1st Circuit declines to prevent inmate access to opioid meds BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied an emergency request to stop a jail from being forced to provide an inmate with medication she says is needed to keep her opioid addiction in remission. The Aroostook County Jail appealed to the 1st U.S. […]
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Luc Tieman loses appeal of conviction for wife’s murder
Maine’s top court has rejected an appeal by a Fairfield man convicted of murdering his wife in 2016. A jury took less than an hour to find Luc Tieman guilty last year. His wife, 34-year-old Valerie Tieman, was shot twice in the head and neck. Investigators found her body buried behind her husband’s parents’ home in Fairfield. […]
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Riverview patient who killed Troy man in 2009 seeks move to Glenburn group home
AUGUSTA — A former Skowhegan woman found not criminally responsible for killing a man on Christmas Eve 2009 is seeking permission to move to a new group home in Glenburn to be closer to relatives, but the victim’s family is against it. Karen McCaul was committed to state custody after being found not criminally responsible […]
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Retailers join call for Maine to ban plastic bags statewide
AUGUSTA — Maine could join three other states in banning single-use plastic shopping bags if a bill heard Wednesday by the Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee becomes law. “It is time we tackle this issue on a larger scale,” said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Holly Stover, D-Boothbay, at a news conference before the hearing. […]
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Region 10 board votes to cut its general trades program to part-time despite pushback
BRUNSWICK — Despite efforts by staff to find money to keep Region 10 Technical High School’s general trades program running full-time next year, the school’s cooperative board voted this week to cut the program to part-time. The board voted 4-0 with member Alison Hawkes abstaining. R10’s General Trades Employability Skills Program is designed to teach […]
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Search stretches on for Wisconsin man believed drowned in Kennebec River
BATH — Bath police said Wednesday that a Wisconsin man who slipped from a dock into the Kennebec River last week has still not been found. David Dieterich, 35, of Caledonia, Wisconsin was with two work colleagues when he stepped onto an unstable dock near the Kennebec Tavern and fell into the river shortly before […]
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MSAD 75 teachers say they’re underpaid compared to peers in nearby districts, push for raises
TOPSHAM — Teachers in Maine School Administrative District 75 are asking for raises that they say would put their pay on par with teachers in neighboring school systems. The Merrymeeting Teachers Association has been negotiating with the school district, trying to agree to terms on a three-year contract. Teachers and parents showed up at the […]
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RSU 1 adult education to merge with Merrymeeting
BATH — After a year of working with Merrymeeting Adult Education, Regional School Unit 1’s adult ed program will officially merge with the organization. “We just feel like it made a lot of sense,” said RSU 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel. On Monday, the RSU 1 school board approved the merger in order to increase opportunities […]
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Authorities concerned about missing Wiscasset man
Authorities say they are concerned for the well-being of a Wiscasset man who was last seen leaving work early Thursday morning. Casey Main, 36, left work around 5:30 a.m. but never arrived at his home in Wiscasset, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement late Thursday night. “This is out of the normal […]
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Peace groups expected to protest christening of warship at BIW
Members of more than a dozen peace groups are planning to protest the christening of the Navy’s third and final Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer at Bath Iron Works on Saturday. Named after former President Lyndon B. Johnson, the DDG 1002 is scheduled to be launched at 10 a.m. from the Washington Street shipyard, according to a news […]