Regional News:
Shawna Gatto is sentenced to 50 years for murder of 4-year-old Kendall Chick
Gatto was convicted in April of subjecting the girl in her care to what a judge called 'outrageous, revolting, shocking and brutal' abuse.
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Newly released information about the 4-year-old's death in December 2017 shows that the state failed to adhere to policies that might have kept her safe.
Business
Public advocate wants new test of CMP’s troubled billing system
The test would attempt to detect patterns among customers who received high bills.
Business
Gov. Mills says CMP’s failure to address its billing problems is ‘unacceptable’
State leaders respond to a Press Herald/Sunday Telegram investigation detailing how the utility misled the public about its troubled new billing system that left thousands of customers angry and frustrated.
Local & State
Medical examiner to be deposed on autopsy change in Windham murder case
Dr. Mark Flomenbaum prompted a mistrial in a murder case earlier this year when he changed his description of the angle at which Alicia Gaston of Windham was shot in 2016.
Local & State
Endorsements of Sara Gideon highlight issue of reproductive rights in 2020
NARAL Pro Choice America and Emily's List both offer early endorsements of Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon in her bid to unseat Sen. Susan Collins in 2020.
Local & State
Stephen, Tabitha King help push asylum seekers’ fund over $500,000
The city got $40,000 from his foundation and $22,000 from a West End family, Portland officials say.
New England
Official resigns for agency’s failure to pull license of driver in motorcycle wreck
The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left 7 dead.
Local & State
Kennebunk grapples with another racial incident involving students
A video allegedly depicts two teenage girls drinking and one repeatedly using a racial slur.
Columns
Maine public advocate: T-Mobile merger, NECEC corridor would help fix our state’s broadband crisis
Both New T-Mobile and New England Clean Energy Connect have made committed to improving rural internet access.
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Nation & World Posted: 12:50 AM
Time running short, showdown looms in Congress over border aid package
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Northern Forecaster Posted: 12:33 AM
Falmouth Town Landing could see first mooring fee increase in decades
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The Forecaster Posted: 12:13 AM
Cooking at the Cove: In the midst of June
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The Forecaster Posted: 12:10 AM
Coastal History: Mural-maker captured Bath’s shipbuilding legacy
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Coastal Journal Posted: 12:05 AM
Sande’s Picks: Food, beverages at Bath Heritage Days
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Boston Red Sox Posted: Yesterday at 11:31 PM
Bogaerts homers, Red Sox beat White Sox 6-3 in rain
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Sports Posted: Yesterday at 11:26 PM
Tuesday’s Major League roundup: Yankees set home run mark in win over Blue Jays
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Sports Posted: Yesterday at 11:13 PM
Tuesday’s Sports Digest: Vanderbilt evens College World Series final
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Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 10:07 PM
Kushner tries to sell Mideast plan to skeptical audience
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New England Posted: Yesterday at 9:52 PM
Official resigns for agency’s failure to pull license of driver in motorcycle wreck
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Posted: Yesterday at 9:48 PM
Bowdoinham teen charged with killing grandmother pleads not guilty
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Local & State Posted: Yesterday at 9:47 PM
Gov. Mills signs net neutrality bill to protect internet customers
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Local & StateShark sighting prompts beach advisory in York
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New England‘We all feel it’: Motorcyclists mourn death of 7 in N.H. crash
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New EnglandDriver charged in New Hampshire crash that killed 7 motorcyclists
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Local & StateSeven killed in crash between truck and motorcycles in New Hampshire
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BusinessCMP misled the public, mismanaged rollout of new billing system
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Local & StateKennebunk grapples with another racial incident involving students
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Local & StateMechanic Falls’ town clerk is removed from Town Office by police escort
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Local & StateFour strangers, a minivan and a senator: Angus King’s long, unusual trip home
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Local & StateConstruction worker killed by street sweeper on job site in Yarmouth
June 21
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PoliticsRobert Mueller will testify about Russia probe to Congress in open session
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Local & StateDriver killed in South Portland car crash
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BusinessWayfair workers in Maine to join walkout over sales to migrant detention centers
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Local & StateCape Elizabeth resident returns to mysteriously clean house
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Politics‘People’s veto’ campaigns target new Maine abortion and vaccination laws
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Nation & WorldTrump threatens use of ‘overwhelming force’ against Iran if it attacks ‘anything American’
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Religion and ValuesPortland diocese installs 24/7 misconduct hotline
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Nation & WorldHead of Border Protection steps down as outrage grows over migrant children
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Local & State
Shark sighting prompts beach advisory in York
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Local & StateUtah man airlifted off Mount Katahdin in 2nd rescue over 3 days
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Local & State
Gov. Mills signs net neutrality bill to protect internet customers
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Bowdoinham teen charged with killing grandmother pleads not guilty
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Arts & Entertainment‘Scattering CJ’ documentary to tell Auburn family’s story
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Do This
Let the Eastern Prom set the scene for the Maine-iest of movie nights
The Maine Film Association and Friends of the Eastern Prom put on an outdoor Maine-made short-film showcase Saturday.
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PoliticsFirst lady’s communications director named new White House press secretary
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Scientists successfully transfer first test tube rhino embryo
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Nation & WorldDivided Supreme Court strikes down gun-crime provision
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Local & StateAttorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools
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OutdoorsE-bikes grow in popularity, befuddle regulators
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Nation & WorldJudge: Census question might have discriminatory motive
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Nation & World‘Not my type’: Trump denies allegation of writer who said he assaulted her
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Local & State
Mechanic Falls’ town clerk is removed from Town Office by police escort
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Nation & WorldHelsinki, Mueller shadow upcoming Trump, Putin meeting
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This weekend’s Portland Schoonerfest gives you a chance to watch from shore or get on a boat
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Unveiling of sculpture by Daniel Minter sets the table for Portland’s ‘Welcome Feast’
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The stars of ‘The Maestro’ have made themselves at home in Maine, and you can see them and their film
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Celebrate the season in the great outdoors, at Wolfe’s Neck Center’s Spring Festival
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