The region has experienced repeated shootouts between hunters, fishermen and official security agents.
June 2022
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Winthrop nursing home placed on federal ‘special focus’ list
Two patients wandered out of the Heritage Rehabilitation and Living Center last year, and one was killed by a truck.
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Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Gov. Mills announces 20 projects added to Land for Maine’s Future program
Sabattus, Lovell, Fryeburg, Oxford and Porter sites identified.
Posted inNews
Student, foster parent and state sue RSU 73 over alleged violation of disability rights laws
The student, who has autism, was removed from an integrated classroom to work with a tutor, the federal lawsuit says.
Posted inNation & World
New York governor signs law raising age to own semi-automatic rifle
‘Thoughts and prayers won’t fix this, but taking strong action will,’ she says.
Posted inBiddeford-Saco-OOB Courier, Southern Maine Weeklies
Campaign spending in County Commisison District 3 up from prior years
Both candidates say it may be time to consider some sort of public campaign financing.
Posted inNation & World
Judge delays trial of 2 former officers in Floyd killing until 2023
A jury consultant says the reason for the postponement seems like a ‘strange rationale.’
Posted inLocal & State
Supreme Court expected to soon rule on Maine school voucher case
Carson v. Makin centers around whether students in mostly rural districts can use state education vouchers to attend religious-based schools.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
In blow to Biden, Mexico president to skip Americas Summit
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he will not attend this week’s Summit of the Americas because the leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua are not invited.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State, Politics
Democrats tout Gov. Mills’ record on LGBTQ rights
The party slams Republican Paul LePage over his 2018 veto of a bill to ban gay conversion therapy, as well as GOP attacks on LGBTQ rights in many states.