The investigation was launched in August after a sitting councilor claimed the council’s chairman was hosting regular meetings outside the public eye.
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Posted inSports
Sports Digest: LIV Golf loses its bid to earn ranking points over questions about a closed shop
LIV Golf League has the same 48 players for the entire season (with alternates in case of injury) and not enough turnover.
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Posted inSports
NHL roundup: Bedard makes debut as Blackhawks rally to top Penguins, 4-2
Connor Bedard, the top overall pick in the 2023 draft, picks up an assist.
Posted inMaine
Hiker rescued after rainy night in western Maine
The hiker had fallen in the rain and injured his back when he slid into a tree. He refused treatment and went to a New Hampshire hotel.
Posted inNation & World, News
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will stay in a Russian jail at least through November
The American journalist and Bowdoin College graduate, who has been detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal to be released from jail.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime
Rumford, Dixfield women identified as victims of deadly crash in Albion
Kandi L. Carrier, 38, of Rumford, died Friday after the van she was riding in collided with a pickup truck. The van’s driver, Mandy L. Thibodeau, 46, of Dixfield, was injured and is in fair condition at a Bangor hospital.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
After a week without a speaker, House Republicans are no closer to picking a new leader
House Republicans took the majority aspiring to operate as a team, and run government more business-like, but have drifted far from that goal.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Vermont police search for killer of a retired college dean shot on trail near university
Police don’t know if it was a random or targeted shooting and advised residents of the town of about 1,200 and students to be diligent by locking their cars and doors.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
DHHS raised suspicions of abuse months before girl’s killing on Christmas Day 2022
An unsealed Maine State Police affidavit shows state officials had visited the Edgecomb home of Makinzlee Handrahan months before she was killed.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Biden’s hopes for Israel-Saudi relations could become a casualty of the new Mideast war
The attack by Hamas has raised new questions about whether Palestinian ambitions for sovereignty can be put aside while the U.S. tries to help Israel move ahead with improving relations with the rest of its neighbors.