PORTLAND (AP) — A lawsuit in Maine says an 11- year-old boy with mental illness at a juvenile detention center was beaten by corrections officers and denied medical care. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court against the state Department of Corrections, medical care provider Correct Care Solutions […]
2018
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Ex-teacher charged with shooting videos up women’s skirts
BANGOR (AP) — A former special education teacher in Maine is charged with secretly shooting videos up women’s skirts. The Bangor Daily News reports that 30-year-old Benjamin Emmott is accused of making lewd videos of at least seven women without their knowledge. Bangor schools Superintendent Betsy Webb says Emmott resigned last month from his teaching […]
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Organic group opposes dismissal of animal welfare rules
AUGUSTA (AP) — A group that advocates for Maine’s organic farmers says it opposes a federal move to get rid of organic animal welfare rules. Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association said late Tuesday the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to stop using a set of rules called federal Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices is […]
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Oversight group head stepping down amid child welfare probe
AUGUSTA (AP) — The founding director of the Maine Legislature’s government watchdog agency says she is leaving the position this summer. The Bangor Daily News reports Beth Ashcroft is leaving the job in August. The agency, Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability, is in the midst of an investigation into Maine’s child welfare system. […]
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LETTERS
Pruitt’s Egregious Comments on Global Warming EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s comment that climate change may be good for humans is no less than outrageous. Climate change has always been an environmental issue, but now it has been shown unequivocally to impact human health as well. The Lancet, one of the world’s most respected medical journals, […]
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.” — Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author (1942-2018)
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Technology Shrugged
I recently spent near two weeks of my life updating the e-side of it, followed by a week in the throes of a world-class case of the flu. Given a choice of which to suffer again, I think I’d opt for a coin toss. I openly confess to being a longstanding card-carrying Luddite, especially in […]
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Time to Make Purdue Pharma Take Responsibility
Cancer related to smoking cigarettes surfaced in the 1950’s and over the next 40 years lawsuits were filed by individuals and States. Finally in the 1990‘s Attorney Generals of 46 States sued the Tobacco Industry under the State Consumer Protection and antitrust laws. The end result was the establishment of a fund from the Tobacco […]