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Published
April 26, 2022

Driver who slammed car into Deering Oaks bleachers pleads guilty to manslaughter

Jonathan Burt of Lisbon will serve 4½ years of a 15-year suspended sentence for killing Celestin Muhizi, 76, in 2020.
Published
April 13, 2022

Woolwich family sues Amazon over fatal highway crash

Misty Fisher and her family filed a negligence lawsuit Monday after a delivery driver hit and killed her husband in Topsham in July 2020.
Published
April 6, 2022

Orrington church suing the governor for pandemic restrictions says its case still matters

Calvary Chapel Bangor is still suing the governor for pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings that haven't been in effect for more than a year.
Published
April 5, 2022

Former jail guard charged in deadly Gorham crash seeks to have statements thrown out

Kenneth Morang, who faces manslaughter charges from the 2019 crash, is asking the court to throw out evidence from a Gorham police detective who talked to him after the collision. Morang's family testified Tuesday that the detective promised them there would be no charges.
Published
April 1, 2022

Cumberland County judge seals documents related to Eliot Cutler search warrant

The action relates to a March 23 search of former gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler's Portland home for child pornography.

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Published
March 29, 2022

Retired judges will hear divorce cases to clear Maine backlog

The program began last week and will assign the former judges as referees to divorce cases where both sides involved have lawyers.
Published
March 28, 2022

Maine man, 19, indicted on manslaughter charge in crash that killed passenger

Julie Clark, 19, of Troy died from injuries suffered in a crash Oct. 31, 2021, in which Stephen B. Richardson III was driving, according to officials.
Published
March 24, 2022

State denies trooper faced whistleblower retaliation

Attorneys argued in federal court Thursday whether retiring Maine state trooper George Loder's whistleblower retaliation case should go to trial.
Published
March 24, 2022

Former Tom’s of Maine employee alleges sex discrimination, hostile workplace in lawsuit

Sharron Desrochers, of Alfred, says she was harassed and bullied by male co-workers and her employer refused to respond or allow her to transfer to a different shift or position.
Published
March 23, 2022

Report on Boston Asylum Office finds disproportionately low acceptance rates, bias against applicants

The office serving asylum seekers in and around Maine has the second lowest approval rate in the nation, according to a report by Maine immigrant advocacy groups.