Local & State
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
High turnout leads to shortage of Democratic primary ballots at some polling places
Tuesday marked the first time in 20 years that Mainers used a primary system to express their presidential preference, and in some polling places voters had to use photocopied ballots, which must be hand-counted and will delay the election results.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
On this date in Maine history: March 3
March 3, 1820: The U.S. Senate’s acceptance of a provision that slavery be permitted in Missouri – which would become a state in 1821 – fulfills a compromise that clears the way for Maine to become a state 12 days later. News that Maine’s admission to the Union is linked to the slavery question sparks […]
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Biddeford man charged with hate crimes set to stand trial in federal court
Maurice Diggins is accused of attacking black men and breaking their jaws outside a Portland bar and at a Biddeford gas station in April 2018. His nephew, Dusty Leo of Biddeford, pleaded guilty in the assaults.
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PublishedMarch 3, 2020
Bill aimed at lifting shroud of secrecy covering police surveillance advances
Rep. Charlotte Warren introduced the measure after the Maine Sunday Telegram reported that state police are using a provision in Maine law to conceal whether they are using technologies capable of mass surveillance of citizens.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Paris officials, firefighters resolve conflict
Firefighters are back on the job after they reached an agreement with the town, but details from the closed-door meeting were not disclosed.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Ten inmates taken to hospital after taking too much Benadryl
It's not clear how the women, all inmates at the Maine Correctional Women's Center in Windham, got enough of the cold medicine to require treatment at Maine Medical Center in Portland.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Adult-use cannabis delivery gets a boost from lawmakers
A legislative committee votes to give the state the power to create a recreational marijuana delivery license.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Teenage girl reported missing in Saco
Police are asking for the public to help them locate 16-year-old Elexis Rose.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Authorities confirm New Hampshire’s 1st case of coronavirus
A hospital employee who recently traveled to Italy is the first person in the state to test positive for the new coronavirus.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2020
Democratic choices dwindle, but Maine voters’ absentee ballots still count
Seven of the 12 Democrats have dropped out since Maine printed its presidential primary ballot, and anyone who voted by absentee ballot will not get a second shot at voting.
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