'; } // return array of supporters (Supporter,Link), selected randomly function randomSupporters($limit = false) { $sql = "Select * from ActiveSupporters"; if ($limit) $sql .= " limit $num"; $result = mysql_query($sql); $res = array(); if ($result) { while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) { $link = trim($row['Website'] != ''?$row['Website']: ($row['FacebookFollowing']?$row['Facebook']: ($row['TwitterFollowing']?$row['Twitter']: ($row['GooglePlusFollowing']?$row['GooglePlus']: ($row['OtherSocialMedia']?$row['OtherSocialMedia']:false) ) ) ) ); if ($link && strncasecmp($link,'http:',5)) $link = 'http://'.$link; $res[] = array('Supporter'=>$row['GroupName'],'Link'=>$link); } } return $res; } // return Weekly Audience Average function weeklyAudienceAverage() { $sql = "select * from BrochureGeneral where Dname='WeeklyAudienceAverage'"; $result = mysql_query($sql); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); if ($row) return $row['DValue']; } ?> Maine News & Current Events | Public News Service
 
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According to the Center for Coastal Studies, at least eight right whales already have been found dead this year. (NOAA)
Activists Urge Fishing-Industry Changes to Protect Right Whales
Monday, July 29, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine — Some in Maine feel new federal regulations to protect the right whale will hurt the lobster industry the state relies on ...Read More
CBP training materials state that the Fourth Amendment does not require officers to advise bus passengers of their right to refuse consent to a search. (Josh Denmark/Flickr)
CBP Increasing Warrantless Bus Raids in Northern New England
Monday, July 29, 2019
BANGOR, Maine — A year after the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine sued U.S. Customs and Border Protection for records on its bus ...Read More
Maine has seen a 41.5% drop in opioid prescriptions since 2013. (Tech. Sgt. Mark R.W. Orders-Woempner/U.S. Air Force)
Maine Hosts Opioid Response Summit to Address Ongoing Crisis
Monday, July 15, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine — Experts from across the country are in Maine today for the state's first Opioid Response Summit. Gov. Janet Mills will be ...Read More
Mainers Join Worldwide Vigils to Protest Immigration Policies
Friday, July 12, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine – People in more than 600 cities across five continents are holding vigils tonight to protest the Trump administration's ...Read More
So far this year, 12 states have enacted some type of abortion ban. (Charles Edward Miller/Flickr)
Reproductive Rights Group Highlights Maine's Expanded Abortion Access
Friday, July 5, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine – A mid-year report on abortion access in the United States puts the state-level divide on abortion policy front and center ...Read More
Robert M. Pennoyer, now and at age 19, on the U.S.S. Pensacola at Iwo Jima in 1944 (Courtesy: Robert M. Pennoyer)
WWII Veteran: Ignorance, Indifference Greatest Threats to America
Thursday, July 4, 2019
NEW YORK – Seventy-four years after he saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima, a World War II veteran has an Independence Day message for America: The ...Read More
It was just last November when political signs dotted every Maine roadway. They'll soon be back, as the 2020 campaign season heats up. (Kevin Bowe)
Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to Challenge Sen. Collins
Tuesday, June 25, 2019
AUGUSTA, Maine — After 22 years in office, Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins is no longer representing the interests of Maine residents ...Read More
Maine boasts 5,400 miles of mainland and island coastline, 88% of which is privately owned. (Flickr/Sunset Sailor)
Another Setback for Maine's Booming Seaweed Industry
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
ORONO, Maine – State lawmakers in Maine have struck down a bill that would have protected the rights of workers to harvest rockweed in ...Read More
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