Modivcare covers much of the non-emergency transportation for Medicaid patients in the state.
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Mike Burnham, Maine Principals’ Association executive director, to retire
Burnham, who has headed the group that oversees interscholastic athletics for seven years, will be succeeded by his assistant, Mike Bisson.
Norway fire that destroyed home caused by heater used to thaw pipes
No one was injured, though two cats were unaccounted for, authorities said.
Some US citizens in Maine are carrying passports, fearing ICE detention
Some Mainers of color say they’re afraid to leave their homes and worry about their children. One man says he was racially profiled.
As ICE keeps people home, leaders in Maine brace for evictions
During a roundtable with several mayors, Gov. Janet Mills also said she is pressing the Trump administration to provide details on whom ICE has arrested and why.
Worker shocked, falls from roof of Auburn building while clearing snow
Police said the worker made contact with a power line while raking snow off the Auburn Senior Community Center.
Lewiston-based Farmers’ Almanac coming back under new ownership
The 208-year-old almanac is being revived by a New York media company.
A pastor searched for a missing congregant. He found a car with the keys on the floor
Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola who has no criminal record, vanished from South Portland. He turned up in one detention center, then another.
Could ICE be barred from non-public areas in Maine?
The Legislature’s Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony Thursday on Rep. Ellie Sato’s bill to block federal agents from certain places.
Why Republicans walked out on Gov. Janet Mills’ State of the State address
At times, Maine’s two-term governor seemed to be speaking to primary voters as she seeks the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate against progressive firebrand Graham Platner.