The effort comes after lawmakers failed to advance an extreme-risk protection order bill in the wake of the mass shooting in Lewiston last October.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Oxford Hills, River Valley
Oxford County addresses dispatch delays, tax bill typo
County Administrator Zane Loper said staffing the Oxford County Regional Communications Center is a top priority of the county, but it is having trouble finding people to fill the four full-time positions.
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Posted inMaine, News
Boy, 7, dies after collapsing at YMCA in Bath
Evan Briggs, a second-grader at West Bath School, was playing flag football, YMCA officials said. Staff performed CPR until paramedics arrived to rush him to the hospital.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Madawaska paper mill to receive nearly $10 million Maine tax credit
Twin Rivers Paper Co. Inc. was the only mill eligible for the tax credit meant to help modernize equipment and save jobs. A state report recommends more transparency about business incentives.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Schools & Education
Auburn School Committee sets 2025 schedule for budget, address overcrowded bus concerns
The timeline for developing the 2025-26 fiscal year budget runs from this month to June 2025.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Lewiston to receive $500,000 federal grant to improve school safety
The Oxford Hills School District in Paris, Rangeley and Rumford also are included in grant program.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Missing phone logs, conflicting accounts hinder investigation into death of month-old in Milo
Maine’s watchdog agency finds that the state made thorough efforts, but it couldn’t determine how or whether Child Protective Services could have prevented Sylus Melvin’s killing in 2021.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston man gets more than two years for racist, threatening audio message
Charles Allen Barnes must turn himself in to serve his sentence next month.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Breaking down the numbers: A look at cancer diagnoses, deaths in Maine
Lung and bronchial cancer, and prostate cancer in Maine had the highest mortality rates in 2021.
Posted inBethel, The Bethel Citizen
Linda Hathaway Stowell has gone from the switchboard to music to news
Linda has written the Woodstock column for the Bethel Citizen since shortly after she retired.