Legislators want to know why they weren’t informed as required by law. A meeting with officials is planned for next month.
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Cobscook Shores adds 25-acre Pembroke parcel to its holdings
The organization has created an extensive waterfront park system, but some fear a loss of local tax revenue will affect small communities.
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Civil rights board seeks Department of Justice investigation of Maine indigent defense services
Underfunded system negatively affects attorneys and indigent defendants in Maine, report says.
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Maine’s rural counties scramble to fill gaps in police patrols
As state police pull back on routine patrols of rural areas, some county officials are banding together to take the fight to the state level.
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From 25 years ago, lessons for Maine as it begins to distribute opioid settlement money
Loose oversight and political ambitions have directed some funds from a 1998 tobacco settlement away from their original target of curbing tobacco use.
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Environmentalists criticize public feedback process for deciding future site of port for offshore wind industry
Maine officials are accused of long favoring Sears Island, the largest undeveloped island in Penobscot Bay, as the future site of the port.
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Road to one of Maine’s most popular hikes falls into jurisdictional limbo
Access to the Tumbledown Mountain trails has been hampered by flooding, and state and county officials have entered talks to see who foots the repair bill.
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Defendants in over 100 Maine cases had no legal representation late last week, state says
Maine’s public defense agency puts out an urgent call for help after the loss of another public defender.
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Maine home-schooling numbers remain high following pandemic spike
Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.
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Federal officials find nearly three dozen violations at Thomaston cement company
Dragon Products has been fined more than $360,000 since 2020 for mine safety and health violations.