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Kennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education

Health center backers address Gardiner parental concerns on gender-affirming care

by Ethan Horton October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Some community members said they were concerned about the potential for students to receive confidential gender-affirming care in the potential school-based health center.

Maine, Politics

How Maine’s novel ‘yellow flag’ law endured after the Lewiston mass shooting

by Steve Mistler Maine Public October 30, 2024December 10, 2024

Maine’s law is a compromise rooted in a tradition of gun rights that crosses the political aisle.

Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics

Trump wins student mock election in Maine

by Randy Billings October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.

Election 2024, Maine, Politics

Former President Clinton to stump for Harris/Walz campaign in Maine on Friday

by Eric Russell October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

The details of the visit have not been released, but it will be somewhere in southern Maine.

Maine, News

Man fatally shot by Franklin County deputy in Phillips

by Gillian Graham and Donna M. Perry October 30, 2024October 30, 2024

Officials say the man refused to put down his gun and then raised it toward a deputy.

Health, Maine, News

Court oversight of Maine’s mental health services ending after 3 decades

by Eric Russell October 30, 2024October 29, 2024

A 1990 consent decree settled a class action lawsuit brought by patients at the former Augusta Mental Health Institute and has served as a legal guidepost for how the state provides care to adults with mental illness.

Maine

Bought your first home, or trying to move out of it? Tell us about it.

October 29, 2024

Maine, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News

Woman, boy charged after Skowhegan burglary leads to high-speed chase

by Jake Freudberg October 29, 2024October 31, 2024

Matisse Fry, 42, of Augusta and a 16-year-old boy from New York face multiple charges after fleeing police Tuesday night in Fry’s SUV, officials said.