Stacey Neumann has been nominated to fill an upcoming vacancy in the U.S. District Court when Chief Judge Jon Levy retires in May.
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Commemorative gathering plans to help show community support for Lewiston mass shooting victims
Maine Resiliency Center staff encourage people to come Thursday in support of the victims and survivors.
Paris-area school board approves $51.5 million budget
The SAD 17 budget goes to voters June 11, along with a separate funding request for $2 million for capital improvements.
USM students in Portland join nationwide campus protests in support of Palestine
Roughly 30 people, mostly students, demonstrated peacefully Wednesday at a rally organized by Maine Students for Palestine, which includes students at schools throughout the state.
Livermore Falls voters elect Bryant, Kenniston to Select Board
A recount is expected in the race for Regional School Unit 73 directors.
Afrotaste closing its doors in Lewiston after just one year
The Main Street venue offered lunch and dinner and turned into a music and dance club in the evening.
Voters pass $24.6 million budget for Spruce Mountain schools
The proposed $24.6 million budget for Regional School Unit 73 passed by a vote of 460 to 261.
Biden advances plan to make U.S. freight shipping carbon-free
The Biden administration is laying out more of its vision for decarbonizing the nation’s freight industry.
‘Love Always Wins’ signs in front of Oct. 25 mass shooting sites may be preserved
Maine MILL plans to preserve the wooden signs and perhaps make it possible for them to go on permanent display.
There are a lot of fallen pine cones in Maine right now. Here’s why.
A University of Maine professor explains the factors contributing to an abundance of eastern white pine cones that grew on trees last fall and dropped to the ground over the past few months.