The Trump administration is slashing outreach funding for the Affordable Care Act’s individual marketplace, and Maine will shoulder an 80 percent cut for a program that’s designed to help people sign up for 2019 insurance. Maine’s statewide federal funding will decline from $550,000 for 2018 coverage to $100,000 for 2019, after having largely been spared funding […]
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Colleagues rally behind Kennebunk teacher accused of sex with student
ALFRED — Several fellow teachers turned out early Monday at York County Superior Court in Alfred to voice their support for a former Kennebunk High School teacher who will stand trial today on a number of felony and misdemeanor sex charges involving a student. Jill Lamontagne, 30, allegedly engaged in sex acts with a 17-year-old […]
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Decomposed whale washes up on Old Orchard Beach, draws crowd
A badly decomposed whale that washed up on Old Orchard Beach drew gasps and groans from beach walkers venturing out in the rain on Sunday. The carcass – later identified as that of a minke whale – washed ashore about a mile south of Old Orchard Beach pier, just as Lyndi Cote, wrapped in a […]
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Lewiston residents hold march for peace
LEWISTON (WGME) – More than 50 people came together at Kennedy Park in Lewiston to march for peace on Sunday. “We’re hoping we can get the community to come together and try and end the violence,” said Ashley Medina, an organizer from the Lewiston United for Peace and Hope Committee. Medina is also a resident […]
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Nicole Maines lands role as transgender superhero on network TV series
Nicole Maines, the Maine schoolgirl who won a landmark court case in 2014 for transgender rights, broke another barrier this weekend when it was announced that she will be the first person to star as a transgender superhero on a network TV series. “I haven’t quite taken it all in yet,” Maines, now 20, said […]
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Mainer goes the extra mile – 1,000, actually – to save injured Georgia pup
Andrea Shaw gets a kiss from Columbo, the puppy she rescued from Columbus, Georgia, at her home in Gorham on Friday. Bicyclists found the injured puppy and biked with him 7 miles into town, where Shaw happened to meet him. Staff photo by Ariana van den Akker For Andrea Shaw, it was a matter of […]
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George T. Affleck
LEWISTON — George T. Affleck, age 59, of Sumner, Maine, died Friday, June 8, at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston. He was born May 7, 1959, in Beaufort, South Carolina, to William R. “Bill” and Marilyn Ewing Affleck. He was a 1977 graduate of Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Virginia, and a 1982 graduate of […]
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Lewiston doctor arrested on domestic assault charge
AUBURN — Lewiston urologist Joel S. Olstein, 72, was arrested at his Auburn home Thursday night and charged with domestic assault. At about 8 p.m., police went to 48 Waterview Drive on the east shore of Taylor Pond where Olstein lives with his wife. He was arrested at the scene. On Friday, police said only that […]
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Judge believed Lewiston murder suspect with history of attacks was too old to pose a threat
UPDATE: Auburn man held without bail in fatal stabbing of Lewiston woman The 76-year-old man charged with stabbing a woman to death Sunday morning in Lewiston had a nearly 40-year pattern of killing or attacking women, but eight years ago a judge in Portland said Albert Flick would soon be too old to pose a threat to society. […]
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Maine to beef up cybersecurity of voter registration system
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine wants to beef up cybersecurity of its voter registration system. Maine Public reports that Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap last week requested over $3 million from a $380 million pool of federal funds. Dunlap’s spokeswoman Kristen Muszynski (moo-zyn-ski) said that the office is asking for more time to draft its […]