Kevin Howell and his 4-year-old fell through the ice while crossing Etna Pond early Friday. Howell got his son out of the water but couldn’t get out himself.
Emily Allen
Staff Writer
Emily Allen covers courts for the Portland Press Herald. It's her favorite beat so far — before moving to Maine in 2022, she reported on a wide range of topics for public radio in West Virginia and was the City Hall reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. Emily is not a fan of the cold, but she puts up with Maine's challenging winters because she loves the state's beautiful hiking options ... once the snow has cleared.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics
Victim support groups plead for state funds
The Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault estimates Maine services will lose $5.8 million in federal funding this year. The funds cover emergency hotlines and shelter programs for victims of sexual violence.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine doctor settles retaliation lawsuit against assisted-living facilities
Dr. Jabbar Fazeli reached an undisclosed agreement with the 3 assisted-living facilities Friday. He had alleged he was discriminated against for being Muslim and unfairly fired after clashing with management.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Some in Maine cannot sue for decades-old child sex abuse claims
Public institutions, including schools, are immune from lawsuits for the alleged incidents, preventing many from filing civil claims, despite legal reform efforts that have eliminated the statute of limitations. One man who says he was victimized calls it ‘another injustice.’
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Texas man reaches plea deal in ‘sham’ drug-testing business case
Prosecutors say Nelson ‘Parker’ Cowand, 54, convinced 6 Mainers to pay him $323,000 to invest in a drug testing business.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Eliot Cutler released from jail 2 months early
The former Maine gubernatorial candidate was sentenced to serve 9 months for possessing child pornography starting June 1. Jail officials say he was released early for good behavior.
Posted inLocal & State
Maine’s court-appointed lawyers are ‘saturated’ with criminal, parental caseloads
A year after lawmakers agreed to pay court-appointed lawyers more for their work, the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services says the attorneys are being overwhelmed by an ever-growing backlog of cases.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Federal appeals court reconsiders mothers’ wrongful death suit against Biddeford police
Susan Johnson and Jocelyn Welch have spent years arguing that an officer contributed to the deaths of their children when their landlord shot them in 2012.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Winter storm sweeps across state, leaving flooding, outages in its wake
As many as 65,000 homes and businesses were without power at the height of outages Wednesday.
Posted inLocal & State
Biddeford shooting suspect pleads not guilty to murder, tampering charges
Lorenze Labonte, 25, is accused of shooting Ahmed Sharif in November. New documents show that police say a young sister identified him as the shooter.