Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in a federal jail is sparking a fresh round of conspiracy theories online, and even from prominent officials, in a case that has long provided fuel for them.
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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Wet winter, hot summer damaging Maine’s fruit trees
Weather conditions so far in 2019 have damaged many of Maine’s fruit trees, but despite the damage one expert predicts the apple crop will come in just fine.
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US military says service member killed in Iraq
The U.S. military says a U.S. service member has died in Iraq during a mission with Iraq’s security forces in the country’s north
Posted inNation & World
Libraries putting social workers on staff to help patrons struggling with poverty, drug addiction or mental illness
A few master’s degree programs for aspiring librarians have classes on mental health, but most don’t. To help fill in the gaps, an estimated 40-plus library systems have full-time social workers on staff, according to Whole Person Librarianship, an organization that tracks such partnerships.
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Jalbert named vice president, general manager of Sun Media Group
Sales Executives Dan McManus and Kelly Wade have also been promoted, and the company has hired three new sales executives.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Albert Flick sentenced to life for murdering Kim Dobbie — the second woman he has fatally stabbed
This is the second time the 77-year-old man has been sentenced for killing a woman. He was released from prison in 2000 for that crime. One of Dobbie’s friends said “I hope he rots in hell.”
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No bail for Auburn man charged with murder
Gage Dalphonse told police Jean Fournier punched him and threatened to kill him before Dalphonse took out his gun and shot Fournier. Witnesses at the scene told police they didn’t see or hear that happen.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Police identify man fatally shot Saturday in Auburn
No one has been charged in the death of Jean Fournier, 41, of Turner as detectives investigate the circumstances of the shooting.
Posted inMaine Crime
Second man charged in connection with Oxford rape
The case remains under investigation, and the District Attorney’s Office may add additional furnishing alcohol charges.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Seven people in Lewiston charged during two-day Hot Spot sweep
Police seized drugs with an estimated street value over a quarter-million dollars.