair, a forecaster at the National Weather Service’s office in Gray, said Wednesday. Clair said it will be “the warmest we’ve been in a while” on Friday.
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UMaine graduate workers ratify first union contract