Loretta Blancato received the Steve and Lisa Wills Memorial Citizenship Award.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News, River Valley
Auburn man charged with domestic violence at Hanover campground
Yvon Soucy is accused of holding a woman and two children overnight with a knife.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime
Maine’s supreme court orders judge to reconsider man’s petition for new trial in 2010 killing
A judge ruled against Ernest Weidul’s petition for post-conviction review in 2022, but the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled Tuesday that the judge didn’t see all of Weidul’s evidence in person and therefore he didn’t have a fair hearing.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Maine joins 9 other states to promote regional planning to boost clean energy
Cooperation between the Northeast states could help improve the region’s transmission system as more electric vehicles, building heat pumps, data centers and artificial intelligence gain ground.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Nearly 300 people weigh in on paid family leave rules for new Maine program
The state has not yet published any findings or comments because it is still reviewing feedback on the program that will give workers up to 12 weeks of paid time off starting in May 2026.
Posted inMaine, News
Hallowell mayor apologizes for ‘militancy’ comment aimed at local Pride Alliance
Mayor George LaPointe made the comment in a conversation that was recorded without his knowledge and shared on social media.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Rep. Jared Golden skips meeting of House Democrats concerned about Biden’s candidacy
The Maine 2nd District Democrat is in one of the most competitive House races in the country this fall and represents a district carried by former Republican President Donald Trump in the last 2 elections.
Posted inMaine, News
These paddleboarders are making a 175-mile journey from Moosehead Lake to Atlantic Ocean
Chris Morgan is leading the convoy of paddleboarders, canoeists and kayakers on a 175-mile long jaunt down the entire Kennebec River.
Posted inMaine
Bingham woman in Somerset County crash in ‘critical’ condition; baby suffers leg injuries
Kennedy Humphrey, 18, and Adrean Yates, 27, of Bingham, remained Tuesday at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor after the car they were in Saturday collided with a Chevrolet truck on Kennebec River Road in Concord. A baby in the back seat of the car suffered leg injuries.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime
MDEA, local police break up Lewiston drug trafficking operation
Three adults arrested at Blake Street apartment; child released to family member.