Mary Mayhew agrees to admit the men to the state psychiatric hospital, avoiding a contempt hearing set for Tuesday.
Scott Dolan
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LePage nominates Justice Thomas Humphrey to Maine Supreme Judicial Court post
If Humphrey’s nomination is approved, he will take the position on the state’s highest court of Justice Warren Silver, who resigned on Dec. 31.
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Flawed FBI evidence may affect 5 Maine homicide convictions
Cases here and across the nation could be reviewed after an inquiry finds bureau witnesses gave overstated or flawed hair or fiber testimony in up to 3,000 trials.
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Commissioner Mary Mayhew ordered to appear at contempt hearing
The court questions why DHHS refused to admit a patient to Riverview Psychiatric Center.
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BIW labor dispute hits federal court
The union opposes the shipyard’s desire to reclassify workers as it bids on Coast Guard work.
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Activists argue pot legalization to UMaine law students
But the law school debate leaves some future lawyers wondering about legalities rather than policy.
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Vinalhaven man pleads guilty to making false distress call to Coast Guard
Owen Adair, 23, was safe on the island on Sept. 30, when he claimed he was seriously injured aboard the fishing vessel Lila Rose.
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‘Mike’ Kimball convicted of murder in bee farm shooting, faces life in prison
The Yarmouth man appears stunned by the verdict in the shooting death of Leon Kelley during a dispute between their families in 2013.
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Murder trial, Day 4: In video re-enactment, defendant offers his version of Maine bee farm killing
Accused murderer Merrill ‘Mike’ Kimball says in the 2013 video that he was ‘in fear for my life’ when he shot Leon Kelley.
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Witness in bee farm murder trial took photo, video just after shooting
Robin Rawnsley-Dutil used her iPhone to record the moments after Merrill ‘Mike’ Kimball shot her stepfather, Leon Kelley.