Four years ago, state officials first investigated a ‘prohibited collective’ of medical caregivers and illegal grow houses identical to the ones later raided by police. Now, 1 in 10 Maine caregivers exhibits the hallmarks of those same operations.
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Trump administration finds Maine in violation of Title IX over transgender policy
The decision, dated Feb. 25, came just days after the administration announced its investigation and does not appear to be based on conversations with state officials.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News, Schools & Education
School bus driver in 2024 Minot crash charged with endangering children
Angela Beasley, 45, of Auburn is facing 33 charges in the crash on Shaw Hill Road.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Mainers are howling about coyote hunting proposal
A legislative committee in Augusta got an earful from both sides about a bill that would limit coyote hunting.
Posted inMaine, News
Bills to find and destroy Maine’s toxic firefighting foam win over legislative committee
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously endorsed bills to catalog, collect and dispose of Maine’s stockpike of toxic firefighting foam.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus trying to fill key positions as annual meeting looms
The town finds itself in the odd situation where the positions of both police chief and town manager are now filled on a temporary basis.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, Maine Crime, News
Police investigating second break-in at Mend North Cannabis in Livermore Falls
An alarm company contacted a store representative when analarm was going off at about 3 a.m. and the representative could see two people breaking into the store at 57 Main St.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Proposed property tax relief program likely dead in Lewiston
Staff said the program aimed at seniors would cost an estimated $3 million after the city attorney recommended it include renters.
Posted inBusiness, Franklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Voting on Livermore Falls town meeting warrant moved to Town Office
Changes made at the Livermore Falls Town Office have enabled voting to be held there rather than at the fire station.
Posted inFranklin, Maine Crime, News, The Franklin Journal
A New York man and Connecticut woman charged with trafficking cocaine in Jay
Tymeek Johnson, 25, of New York, New York, and Malaysha Randolph, 23, of New Haven, Connecticut, were each arrested on a charge of unlawful trafficking in cocaine powder and crack cocaine.