The Androscoggin County prosecutor said he sat down with students and their families multiple times, and that students described the incidents as ‘horseplay’ and ‘goofing around.’
Judith Meyer
Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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League of Women Voters reports harassment, intimidation at several Maine polling places
Nonwhite voters were seen being intimidated at voting locations Tuesday in Trenton and South Portland.
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Lewiston reseller’s Pickle Juice lawsuit settled out of court
The case centered around claims made by a Texas company that a Lewiston company was selling counterfeit juice, claims the Lewiston company said that Amazon had determined were fraudulent and hindered the company’s ability to resell the pickle-tasting product.
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Watch: Lewiston ceremony honors the Oct. 25 victims
The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6 p.m. and is scheduled to go until 7:30 p.m.
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Lewiston will mark 1 year since mass shooting with event Friday at The Colisee
Attendees are invited to bring small mementos and keepsakes to leave at the end of the event, all of which will be catalogued and preserved as part of the growing Maine MILL collection in connection with the shooting.
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Maine Trust for Local News wins New England First Amendment, Publick Occurrences awards
NENPA judges said ‘we applaud the newspapers’ persistent efforts to learn and report what happened, what failings may have occurred, and what, if anything, can be done to prevent another tragedy.’
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Mother and her 2 young daughters found dead at Mechanic Falls apartment
No additional information will be released until after the autopsies have been completed, a Maine State Police spokesperson said.
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Two Lewiston shooting victims memorialized at Pettengill Park ball fields
More than one person Sunday used the word ‘fitting’ to describe naming the fields after ballplayers Joe Walker and Tricia Asselin.
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11 officers on administrative leave after Paris chase, shooting
Gary Porter, facing multiple charges for stealing two police vehicles and firing at police, will make his first court appearance on Wednesday.
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Hearing to consider removing Sheriff Wainwright from office is scheduled for April 22
After the hearing, Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justice Donald G. Alexander will provide a written report to the governor and make an advisory recommendation based on the evidence presented at the hearing and through documentation, after which Mills will make her decision.