Dr. Merideth Norris was found guilty last year on 15 counts of writing unauthorized prescriptions to 5 patients.
Emily Allen
Staff Writer
Emily Allen covers courts for the Portland Press Herald. It's her favorite beat so far — before moving to Maine in 2022, she reported on a wide range of topics for public radio in West Virginia and was the City Hall reporter for the Grand Forks Herald in North Dakota. Emily is not a fan of the cold, but she puts up with Maine's challenging winters because she loves the state's beautiful hiking options ... once the snow has cleared.
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Judge halts deportation of Maine resident who filed complaint over wrongful detention
The Department of Justice said it began the deportation process for Eyidi Ambila after he challenged the constitutionality of his detention at the Cumberland County Jail in Portland last week.
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Unsealed name of sunken mystery ship near Bar Harbor only raises more questions
New court records revealed the boat was named Delhi. A schooner bearing that name sank off the coast of Mount Desert in 1893. But there were many other Delhis sailing the coast of Maine in the 19th century.
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ICE has held a Maine resident in jail for 8 months. The ACLU says that’s illegal.
The ACLU of Maine filed a habeas corpus petition on behalf of 44-year-old Eyidi Ambila, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo but has lived in the US since he was 7.
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A Yarmouth woman wants more people to read this book about accidental killings
Karen McKenna invited the author of the the new book ‘Accidental Killing: a Survivor’s Handbook’ to speak at the library in Brunswick.
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Maine PACs say campaign finance lawsuit is about free speech. The state says it’s about corruption
Magistrate Karen Wolf said she hopes to have a decision by July 15 on whether the state can continue enforcing limits on campaign contributions.
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Kennebunk doctor will not serve prison time for overprescribing opioids
Dr. Merideth Norris was found guilty last summer of writing 15 unauthorized prescriptions to 5 patients. A judge said she felt Norris had already suffered enough public and professional consequences.
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Brewer pediatrician cleared of shaken baby accusation
The Maine Board of Medical Licensure held a hearing and agreed they didn’t find any violations committed by Dr. Albert Adams earlier this year.
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Maine crime victims could lose ‘safety net’ of services without major state investment
Resources like 24-hour hotlines, emergency shelters and legal advocacy could all be at risk if Maine doesn’t figure out how to make up for millions lost in federal funding for victim services.
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Maine judge won’t wait to start releasing people stuck in jail without a lawyer
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy ruled the state of Maine was at fault for unconstitutionally leaving poor defendants without court-appointed attorneys.