State lawmakers heard from District Judge Rick Lawrence on Friday, days before the Senate is expected to vote on whether he will become the first Black justice on the state’s highest court.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Morning Sentinel
Aroma Joe’s coffee and sandwich shop to open on Bay Street in Winslow
The business will open sometime in July or August and will replace a Dunkin’ Donuts that closed in 2016 and moved into a new location farther down Bay Street.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Cheers for Ketanji Brown Jackson, who declares: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’
Her arrival on the Supreme Court won’t upend the current 6-3 conservative balance, but she will be the first Black female justice and it will mark the first time four women sit on the court together.
Posted inMaine, Uncategorized
Maine COVID-19 hospitalizations hold steady as cases edge higher
Aroostook County has shifted from low risk to moderate risk under the latest federal guidelines.
Posted inNation & World, News
Trans kids, parents fight wave of legislation in red states
Trans youth in many red states say they feel attacked, angry, betrayed and scared by the wave of legislation aimed at them.
Posted inNation & World
Two men acquitted, jury deadlocks on 2 others in Michigan Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot
There were 10 charges against 4 men in the case, the most serious of which was conspiring to kidnap the governor.
Posted inNation & World, News
Puerto Rico struggles to emerge from outage as anger builds
Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico remain without power nearly two days after a fire at a main power plant sparked an island-wide outage.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel
Amy Calder: A hot meal brings fellowship and a sense that ‘there’s still good in the world’
Stone Soup Cafe, a free, sit-down meal program in Winslow operated by Starfish Village, feeds not only the stomach but also the spirit, Amy Calder writes.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
SpaceX launches 3 visitors to space station for $55 million each
Three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort will stay at the International Space Station for more than a week.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Inflation hits nonprofits’ services, ability to fundraise
As inflation increases, there are early signs that the burst of generosity donors showed in the first year of the pandemic may be slowing.