Joshua Smith, Jem Bean and Mistie Latourette were charged with depraved indifference murder in connection with the death of a boy in Bangor last week.
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Former Augusta police chief proposed as new city manager when current manager steps down
Augusta elected officials will consider a proposal on Thursday to hire Jared Mills as city manager following the decision by Susan Robertson, who has served as city manager since 2021, to retire at the end of March. .
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Federal judge rejects Bangor school’s request to scrap anti-discrimination law ahead of trial
Crosspoint Church accused Maine of discriminating against religious schools whose policies violate the state’s Human Rights Act. The state says giving them taxpayer dollars would allow discrimination against students.
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Skowhegan Fire Department moves out of station it has called home for 120 years
After more than a century at the town’s Island Avenue fire station, the department officially moved Wednesday to its new home at the town’s public safety building.
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After December storm forced evacuation of Augusta’s Edwards Inn, city deems building unsafe
The Edwards Inn evacuated tenants after December’s pre-Christmas storm because of extensive damage, and the city has deemed it unsafe for occupancy until repairs are made.
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Maine House approves food waste recycling mandate
The bill would require some large producers of food waste to find beneficial uses rather than put it into the waste stream.
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Naples man found dead in Waterville school bus died of self-inflicted gunshot, police say
Anthony Engelhardt, 24, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to an autopsy.
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Judge again rejects settlement, orders trial for ACLU’s suit against Maine’s indigent defense system
Superior Justice Michaela Murphy said a proposed settlement failed to address the elephant in the room – the growing number of low-income criminal defendants in Maine who are waiting weeks and months, sometimes in jail, for court-appointed attorneys.
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Skowhegan approves Spinning Mill redevelopment loan, mulls a TIF to help get project back on track
The developer of the mixed-use project has said previously that a tax agreement will be the ‘last piece of the puzzle’ to get the development back on track after it suffered severe flooding damage in December.
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Maine Democrats unveil gun safety and mental health bills. The partisan battles begin.
A 72-hour waiting period for gun purchases, a ban on bump stocks and a network of mental health crisis centers are among the measures Democratic leaders in the Legislature have proposed in response to the mass shooting in Lewiston.