State wardens say the crimes are especially egregious because the carcasses were left to rot rather than used for food.
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Portland natives and veterans of 2 wars connect through Vet to Vet program
World War II veteran Philip H. Levinsky and Vietnam veteran Sam Kelley are bound together by war and service in a way that only fellow veterans can truly understand.
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Lewiston joins growing list of U.S. communities living with gun trauma
Experts acknowledge that every mass shooting is different but say the Maine city is likely to feel lingering effects of anguish for years.
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Malaga Island-inspired ‘This Other Eden’ is fiction; critics say it revives harmful myths
Paul Harding says his latest novel, up for major awards, is not meant to be historically accurate. But archivists and descendants believe it badly invites inaccurate depictions of the Maine island’s mistreated residents.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Tears, laughter at service for Winthrop father and son killed in Lewiston mass shooting
The celebration of life for Bill Young, 44, and Aaron Young, 14, was held at Hope Baptist Church in Manchester on Friday, drawing more than 200 family and community members.
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Future of Wiscasset principal placed on leave to be discussed at meeting
Gina Stevens, principal of Wiscasset Middle High School, was placed on leave over a camera she said was installed after the school’s food pantry kept getting broken into.
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Trial begins for Augusta man accused of killing Richmond photographer over salacious images
Tyon Shuron is accused of murdering Andrew Sherman at Sherman’s Richmond home in 2019 and trying to compel a witness to change the story she told police.
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State workers vote no confidence in director of child development services
The union representing agency workers called on the Maine Department of Education to replace Director Roberta Lucas, citing a ‘toxic work environment’ and her ‘apparent support’ for dissolving the agency.
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Maine’s Catholic church, victims of child sex abuse argue law’s constitutionality before state’s Supreme Judicial Court
Maine’s highest court will decide whether to keep a 2021 law that eliminated the statute of limitations for civil claims of childhood sexual abuse and allows people to file claims regardless of when the alleged abuse occurred.
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Newly created White House office pressed into action in wake of Lewiston shootings
The Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which sent a team to Lewiston 4 days after the shootings, says it is designed to respond swiftly to help communities recover from mass shootings.