Homeless in Maine: Record-setting estimates come as winter’s bite threatens the vulnerable

androscoggin county

Published
December 4, 2022

Homeless in Maine: Record-setting estimates come as winter’s bite threatens the vulnerable

Escalating costs for housing, food and fuel have officials especially concerned as cold weather sets in and as estimates grow for people unable to find stable housing.
Published
November 27, 2022

System to help poor defendants is worsening in rural Maine

Attorneys staffing the struggling indigent defense program say the solutions they're seeing can't keep up with the systemic problems.
Published
August 19, 2022

Gov. Mills announces agriculture infrastructure investment grants

Six area farms and food processors awarded $2.5 million in grants.
Published
August 1, 2022

U.S. Sen. Angus King helped funnel $9 million to projects in Androscoggin, Franklin counties

Federal money to assist with internet access, development and infrastructure in Androscoggin and Franklin counties.
Published
July 15, 2022

Ed Rabasco Jr. secures ballot spot for district attorney election

Poland Democrat earned more than three times the needed write-ins during the June primary and will run against GOP contender Neil McLean in November for the Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties DA post.
Published
March 26, 2022

Counties across Maine losing State Police patrols in rural areas

As Maine State Police shifts more of its focus to highway safety along the interstate system and criminal investigations, cash-strapped counties lack the resources to hire more deputies to fill the void.
Published
March 15, 2022

Facing felony charges and a suspended law license, former district attorney candidate plans to run again

Though Seth Carey faces felony sexual assault charges and his law license is suspended, Carey hopes to win the Republican primary in June, as he did four years ago.
Published
March 7, 2022

District Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to Maine Supreme Judicial Court

If his nomination by Gov. Mills is confirmed in the Maine Senate, he'll be the first Black justice on the state's highest court.
Published
October 7, 2021

Androscoggin County sheriff seeks higher wages to prevent staff from leaving for higher-paid jobs

Eric Samson said departments in surrounding communities are paying more money.
Published
September 18, 2021

Families sue shuttered Lewiston funeral home over handling of bodies

The bodies of the plaintiffs' family members were eventually seized by the Maine Office of Chief Medical Examiner after they were found decomposing in an unrefrigerated basement.