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Officials monitoring dead whale off coast of Southern Maine
WELLS, Maine (WABI) – Officials are monitoring a dead humpback whale off of Wells, the third dead whale that’s been found off the coast of southern Maine in the past two months.
Wells Police said Friday afternoon the humpback was floating approximately two miles off the coast.
Police say the whale’s carcass is drifting northwest and has a GPS tracker on it.
Marine Mammals of Maine identified the whale as an adult female named “Lollipop” who had been outfitted with a tracking tab by the Center for Coastal Studies to assist stranding networks with response efforts.
Officials say they will monitor the whale’s location over the next several days as it gets closer to shore.
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ORONO — Alfond Arena has long been among the toughest rinks in college hockey for opponents to come in and win. Barely two months into the season, though, the refurbished building hasn’t been its typical cozy home for the Black Bears.
Maine lost to New Hampshire 1-0 at Alfond Arena on Friday night. The Wildcats improved to 8-7 overall, 4-4 in Hockey East. Maine is now 8-6-1 overall, 5-4 in conference play. The teams will meet again Saturday night at Alfond.
It was Maine’s third loss in nine games at Alfond Arena this season, giving the Black Bears more home losses than in each of the last two full seasons. It was the first time Maine was shutout at home since Feb. 24, 2024, a 4-0 loss to Northeastern.
“We don’t have that next level of push in our team right now. It’s not that we don’t have good players and can’t do some things. We can,” Maine coach Ben Barr said. “Right now, the honest truth is, we don’t have a very good culture in our room, and that starts with me.”
The Wildcats scored the lone goal at 4:14 of the third period when Cam MacDonald recovered a Maine turnover at the New Hampshire blue line, skated untouched down the ice and slipped a shot over the glove of Black Bear goalie Mathis Rousseau.
Maine outshot UNH 21-14, and 9-1 in a dominant first period in which the Black Bears controlled play and did everything but put the puck in the net.
“I think sometimes it’s almost a scary feeling when you come out in that first period playing as well as we did and not coming away with anything. You feel like it’s a missed opportunity,” said Thomas Freel, a Maine captain.
Rousseau made 14 saves. Kyle Chauvette stopped 21 shots to earn the shutout.
PORTLAND (WGME) — We love to highlight local makers and businesses here on ARC Maine, and one young entrepreneur is using her father as inspiration.
Tom Landry from Benchmark Real Estate has been here on the show before, but this segment is really about his daughter Madeline, or Maddie, who is building a profitable sticker business called Maddie Moo Designs.
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PORTLAND (WGME) — Senator Angus King (I-Maine) is calling the current medical record system used by the Department of Veterans Affairs a “debacle.”
In a hearing of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, King emphasized the importance of modern, electronic medical records.
He says streamlining information-sharing between the VA and community care providers is essential to helping veterans.
King also questioned how AI could play a role in creating a more efficient flow of information between the two systems.
“AI could tell you whether there are contradictions and problems,” King said. “I think that is one area where everyone is talking about AI. But it is something where we can quickly and instantly analyze.”
King added that AI could also help narrow prescriptions for veterans.
The committee says King’s idea of using AI could help make medical records more cohesive between the VA and other care providers.
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