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Lori Valigra

@LValigra

Journalist, writer, traveler

 Maine, Cambridge
Joined October 2014
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@greg1667693542027 Sep 2024
There are sharks on the highway in Florida. This is crazy
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bangordailynews.com/2024/08/… Maine‘s emerging chemical embed.documentcloud.org/docu… threat in our home appliances @sejorg @propublica @EHNewsroom
Maine’s emerging chemical threat in our home appliances

Maine’s emerging chemical threat in our home appliances

Governments are not yet regulating or testing for a compound considered by many to be a forever chemical.

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Maine‘s emerging chemical threat in our home appliances embed.documentcloud.org/docu… Bangor Daily News
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Beautiful tribute to a great enviro journalist: Environmental journalism loses a hero dailyclimate.org/peter-dykst…

Environmental journalism loses a hero

Peter Dykstra – newsman, provocateur, friend and former publisher of The Daily Climate – passed away Wednesday.

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Don Orsillo@DonOrsillo20 Jul 2024
So happy for my NU Professor and mentor Joe Castiglione who is being honored in Cooperstown today! He was kind enough to gift his pin to me when we were in Boston. #ThankYou #HOF @RedSox
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Maine's only cat lounge saved more than 250 homeless felines in its first year bangordailynews.com/2024/07/… via @bangordailynews
Maine's only cat lounge saved more than 250 homeless felines in its first year

Maine's only cat lounge saved more than 250 homeless felines in its first year

Patrons pay a small fee to hang out with the rescue cats in their large, air conditioned, Wi-Fi equipped lounge.

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The City of Boston is the first major city in the Northeast to pilot free sunscreen dispensers in public parks.
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My latest story in the Bangor Daily News: dams vs endangered salmon World weighs in on fate of 4 Maine dams blocking passage of endangered salmon via BDN bangordailynews.com/2024/06/…
World weighs in on fate of 4 Maine dams blocking passage of endangered salmon

World weighs in on fate of 4 Maine dams blocking passage of endangered salmon

The stakes couldn't be higher, pitting the potential survival of a species against business interests.

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Of the 11 outlets that won journalism Pulitzers, none were owned by hedge funds, 0 owned by private equity, 2 in publicly traded companies, 4 were nonprofit, 5 were family owned #futureoflocalnews
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It’s now been 17 years since the Red Sox hit 4 consecutive homers off Chase Wright and the Yankees. Manny Ramirez, J.D. Drew, Mike Lowell, and Jason Varitek. Back-to-back-to-back-to-back. Fenway Park went absolutely BONKERS.

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Mass. journalists mourn longtime Patriot Ledger reporter Fred Hanson masslive.com/news/2024/04/ma…
'He died with his notebook in his hand:' Journalists mourn reporter who died on assignment

'He died with his notebook in his hand:' Journalists mourn reporter who died on assignment

The 67-year-old died on the job Monday while going to cover a school committee meeting. He dedicated more than 42 years of his life to local news reporting.

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Sad to hear. He was in his prime when I lived in Japan
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Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion, has died. He was 54. nyti.ms/3Ue6luf
Akebono, First Foreign-Born Sumo Grand Champion, Dies at 54 (Published 2024)

Akebono, First Foreign-Born Sumo Grand Champion, Dies at 54 (Published 2024)

Born in Hawaii, he moved to Japan in 1988 and won 11 grand championships. His success drove a resurgence in the sport’s popularity.

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End of an era: Last surviving Friendly’s restaurant in Boston closes for good boston25news.com/news/local/…
End of an era: Last surviving Friendly’s restaurant in Boston closes for good

End of an era: Last surviving Friendly’s restaurant in Boston closes for good

The last surviving Friendly’s restaurant in Boston has closed its doors for good.

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LIVE: Volcano erupts in Iceland teapawt.org/i/broadcasts/1ypKdkLBD…
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Real-time MRI scan of a person talking.
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An earlier BDN story explaining why coastal Maine is experiencing so much storm flooding: bangordailynews.com/2021/07/…
In this small Maine city, the climate change threat is already here

In this small Maine city, the climate change threat is already here

Bath, the 8,500-resident “City of Ships,” is among the places in Maine facing the greatest risks from increased coastal flooding because so much of it is low-lying.

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CBS 13 News@WGME10 Jan 2024
Portland Head Light has been damaged after being hit by waves and powerful wind gusts. STORM GALLERY: tinyurl.com/mte9weue
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Not a dry eye in the house as Normand Léveillé stands to deliver tonight's ceremonial puck drop with the help of his teammates. #NHLBruins
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WSJ News Exclusive: The New York Times has hired an editorial director of artificial-intelligence initiatives, signaling a significant commitment to the new technology on.wsj.com/3GYJjQF on.wsj.com/3GYJjQF
WSJ News Exclusive | New York Times Hires First Newsroom Leader Focused on Artificial Intelligence

WSJ News Exclusive | New York Times Hires First Newsroom Leader Focused on Artificial Intelligence

Quartz co-founder Zach Seward is being tasked with establishing principles for how the Times will and won’t use generative AI.

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