Edgar Vicente Bermeo Sicha was released from ICE custody on Saturday, one day after a federal judge in Maine ordered the agency to do so, according to a status update filed with the court Monday.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Tuberculosis cases increase in Maine and nation, but no current outbreak
There had been 28 cases in Maine this year through the end of July.
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Plane that crashed at Bangor International Airport bounced off runway before striking fence
Tuesday’s preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board does not point to a specific cause for the first fatal plane crash ever reported at the airport.
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8 events not to miss in central Maine
Fairs are planned in Litchfield and Clinton; concerts in Farmington, Bangor, Greene and Sidney; and a play in Madison.
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Author Ben Shattuck chose the Maine woods for ‘The History of Sound’
The story, now a film starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, takes place at Bowdoin College, Augusta’s defunct train station and the backwaters of Maine.
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Immigrant owners are preserving Maine’s variety stores and markets
New Mainers are buying and operating village markets and variety stores across the state, often in rural areas where they are preserving the only retail access to gas, groceries and other necessities for miles around.
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2 injured when floatplane crashes in Flagstaff Lake
The 1956 Cessna 170B was trying to take off when it crashed around 1:30 p.m. Monday, state police said.
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Bernie Sanders backs Graham Platner, Troy Jackson at Labor Day rally in Portland
The Vermont independent stumped with progressive candidates for Senate and governor against ‘oligarchy,’ the MAGA movement and the Democratic party establishment before a crowd of several thousand.
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A guide to researching nursing homes and assisted living facilities
Transitioning an older loved one into a nursing home or assisted living facility is difficult, especially when you’re trying to figure out whether a facility will be safe and meet their needs.
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A conversation with Brian Ambrette, director of Maine’s new resilience office
‘It’s important for an entity like the State Resilience Office to have this kind of high altitude vantage point to think about responses that can address multiple issues at a time, like threats to community safety, economic wellbeing and resilience posed by climate change.’