The board declines to comment on the report on Thomas Fortier, who has been on paid administrative leave since he was issued a summons in August on charges of misdemeanor theft of parking fees.
Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick is the Franklin County reporter for the Morning Sentinel. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. Before moving to Maine, Kate interned with the Washington Post's investigative team, traveling to Wichita, Kan. to report for the 2016 rollout of the Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning Fatal Force series on police shootings. At the Post, Kate also worked on metro investigations including a story on evictions in the District of Columbia that led to changes in the district's eviction policies. While in D.C., Kate had the opportunity to work with a D.C.-based Frontline team on their upcoming investigative documentary and intern with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. A native New Yorker, she relocated to Maine just in time for winter.
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Tractor-trailer crash snarls traffic on I-295 in Falmouth
The accident occurred early Sunday when the big rig fishtailed and went off the highway into trees, Maine State Police say.
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Two men dead after shootings in Casco and Naples
Another man was critically wounded in a night of violence that ended when Norman Strobel, 59, of Naples was shot and killed by Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies, authorities say.
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Betsy Parsons
Her bold action helped lead to gay-straight alliances at high schools across the state.
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Saint Joseph’s college kicks off its 8th annual pie baking contest
Volunteers gathered in the school’s mercy hall to bake 250 pies for area families
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Vandal carves TRUMP into dashboard of car with anti-Trump bumper sticker
Megan Dyke’s car was parked in her Portland driveway when someone also peeled the “#NeverTrump fight hate” sticker from her bumper and slashed her seats.
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Thomaston man who accidentally shot girlfriend pleads guilty
Dylan Grubbs, 24, was showing a potential buyer a pistol when it went off, hitting Chelsea Jones, 22, who died three days later.
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Jury convicts South Portland dermatologist of tax evasion, distributing controlled drugs
The panel deliberated for nearly five days in the case of Dr. Joel Sabean, who was accused of avoiding $900,000 in taxes.
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Portland-grown Christmas tree rises in Monument Square
The 40-foot blue spruce, donated by a family who planted it in their yard in Riverton 30 years ago, will be lit in a ceremony Nov. 25.
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Driver and passenger cited in crash that ties up traffic on I-295 north of Freeport
Paul Bigneault was charged with driving to endanger and John Medeiros, who is in serious condition at Maine Med, was cited for failing to wear a seatbelt.