OLD ORCHARD BEACH — The town of Old Orchard Beach has extended a moratorium on medical marijuana storefronts. The Town Council enacted a 60-day moratorium in February to give the town time to draft an ordinance regulating places that sell medical marijuana that resemble retail storefronts in terms of signs, hours of operation and accessibility […]
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Mills: New tobacco settlement cash could fund Medicaid expansion
Attorney General Janet Mills said Tuesday she has found a funding source for expanding Medicaid in Maine, which could snuff some arguments against expansion but is sure to cause ongoing controversy about her authority to spend the money. Mills, a Democrat who is running for governor, said during a Tuesday news conference at the State […]
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Lawyers spar over case accusing Maine governor of blackmail
BOSTON — A lawyer urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to toss a lawsuit accusing Maine Republican Gov. Paul LePage of blackmail for threatening to withhold state funding to force a charter school operator to rescind a job offer to a Democratic political opponent. Attorney Patrick Strawbridge told the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]
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First person sentenced in Russia probe draws 30 days, fine
WASHINGTON — A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison in the first punishment handed down in special counsel’s Russia investigation. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. Alex van der Zwaan’s sentence could set a guidepost for […]
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States, cities sue US over census citizenship question
NEW YORK — Seventeen states, the District of Columbia and six cities sued the U.S. government Tuesday, saying the addition of a citizenship question to the census form is unconstitutional. The Trump administration’s decision to ask people about their citizenship has set off worries among Democrats that immigrants will dodge the survey altogether, diluting political […]
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Trump wants military to secure border with Mexico
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to use the military to secure the U.S.-Mexico border until his promised border wall is built. Speaking at a lunch with Baltic leaders, Trump said he’s been discussing the idea with his Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis. “We’re going to be doing things militarily. Until we can […]
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Bernice King discusses her father, his legacy in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Bernice King stared with purpose at the video of her father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., concentrating on the tired look in his eyes as he spoke to reporters in the days before he was gunned down at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee. She was touring a new multi-media exhibit Monday […]
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Data back up AP poll: Little progress on civil rights issues
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., American perceptions of progress toward racial equality remain largely divided along racial lines, a recent AP-NORC poll shows . The majority of African-Americans surveyed saw little to no progress toward equal treatment in key areas that the civil rights movement sought to address. White respondents frequently portrayed […]
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Sanford Police Log
SANFORD — The following people were arrested or charged with a crime March 27 to April 2. If there is no listing for a specific date, it means no one was arrested or charged on that day, according to police logs provided by the agency: • Justin L. Obremski, 27, Sanford, was arrested and charged […]
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Saco considers deal for Unit 91
SACO — The city could be working toward a potential deal on Unit 91. The city acquired a portion of a former mill building on Saco Island in lieu of unpaid property taxes from the Island Terrace Owners Association in early 2016. The property, known as Unit 91, is a multi-use space in the otherwise […]