Nasib Aden was arrested in Minnesota last month and extradited to Androscoggin County Jail Thursday for an arraignment on a murder charge connected to the 2024 homicide of local teen Sahal Muridi.
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Posted inBusiness, Maine, Schools & Education
USM eliminates public affairs office, lays off 3
The university says it will modernize the school’s communications strategy and create new positions to handle that work.
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Posted inHealth, Maine, Politics
Maine, other states consider forming regional vaccine advisory group
Several northeastern states, including Maine, New York, Rhode Island and Connecticut, are considering forming the group to counteract turmoil at the federal level.
Posted inMaine, News
Canadian man dies after sailboat runs aground off Isle au Haut
The 2 survivors from New Hampshire told rescuers that they had been stranded in the water for more than an hour.
Posted inMaine, Maine colleges, Sports, UMaine Sports
UMaine opts in to landmark NCAA settlement that allows direct payments to athletes
The state’s only Division I program had initially planned to opt out of a ruling that would allow schools to directly pay student-athletes.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Jay finalizes new contracts with employees
Town department heads will get a 5% wage increase as of July 1, town manager gets a salary increase and a three-year contract, and permanent part-time employees get a 5% wage increase.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Livermore Falls woman suing then-husband accused of setting her on fire in 2023
Anna Willis was set on fire allegedly by her husband in Decatur, Alabama, in 2023. As she awaits his trial in that state, she has filed a civil suit in Maine.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Farmington selectmen to get computers to save paper, money and time
The purpose is to save the town money in both staff work and printing out paper packets for Select Board members.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Arts & Entertainment, Lewiston-Auburn, Life & Culture, Maine
7-piece ensemble to kick off basilica concert series in Lewiston
Aaron Engebreth and Friends will open the 2025 summer concert series Wednesday at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston.
Posted inFranklin, News, The Franklin Journal
Franklin County deputy justified in shooting Phillips man, AG rules
Sgt. Jesse Clement “reasonably believed that man posed an imminent threat of serious bodily injury or death to himself” on Oct. 29, 2024, in Phillips, the ruling says.