The Hancock County sheriff cut off a nonprofit recovery coaching service after it expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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Counselors from agency that praised Black Lives Matter barred from Hancock County Jail
Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane canceled the group’s contract last summer and defended his decision when questioned this week.
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Man who fled to Maine sentenced for 1996 Massachusetts rape
Ivan Keith fled Massachusetts in 2003 and was arrested in Seal Cove, Maine, in August 2019, in a house that belonged to his ex-wife, authorities said.
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Agreement settles case against Cianbro Corp. chairman charged in cannon blast
Charges were filed last fall against Peter G. Vigue, 72, of Pittsfield after he fired a small cannon at a Maine Maritime Academy football game and injured a referee.
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Sale of Hancock County wind farm project puts it on fast track toward completion
The Weaver Wind project, scheduled to go online by October 2020, is expected to produce enough energy to power up to 20,000 homes annually.
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Maine State Police find missing fisherman
Samuel (Deonta) Linscott, 23, of Waltham in Hancock County, worked in the Winter Harbor area and hadn’t been heard from in three days.
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Stonington man hospitalized after 2 crashes within 5 miles
Jared Murphy, 18, clipped a car he was trying to pass, then continued on and rolled his pickup truck a few miles later, police say.
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Maine Voices: Children – and battery electric school buses – are our future
A new federal bill will help districts get the resources they need to provide tens of thousands of young Mainers with healthy air to breathe and a safe ride to school.
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Elderly man killed in head-on crash in Hancock County
Maine State Police say Joseph Ryan, 93, of Hancock died after his car collided with another vehicle Sunday afternoon on Route 1 in Hancock.
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Federal, state investigators charge 25 people in Down East drug trafficking case
Authorities say the defendants, from Maine and New York, distributed crack, cocaine, heroin and fentanyl from New York City in Washington and Hancock counties.