Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.
December 15, 2016
Enough signatures gathered to put Medicaid expansion on Maine ballot
Maine Equal Justice Partners plans to put the referendum question on the November 2017 ballot if the Legislature doesn’t secure passage by January.
Hundreds evacuated from Aleppo, with rebellion at its end
Traumatized residents board government buses, and Syrian President Bashar Assad says, ‘History is being made.’
New Hampshire man accused of trying to move ambulance blocking his car
Emergency workers heard the ‘beeping’ sound of the ambulance backing up and called police.
Interactive: See where (and when) Maine drivers hit moose in 2016
There were 305 car crashes involving moose throughout Maine in the year ending Sept. 1, 2016.
Maine employers given extra time to comply with new state overtime pay standard
The Department of Labor will use the delay to help businesses understand how Maine’s minimum wage increase affects the OT threshold.
Poland gun shop owner says he sold shotgun used in Hebron slaying-suicide
Joe Cimino says he wouldn’t have sold the gun to Daniel Randall if he’d known about Randall’s recent stay at an alcohol recovery facility.
Gorham fifth-grader dies from injuries suffered in Monday crash
The accident also killed Paige Piawlock’s father and injured her sister, mother and a family friend.
Waterville man with prior manslaughter conviction pleads guilty to gun charge
Erik Hart was ordered to serve an initial nine months and one day behind bars.
Obama signs bill to strengthen U.S. security along Canadian border
Maine Sens. Angus King and Susan Collins are cosponsors of the bill.