The special election set for Feb. 24 could decide who controls the Maine House of Representatives.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Jay-area school district defends transgender sports policy as public continues debate
Residents urged Regional School Unit 73 to rescind its transgender sports policy during a tense Dec. 11 meeting, warning of legal and financial fallout, while several directors defended keeping it in place.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
2 New York men charged in home invasion, cocaine sales operation in Livermore Falls
The victim of a home invasion on Hunton Loop called 911 Sunday night to report he was being assaulted by a man with a handgun.
Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser, Maine, News, The Franklin Journal, The Rangeley Highlander
Franklin County commissioners still getting stipends removed from budget
Commissioners are set to vote Tuesday on a resolution to stop the payments.
Posted inMaine colleges, Sports
Bates College women’s basketball preps for Florida trip
D3football.com names its all-region teams; and Lewiston native near the top of Division III women’s hockey scoring leaders.
Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Maine hunters turning attention from deer to wily coyotes
The end of deer season is the end of the hunting year for most, but some hunters seek an even tougher challenge during the winter.
Posted inElections, Maine, News, Politics
Shenna Bellows asks judge to dismiss Trump lawsuit over Maine voter rolls
The state’s motion to dismiss says the Trump administration has not said why it wants voters’ personal information.
Posted inMaine, News
Panel of Maine judges weighs whether to reprimand state supreme court justice
Catherine Connors, an associate justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, has been accused of failing to recuse herself from major foreclosure decisions, despite her past experience representing banks.
Posted inLetters
A bad situation is about to get worse for health care in Maine | Letter
The Budget Reconciliation Act (the “big, beautiful bill”), passed in July, called for some changes in health care educational student loan programs that will adversely affect the number of health care professionals in certain fields, some of which are already very short staffed, such as nursing. It calls for the removal of a number of professions from […]
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine law enforcement will not make dangerous promises with ICE | Gov. Janet Mills
We cannot turn a blind eye to ICE’s unacceptable actions, which is why I’ve chosen to allow a bill that limits police cooperation with the federal agency to become law.