Rep. Nina Milliken has been issued a summons and is due to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge next month.
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Who will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine in Maine this year?
Here’s what you should know and what is still unknown as the flu season approaches.
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Mother and child located
Maine State Police had asked for help finding the 29-year-old woman and her 4-year-old son.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Is Maine approaching, or already in, a recession?
The chief economist at Moody’s Analytics included the state among nearly 2 dozen considered ‘in or at high risk’ of a recession, but the Maine state economist is pushing back and says employment is steady.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, News
Maine not included in DOJ’s northern border crackdown
The announcement that federal officials will increase efforts to fight human smuggling at the northern border come as encounters with noncitizens significantly lag behind previous years in New York, Vermont and Maine.
Posted inLocal & State
Scarborough’s Dunstan tax increment financing district is killed
The Town Council votes to shut down proposed development district.
Posted inLocal & State
Cape Elizabeth will soon be home to a solar field
The 6.5-acre parcel on the capped landfill will feature 2,796 solar modules. Construction could begin as early as this fall.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Portland chef found dead in Massachusetts was ‘heart and soul’ of The Grill Room, restaurant says
Declan Perry, 27, had worked for the Grill Room & Bar since he was a teenager. A Massachusetts man has been charged with murder in his death.
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Confusion looms over COVID-19 vaccine access in Maine
Maine is joining a coalition of northeastern states to try to preserve vaccine availability, but many unknowns remain.
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Three Ecuadorian men ask Maine’s U.S. District Court to halt their expedited removals
A group of petitions filed this week are the latest instance in which Maine’s federal bench is being asked to wade deeper into immigration enforcement.