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Federal shutdown creates uncertainty for Maine cancer patient struggling to stay warm
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Gerard Berry, along with his wife, Stephanie, and daughter, Brooklynn, cover a bedroom window with plastic, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Baileyville, Maine. - photo by AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty
BAILEYVILLE, Maine (AP) — Setting the thermostat at 60 degrees used to be no problem for Gerard Berry, even during harsh Maine winters. Then he got sick with stomach cancer and struggled to stay warm as he lost weight. “I used to tell the kids, ‘Put a sweatshirt on.’ But when I got sick, I got really thin, and we had to push it up a lot more,” said Berry, 47.