The formal disaster declaration is expected to open up federal disaster relief funding in Maine counties hit hard by the storm.
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Federal government examining Maine’s Child Development Services
Education Commissioner Pender Makin told employees a federal agency is ‘interested’ after multiple reports showed CDS is failing disabled children.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Massachusetts driver killed Tuesday by police in Fryeburg
Police say a knife-wielding Massachusetts man was shot after a chase involving several departments and approaching an officer with a knife.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Oxford County deputy injured in Fryeburg following chase, shooting
Police and rescue personnel responded to an officer involved shooting on Main Street.
Posted inMaine, Politics
8 takeaways from Gov. Mills’ State of State address
The governor is proposing major gun legislation and the establishment of mental health crisis centers in response to the Lewiston mass shootings, as well as investments to increase the resiliency of coastal infrastructure in the wake of recent destructive storms.
Posted inHealth, Maine
Influenza cases remain steady in Maine
Maine has not seen the high levels of flu cases recently reported in other parts of the U.S.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Several people arrested after raids of 7 illegal marijuana grows in central Maine
Over 6,000 plants were seized from residences in Whitefield, Jefferson and Chelsea in the last month, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
State assistant attorney general pleads guilty to driving under the influence last year in Wilton
‘Paul (Suitter) took full and complete responsibility for what happened, and is looking forward to putting this matter behind him,’ attorney Walter McKee wrote in an email to the Sun Journal.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
State reaches plea deal with suspect in Washington County slaying
Donnell Dana pleaded guilty to hindering apprehension in connection with the 2022 killing of Kimberly Neptune. Prosecutors are dropping a murder charge against him.
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Complaint alleges Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice violated ethics code
A Yarmouth attorney’s complaint says Justice Catherine Connors should have recused herself from a recent foreclosure case, which overturned a precedent set in a prior case where she represented a major bank.