A State Department directive says agencies will not be reimbursed for items like housing and food assistance, cutting off lifelines for new Mainers during the first three months in a new community.
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Posted inBusiness, Food, Maine
Brickyard Hollow temporarily shuts down Eustis location
The chain of Maine pizza-centric brewpubs recently opened a location at Sugarloaf.
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Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser, News
Jay allows $21,926 for summer recreation program
The voters will decide the issue at the annual town meeting April 29.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, Mark LaFlamme
Victim of Poland shooting still wonders who shot him. And who killed his friend?
How it all went down depends entirely on who you ask, Mark LaFlamme writes. But the killing of Richard Tayman Jr. on Aug. 2 has since been declared a case of self-defense.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, News, Oxford Hills, The Bethel Citizen
Bethel man dies in Paris crash Tuesday morning
Police say Ira Gibson lost control of his truck hauling wood pellets.
Posted inMaine, Schools & Education
More than 33,000 Mainers affected by school cyber breach
PowerSchool revealed the extent of its software breach in Maine in a filing with the state attorney general’s office on Monday.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Judge suspends Trump funding freeze as Maine, other states challenge order’s legality
Maine’s entire congressional delegation criticized the order, with Sen. Angus King declaring it ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ and Sen. Susan Collins saying the directive is ‘too sweeping.’
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Maine, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
Oxford Hills Middle School sets goals to reduce chronic absenteeism
Principal Torrey Poland told Maine School Administrative District 17 directors Monday that they are looking to reduce absenteeism to below 30% this year.
Posted inMaine, News
Maine supreme court rules 2021 child sex abuse law is unconstitutional
The law allowed people to sue for decades-old claims of child sex abuse that were previously barred by the state’s statute of limitations.
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Hollandstrong to hold last ice fishing derby Saturday, Feb. 1
The derby honors the memory of Michael Holland who was one of 33 crew members aboard the SS El Faro when it sank near Crooked Island, Bahamas, on Oct. 1, 2015, during Hurricane Joaquin.