The Maine Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.1 quake on Dec. 9, 2024, 4 miles north of Upton, but noted that there were no reports from people who felt it. On July 28, a magnitude 2.8 earthquake recorded in West Gardiner had scattered reports of weak shaking up to 30 mile away.
The Senate narrowly advanced the nomination of Pete Hegseth as President Donald Trump’s defense secretary on Thursday in a 51-49 vote, moving him one step closer to confirmation despite fierce objections from Senate Democrats and mounting unease among some Republicans.
The earthquake struck off the coast of Maine on Monday around 10:22 a.m. Thousands of people reported that they felt the ground shaking.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.
HHS nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will answer questions today from Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, all members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Musher Jonathan Hayes and his Seppala Siberian sled dogs are retracing the 1925 journey that saved Nome, Alaska, during a deadly diphtheria outbreak.
Even as handicappers adjudged Pete Hegseth ’s confirmation as secretary of Defense to be all but certain, not one but two Republican senators indicated a hard pass on the poorly qualified bad boy from Fox News.
In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski had openly challenged or rebuked him at least three times
The No. 20 Massachusetts hockey team prepares for two Hockey East matchups this weekend, facing Merrimack at home on Friday, Jan. 31 before traveling up to Orono to play No. 6 Maine on Sunday, Feb. 2.
Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum and free the community from the grip of diphtheria.
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