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.
News
Local, state and national news from the Portland Press Herald
Posted inLocal & State
Scarborough’s Dunstan tax increment financing district is killed
The Town Council votes to shut down proposed development district.
advertisement
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.
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
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.
Posted inLocal & State, News
75 years later, fallen Milbridge soldier finally comes home to Maine
Cpl. Oscar Sprague was reported missing in action while fighting in Korea in 1950, and his surviving family members spent decades unsure what exactly happened to him. The recent identification of his remains, and a remarkably joyous funeral this week, are helping them to find closure at last.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, News
Maine Capitol Police chief has been disciplined before, records show
Public Safety Commissioner Michael Sauschuck suspended Matthew Clancy for 40 hours without pay in 2023.
Posted inLocal & State
Falmouth workforce housing project gets final green light
The development, initiated by the town in response to severely limited affordable housing stock, will bring 48 two-bedroom units to Marshall Drive.
Posted inNews
In York County, training together will bring better law-enforcement outcomes | County Report
Each law enforcement agency in York County is autonomous, but they have much in common. They often work together, each doing their part to contribute to a case, helping bring perpetrators of crime to justice. “We count on each other,” said York County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Jeremy Forbes of the county’s law enforcement agencies. […]