At Montello Elementary School, a substitute teacher left students in tears, and their parents angry, Mark LaFlamme writes.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Greene man charged with animal cruelty says the cat was ‘suffering’
A man was charged last weekend with shooting a cat five times in Greene.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine, News
Holiday at the Plaza fills Lewiston with cheer
People pack Dufresne Plaza and Lisbon Street during the city’s annual winter event.
Posted inMaine, News
Winthrop home destroyed by fire
The blaze started under the double-wide manufactured home after a kerosene heater was apparently used to try to thaw frozen pipes, officials say.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Maine, News
New Mexican restaurant set to open in downtown Waterville
Charros’ Theater Mexican Restaurant will open at 14 Silver St. where Cancun, another eatery, closed in 2021.
Posted inAmy Calder, Columns, Maine, News
Waterville youth who died too young to be honored 61 years later | Column
David Quirion, who drowned two months before what would have been his 1964 high school graduation, will be honored Monday at the Alfond Youth & Community Center.
Posted inMaine, News
Sixth Maine school district added to lawsuit over transgender policies
The Maine Human Rights Commission is suing the schools over policies that align with President Donald Trump’s executive order regarding transgender students in sports.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Censure attempt derailed as tension in Gardiner-area school board meetings persists
Board member Michelle Tucker sought to publicly reprimand chairwoman Becky Fles over comments she made at a Maine School Management Association workshop.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Panel votes to end recommendation that all newborns receive hepatitis B vaccine
Medical experts in Maine criticized the move, and the Maine CDC said it would continue to recommend the vaccine be given at birth.
Posted inMaine, News
Judge rejects effort by Maine, DOJ to alter settlement on disabled children’s services
U.S. District Judge Stacey Neumann denied the DOJ’s decision to change the agreement by removing the requirement for independent oversight.