The Trump administration ended public health contracts worth $91 million to Maine and local agencies this week.
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Students question West Gardiner school board candidates
West Gardiner resident Joe Boyd is running against incumbent Matthew Lillibridge.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools and Education
Saint Dominic Academy to close its high school at end of school year
Grades kindergarten through 8 will continue at the Lewiston campus starting next year.
Posted inMaine, News
Wet weekend ahead, with snow forecast for most of Maine
A mix of rain and snow starting overnight Friday and carrying into Saturday will leave roads slick and snowy by morning, according to the National Weather Service.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Hourslong hearing highlights continuing tension over Maine abortion laws
Residents opposed to abortion urged lawmakers to roll back laws that expanded access in Maine and called on the Legislature to pass a bill criminalizing abortion even after the sponsor said she no longer supported it.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Trump signs executive order to end collective bargaining at agencies involved with national security
Rep. Jared Golden said he would ‘introduce legislation to repeal’ the order, which would affect Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Togus VA Medical Center, SUBSHIP Bath at Bath Iron Works, the AFL-CIO said.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Jay man accused of sexually assaulting girl under age 16
Brandon J. Wilson, 19, of Jay, was fired from his position as a corrections officer at Franklin County Detention Center in Farmington on March 25, the same day of his arrest.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills swears in 4 new judges, including state supreme court associate justice
Julia Lipez is now an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Halle Berry testifies before Maine Legislature to support menopause education
‘I’m in menopause, and I had no idea,’ the actress told the Health and Human Services Committee. ‘None of my doctors ever talked to me about it.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Maine Crime, News
Benton man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to 29 years
Raheem Goodwin, who pleaded guilty on Friday, will serve 29 years in prison for the 2023 murder of Edwin Weeks in Fairfield.