Jill Sidebotham, Nicholas Hansen and their 2-year-old daughter, Lydia Hansen, were reported missing by family in early July.
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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In Gorham, muted reaction to a town councilor’s Oath Keepers ties
Benjamin Hartwell was one of two Maine elected officials found on membership rolls of the violent, anti-government group.
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Riverton Park family recounts shooting that left bullet hole in child’s bedroom
Portland police are still investigating a pair of shootings at Riverton Park on Friday night and Saturday morning.
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Lebanon wrestles with its relationship to man charged in Jan. 6 riot
Ahead of a ruling on the case of Kyle Fitzsimons, facing 11 federal charges for his role in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, neighbors and community leaders debate the impact on the small town.
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Former Portland ed tech pleads guilty to sexual exploitation of 7-year-old student
Benjamin Conroy, 33, worked at Ocean Avenue Elementary School before he was arrested last fall.
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State drops murder charge against Limington man whose conviction was thrown out
The state cites a lack of sufficient evidence to retry Bruce Akers, 64, who until recently had been incarcerated since his 2016 arrest in connection with the slaying of his neighbor, Douglas Flint.
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One of South Portland’s oldest bottle redemption centers closes
Don Cook is closing Rolando’s Redemption because of rising costs, including for workers. There already are 40 fewer licensed Maine redemption centers now than there were 2 years ago.
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Lobster union drops lawsuit challenge to seasonal closure rule
Maine lobstermen are waiting to see what federal officials propose, after a judge ordered regulators to create a new set of rules to protect endangered right whales.
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Federal judge approves plan to reimburse Maine inmates who lost unemployment benefits
The state will return more than $163,000 in seized unemployment benefits to 54 people who were incarcerated in Maine in 2020 and barred from the state’s work-release program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pay dispute stymies hiring of Maine’s first 5 public defenders
Lawmakers voted in April to spend nearly $1 million on the first team of public defenders, but a disagreement over whether their pay should equal that of prosecutors has stalled the hiring process.