The Maine Ethics Commission voted to fine the political action committee after determining it failed to disclose top funders.
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Longtime toy fund volunteer inspires donations
A longtime Press Herald Toy Fund volunteer is remembered through donations from friends and family.
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Topsham business spreads Christmas cheer with donation to high school seniors
The Cosmic Stone and Garden seasonal supply company in Topsham will donate almost $4,000 to help fund Project Graduation for Mt. Ararat High School seniors.
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State expects another budget surplus despite economic uncertainty
Gov. Janet Mills said in a statement that an additional $283 million in projected revenue this year would help create an ’emergency winter energy relief program’ to help struggling Mainers.
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Former Brunswick town councilor facing child pornography charges
Christopher Watkinson resigned from the Brunswick Town Council on Nov. 18 and is on leave from his job at Bowdoin College.
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Maine’s high court upholds CMP lease of public land key to $1 billion power line
The Supreme Judicial Court finds that Central Maine Power has a valid lease of public land that would be crossed by the New England Clean Energy Connect project.
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Simple ideas collide: Giving Tuesday and the Press Herald Toy Fund
Many parents say rising costs and expiring pandemic relief programs are making holiday gifts an unaffordable luxury.
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Augusta police cruiser was unlocked and running, with AR-15 rifle inside, when stolen, according to court documents
Kyle King, 27, who reportedly took the cruiser from the Augusta police station, contacted a dispatcher from the Shaw’s Plaza, where a Farmington family said it had a confrontation with him. There is no indication King attempted to use the rifle, which was secured with a gun lock.
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State looks to release plan for extra heating assistance this week
Winter’s not even begun, but more than 33,100 households in Maine have applied for help with heating bills so far this season, an 18.6% increase over the same time last year.
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Woman hospitalized after fiery Topsham crash with infant in car; police say speed a likely cause
Police are still investigating the single-vehicle crash that injured driver Kyndric Stewart, 25, but left her 2-month-old daughter unharmed.