Collins cites the nominee’s service to the country ‘often, in some of the most dangerous places,’ while King has reservations about Haspel’s role in the agency’s detention and interrogation program.
2018
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Winslow school officials get creative in planning for renovations
With an $8.1 million budget approved by the Town Council, educators, school board members and the project’s architect worked together to create the space for students and find ways to fill it with needed equipment.
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Posted inBusiness
Investigations of student loan abuse being cut back
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will shutter its student lending office, according to memo written by its acting director.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Portland police interview Bayside shooting victim
They are still searching for the man who shot her Sunday morning and then fled in a silver-colored SUV with Massachusetts plates.
Posted inNation & World
Polanski: #MeToo ‘collective hysteria’
The filmmaker made the comment before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences stripped him of his membership.
Posted inMaine
Farmington man sues town, contractors after sewage floods home
The town said it is not at fault and liability lies with contractors who were making road repairs during the summer of 2017.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Aryan tattoo dispute, near-fatal stabbing lead to 90-day jail sentence, restitution
Mark McCrillis used a broken bottle to attack a man who disputed his claim that he belonged to a white supremacist group.
Posted inHealth, Maine Cannabis Report, News
Don’t expect joints if the FDA ever approves medical marijuana
It’s highly unlikely the Federal Drug Administration will ever support smoking pot, its commissioner says.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Prosecutors seek 55-year sentence for convicted murderer Luc Tieman
Sentencing is set for Friday for Fairfield man found guilty of murdering his wife, Valerie Tieman, and burying her in the backyard of his parents’ home in August 2016.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Skowhegan woman involved with suspect in cop killing pleads not guilty to drug charges
Kristina A. Pomerleau, who authorities say was in a relationship with John D. Williams, is charged with unlawful possession of cocaine base and unlawful furnishing of cocaine.