Dan Spring, who worked at Congin School, was convicted of assaulting a 6-year-old student with autism spectrum disorder. He had resigned last year after the allegations surfaced.
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Posted inLetters
A heartening message from Minneapolis | Letter
On Jan. 24, I received a letter from a friend in Minneapolis, part of which I would like to share — because it is really a message for all of us here in Maine. He wrote: “Hearing that ICE was surging into Maine in the ridiculously named Operation Catch of the Day, I felt a […]
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Posted inLetters
Is this really the ‘Home of the Brave’? | Letter
What is the “Home of the Brave” so afraid of? Any nation that borrows trillions of dollars to build weapons of war fears something or someone. Certainly with the USA’s stockpile of nuclear weapons, no other country would be brazen enough to “invade” the USA. No other nation would want to occupy a nation that loses […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Maine’s health care policy must be informed by people on the front lines | Opinion
Effective reform requires careful listening.
Posted inMaine, News
ICE said it came to Maine to target the ‘worst of the worst.’ Did it?
Federal authorities repeatedly highlighted a handful of people with past criminal charges arrested as part of their operation in Maine. But several other cases involve residents who don’t have criminal records.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
A closer look at the Maine names on Homeland Security’s ‘worst of the worst’ list
Federal officials have publicized a database of arrests as part of the justification for recent enhanced enforcement efforts, but the list cites decades-old charges and arrests made by local police months earlier.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Maine school districts to get relief from faulty electric buses
A provision in the purchasing agreement with the state and the federal program has lifted the payment burden from affected school districts.
Posted inLetters
Voluntary PILOT a bad approach to property tax for Portland | Letter
The city should drop this idea.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Sen. Collins must know a ‘pause’ on ICE operations is not enough | Opinion
The agency’s activities must be halted altogether — and permanently.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
A message of encouragement from Minnesota to Maine | Opinion
Protests and whistleblowing have had limited impact here. My advice? Keep doing all you can anyway.