No reason was given for removal of Keith Amato from the panel.
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Committee recommends dropping medical program, refreezing positions to reduce proposed budget for Kennebec County
The proposed spending plan calls for a 44% tax increase for property owners.
Cumberland County Jail reports 2nd inmate death in a month
The state and Portland police are investigating after a prisoner at the jail was found unresponsive in their cell Wednesday.
Unity man arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault of minor in Hartland
Jesse Harvey, 30, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a child younger than 16 over the past four years, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Boston man, arrested in Anson, sentenced on federal drug-dealing charges
Harold Andujar-Pimentel was sentenced to 15 years in prison on federal drug trafficking and firearms charges.
Update: Moose River woman, seriously injured in logging truck crash, fell asleep at wheel after working night shift, say police
Naomi Trepanier, 37, was taken by helicopter to a Bangor hospital with severe but not life-threatening injuries after the Tuesday morning crash, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Prosecutors, defense agree there’s only ‘circumstantial’ evidence in deadly 2016 shooting
A dozen jurors started deliberating Wednesday afternoon about whether Aristotle Stilley shot David Anderson and Abdirahman Abdullahi.
Police investigating vandalism at Church Street Playground in Jay
Someone used a black magic marker and drew male sex organs on playground equipment.
Maine delegation joins call to require brain screenings for military in wake of Lewiston mass shooting
The U.S. Army reservist who killed 18 people in Lewiston in October had been exposed to ‘thousands of low-level blasts’ during years of grenade training, and the damage has been linked to mental health and behavioral changes he exhibited before the shooting.
Proposed minimum wage for Maine farmworkers heads toward passage
The bill received overwhelming support in the Senate on Wednesday, one day after narrowly winning support in the House of Representatives.