Woman who fired gun into floor of Oakland home during argument with husband was found guilty of reckless conduct, criminal threatening, endangering child.
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Healthy Living For ME announces grant award
AUGUSTA — Healthy Living for ME is one of 20 grantees for USAging’s Center of Excellence to Align Health and Social Care. With the funding received through the COE, the agency will be able to further develop HL4ME’s capabilities, capacities, and support infrastructure to better coordinate health and social care service deliveries for people in […]
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Verdict expected Tuesday in trial of woman who shot gun during argument with husband at their Oakland home
Heather M. Hodgson, 41, admits she intentionally fired her handgun into the floor during an argument with her husband, but testified Monday at the Capital Judicial Center in Augusta that she was in fear of him and acted in self-defense.
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Record temperatures expected as heat wave blasts Maine
Experts say records could be set this week as temperatures are predicted to hit the mid- or upper 90s from Portland to Bangor, foreshadowing what is expected to be a warmer-than-average summer.
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Augusta councilors seek urgency, accountability in spending thousands from opioid settlement
Officials may vote this week on forming a local committee to make recommendations to councilors on how to spend the city’s share of Maine’s $230 million settlement with pharmaceutical companies.
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Maine CDC names winners of Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest
AUGUSTA — Keria Letendre, a fifth-grade student at Marcia Buker Elementary School, is one of four winners of the 2024 Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest of The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The Maine CDC holds the contest for Maine students in kindergarten to grade 8 to help raise awareness about Lyme […]
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Six months in, Maine’s first public defenders’ office talks strategy
‘I think we are fighting a cultural battle here,’ the head of the office says.
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Watch: Mainers invited to design new version of old state flag in contest ahead of November vote
Voters will be asked this fall whether Maine should change its official state flag from the current one based on the state seal to a simpler, pine tree design dating to 1901.
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Benton man who allegedly ‘tortured’ woman withdraws pleas after judge rejects deal
Christopher S. Groves, 28, withdrew a no-contest plea to domestic violence charges after a judge rejected a proposed plea bargain resulting in 90 days behind bars.
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Chelsea man sentenced for 2023 machete attack in Augusta
Elias M. Rodriguez, 25, was sentenced to a six-year prison sentence, with all but 18 months of that time suspended, and two years of probation, after pleading guilty to a Class B charge of aggravated assault.