Martin Grohman asked the City Council to remove Roch Angers from the Planning Board due to a Code of Ethics breach.
Local & State
Local Maine news from the Portland Press Herald.
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What Bernie Sanders’ visit says about Democrats’ battle for progressives
The Vermont independent and populist is using a Labor Day rally to boost Troy Jackson’s gubernatorial campaign and Graham Platner’s effort to unseat U.S. Sen. Susan Collins.
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Westbrook police were justified in fatal November shooting, Maine AG rules
Ryan Nichols, 37, was fatally shot by 2 officers who said he swung a set of metal wind chimes toward them during an altercation.
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Problems with Maine’s Real IDs leading to headaches for some travelers
Some of the cards have been rejected by the Transportation Security Administration, leading the agency to advise travelers to carry an additional form of acceptable identification.
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Maine high court rejects employers’ challenge of paid family leave law
Bath Iron Works and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce sued in January, claiming the state was unfairly taxing the company, which has its own paid leave program.
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Lisbon woman seriously hurt in hit-and-run at Topsham Market Basket
Althea Kennedy-Ecker, 72, was struck in the Market Basket parking lot Sunday afternoon. The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested in Brunswick.
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Secluded and unkept Westbrook cemetery holds Civil War, Pride family gravestones
Brook Street property owner Sandra Smith has requested that the city clean up the plot.
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Maine man accused of faking own death after defrauding VA of over $240K
Washington County resident Gregory Heimann, 51, was arrested in Missouri over a year after he disappeared, the U.S. Marshals Service said.
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Biddeford begins work on new Martin Community Center playground
To the surprise of residents, several trees were removed at the J. Richard Martin Community Center to make way for a new playground.
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Magnitude 2.5 earthquake reported off Maine coast
The earthquake just before 4 a.m. Tuesday was centered near Vinalhaven, an island in Penobscot Bay.