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April 15, 2021

Video shows Chicago boy wasn’t holding gun when shot by officer

Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on the public to keep the peace and some downtown businesses boarded up their windows in the expectation there could be unrest.
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April 15, 2021

Shy podcaster helped police crack California cold case

A musician who created a podcast about the disappearance of college student Kristin Smart in 1996 is credited with helping police make an arrest after nearly a quarter-century.
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April 15, 2021

Public Advocate Barry Hobbins to retire after decades in public office

Hobbins, a Democrat, served multiple terms in the state Legislature, and was appointed Maine's Public Advocate by Republican Gov. Paul LePage in 2017.
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April 15, 2021

U.S. makes progress on vaccinations even as COVID-19 cases surge

New daily infections in the U.S. have increased 11% in the past two weeks, and the picture is still relentlessly grim in parts of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia.
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April 15, 2021

More cases, fewer vaccinations leave Androscoggin County as a COVID-19 hotspot in Maine

Androscoggin County posted its third-highest daily total of cases on Thursday, its worst showing since January.

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April 15, 2021

Former Cumberland County Jail officer charged with gross sexual assault of inmate

Investigators say Jonathan Williams, 30, had sexual contact with a person incarcerated in the jail's community corrections center in 2019.
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April 15, 2021

CMP and other utility companies can once again disconnect customers who are behind on their bills

After an 18-month moratorium, utilities are allowed to cut off service starting next week if customers who have fallen behind don't work out payments plans.
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April 15, 2021

COVID outbreak reported at Penobscot County Jail

The sheriff's office said the 4 who contracted the virus were housed in the same area.
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April 15, 2021

Sixth graders in Skowhegan to go remote Friday

The decision was made Thursday to move the sixth graders to remote learning Friday after a staff member at Skowhegan Area Middle School tested positive for coronavirus, resulting in 40 staff members and students being asked to quarantine.
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April 15, 2021

Skowhegan man charged with using PPP loan for barber pole light, church donation released on bond

Nathan Reardon, 43, is accused in federal court of submitting false information to receive — and then misuse — a $59,000 Paycheck Protection Program loan.