It’s still cheaper to fuel your car here than in much of the U.S., but don’t look for the recent bargains to continue.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
On eve of potential sale, Maine’s largest public company is fending off lawsuits
The possible $35 million settlement of a 2019 suit against Covetrus Inc. comes as shareholders will decide Tuesday whether to sell the veterinary technology and services company to a pair of private investment firms.
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Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, News
Augusta receives $263,000 to provide access to treatment for substance use disorder
Project Recovery in Augusta is to be modeled after the Operation HOPE program in Waterville.
Posted inMaine, Schools and Education
Report finds Maine schools failing to teach Wabanaki studies despite state law
The report was published Monday to mark Indigenous Peoples Day and is a collaboration between the Wabanaki Alliance, the Abbe Museum, the Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission and the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man awaiting trial for 2019 murder dies after repeated COVID infections lead to cancer discovery
Police charged Everett Meserve with murder for the beating death of his neighbor, but his health declined in jail and he died in April, court records show.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Jury hears first police interview with mother standing trial in 3-year-old’s death
On the tapes, Jessica Trefethen gives her account of the events leading up to the death of her son Maddox Williams in June 2021. She is charged with depraved indifference murder.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Maine, New England, News
Maine has costliest COVID telehealth screenings, national survey says
The average cost of an online, remote screening for COVID-19 was $55 in the state.
Posted inMaine, News
State delivers child protective files to legislative agency but not to lawmakers
The Government Oversight Committee last month subpoenaed records associated with child deaths, but the Department of Health and Human Services said giving them to lawmakers would violate confidentiality laws.
Posted inMaine, News
Grandmother testifies mother mistreated toddler because ‘he looked too much like his father’
Sherry Johnson testified at her daughter’s murder trial Thursday about the day they brought 3-year-old Maddox Williams to the hospital. She noticed bruising and said her daughter would often call Maddox ‘ugly.’
Posted inElection 2022, Maine, Politics
Mills and LePage take on economic issues, and each other, in Portland debate
Gov. Janet Mills and former Gov. Paul LePage sparred over economic issues Thursday morning at a breakfast meeting of the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce.