Robert ‘Paco’ Payzant Jr., 55, spent several years as a volunteer hospice worker as a state inmate before joining the Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition.
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Federal jury rejects woman’s claims of abuse by officers at Wiscasset jail
Candace Faller sued the jail for not making a female corrections officer immediately available in 2016 after she told male officers she had post-traumatic stress disorder.
August rains eased drought, but parched areas remain
Less than half of the state was experiencing drought conditions as of Aug. 30, down from 72 percent just over a month ago.
Judge says woman’s suit against corrections officers at Two Bridges Regional Jail can move forward
The lawsuit accuses male corrections officers at the jail of violating the Woolwich woman’s rights and breaking her coccyx when they held her down to be searched.
Land trust to open storybook trails in Woolwich, Bath
Throughout the summer, the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust in Bath is offering storybook trails across the region. These temporary exhibits at preserves will showcase nature-themed stories and activities for elementary-aged children and their chaperoning adults. Kids and families can walk a trail, explore a preserve, and read a children’s book one page at a time. […]
Anonymous customer tips Woolwich restaurant waitresses hundreds of dollars
Taste of Maine Restaurant staff isn’t saying who left a $400 tip for one server and $800 for another, but say the tipper is a repeat customer.
Bath-based trust to give alfewife migration presentation May 21
Staff from the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust plan to give a presentation from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 21, at the Nequasset Fish Ladder, to discuss alewife biology, life history, and the history of the alewife run at Nequasset Lake in Woolwich. This presentation is free, according to a news release from the Bath-based […]
Land trust seeks volunteers for Woolwich lake alewife count
WOOLWICH — As spring comes to coastal Maine, it brings with it the return of alewives to Nequasset Lake and the start of the annual Nequasset alewife count. Counting alewives is a way to celebrate spring, take part in one of the world’s great migrations, and help an important and historic fishery, according to a […]
Woolwich family sues Amazon over fatal highway crash
Misty Fisher and her family filed a negligence lawsuit Monday after a delivery driver hit and killed her husband in Topsham in July 2020.
Motorcyclist severely injured when bike crashes into vehicle
The crash, which threw Benson Gilmore, 68, off his bike, forced police to close Route 127 in Woolwich for more than two hours Wednesday.