WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington are reviewing the use of officers’ deadly force in the killing of a woman who tried to ram her car through a White House barrier, a shooting her family says was unjustified. The investigation will reconstruct the car chase and shooting, which briefly put the U.S. Capitol on lockdown, […]
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Maine Legislature ad-hoc committee mulls Riverview funding crisis
AUGUSTA — Whether the state chooses to expand a mental health unit at the state prison in Warren may have little bearing on whether the federal government cuts off $20 million in funding from Maine’s Riverview Psychiatric Center. An ad-hoc committee of lawmakers, hastily formed last week in light of the looming funding crisis, contemplated the […]
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RSU 10 board rejects reconsideration budget petition
DIXFIELD — The RSU 10 board Monday overwhelmingly denied a petition asking for another vote on the $36.5 million school budget because it lacked enough valid signatures. Board members Michelle Casey of Buckfield, Shawn White of Hartford and Judy Boucher of Byron, abstained from voting. Candace Casey, who along with Seth Carey was behind the […]
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Rumford residents, selectmen waiting for court decision on injunction
RUMFORD — Two local lawyers who weighed in Wednesday afternoon on an alleged town charter violation are now awaiting a decision from Oxford County Superior Court Justice Robert Clifford. Clifford took the case under advisement in Paris after lawyer Tom Carey presented the complaint on behalf of plaintiffs Mark Belanger, Candice Casey, James Windover, Phillip […]
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Garden tour draws dozens of visitors
RUMFORD — More than a hundred people from the River Valley area and other parts of the state took advantage of Tom Carey’s tours of his five acres of flowers, fruits, vegetables and trees on Saturday. The event was held to raise money for the operation of the Black Mountain Ski Resort. Carey said on […]
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Lush gardens open to benefit Black Mountain
RUMFORD — Wandering around Tom Carey’s nearly five acres on Isthmus Road is like touring a botanical garden. There are waterfalls, fruit trees, flowers, vegetables, a mini-Stonehenge and a pond. The gardens will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 20, to benefit Black Mountain of Maine. A donation […]