BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The new director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says his “Job No. 1” is to get the agency fully staffed. Dr. Nirav Shah’s agency has 55 vacancies, down from 100 unfilled positions under the LePage administration. His boss, Maine Health and Human Services Commissioner Jeanne Lambrew, has […]
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — Betsy Sweet, a progressive Democrat who ran for governor of Maine last year, has announced her bid to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. The former State House lobbyist announced her candidacy Thursday at Sebago Lake Distillery. In a statement, she criticized “the wealth, monied interests who gain from division” for […]
TURNER, Maine (AP) — State police in Maine say a man who was seriously injured when his van overturned in Turner has died. The crash killed 68-year-old Robert Konieczko, of Kingfield. Police say he died overnight in a hospital following the crash Tuesday. Police say Konieczko’s van crossed into the opposite lane and overturned off […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A judge has ordered a Maine driver accused of dragging a sheriff’s deputy to be held without bail. WABI-TV reports that 37-year-old Brandon Harvey, of Glenburn, had several outstanding warrants out for violating conditions of release. A deputy leaned into the vehicle and tried to arrest him Sunday. The Penobscot County […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s tentative rules about legalized recreational marijuana are up for a key hearing that could represent one of the proposal’s final hurdles before approval. The proposal is scheduled for a public hearing before the Maine Legislature’s Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs on Monday at 1:30 p.m. The proposal covers important […]
BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A judge has ordered separate trials for a husband and wife in the death of a 10-year-old girl. The order came after Sharon Carrillo argued that both she and her daughter were abused by her husband, Julio Carrillo. But the Portland Press Herald reports that the judge declined to suppress statements […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A pair of groups says it expects to remove about 5,000 pounds of lost and abandoned fishing gear from New England waters during an effort to clean up the debris. The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation is working with the Global Ghost Gear Initiative on the project Thursday. They’re removing the […]
