The other members of Maine’s congressional delegation take an opposing position on Trump’s conviction on felony charges, with Sen. Angus King and Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden seeing the trial and its outcome as a validation of the U.S. justice system.
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Maine State Police investigating death of toddler in Thomaston
It is unclear what the child’s cause of death is at this time.
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Sheriff denies that officers responding to Lewiston mass shooting had been drinking
‘I am confident that our members responded to the mass casualty event in Lewiston in both a sober and professional manner,’ Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce said.
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Update: Athens man identified in single-vehicle fatal crash in Hartland
Matthew J. Sites, 56, of Athens, who was killed in the crash, was a longtime newspaper carrier for the Morning Sentinel.
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Bust at illegal marijuana grow site near St. Albans day care turns up hundreds of plants, police say
The property marks the 18th illegal marijuana grow busted in Somerset County this year, police said.
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Vermont police won’t charge Maine couple in case of dead baby in 1982
Vermont State Police worked with a DNA technology company to do genealogy analysis that led them the mother and father, who confirmed they were the parents.
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‘A space that’s welcoming for everyone’: A Coffeehouse opens in Waterville
A Coffeehouse is now open in the former Record Connection building at 252 Main St. in Waterville, where patrons are invited to drop in, sip coffee or tea, enjoy a meal, play a tune, read a book or talk politics.
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Inside a Vassalboro woman’s crusade for public access
Through most of the pandemic, Vassalboro did not record or livestream its public meetings, leaving many residents in the dark about municipal business, so Laura Jones decided to change that.
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Waterville man pleads guilty to federal firearms charges
Damiean Marcial-Alexander, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to a 2022 burglary at J.R.’s Trading & Pawn in Waterville, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Mother of Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide files lawsuit over ‘reckless and conscious disregard’
The mother of a Somerset County Jail inmate who died by suicide in the Madison jail two years ago has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the county, sheriff and jail officials failed to provide adequate mental and physical health care to inmate Virgil White, of Athens, who was suffering from mental illness.