Funds to fight domestic violence were spent elsewhere under LePage

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June 4, 2019

Funds to fight domestic violence were spent elsewhere under LePage

A 5K race was held in Dexter to raise money in memory of Amy Lake and her 2 children, who were killed by Lake’s husband in 2011.
Published
June 4, 2019

Oregon judges hear arguments in youths’ lawsuit over energy policies and climate change

The suit says that government officials have known for more than 50 years that carbon pollution from fossil fuels was causing climate change and that policies promoting oil and gas deprive them of life, liberty and property.
Published
June 4, 2019

North Carolina dad punches shark ‘5 times’ to save his daughter

The North Carolina teenage girl loses a leg in the attack and also suffers other injuries, but is in good condition, her family reports.
Published
June 3, 2019

Man sentenced for threatening to kill Sen. Collins over Kavanaugh vote

The New York man gets 18 months in prison for threats to one of Maine’s senators and to Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
Published
June 3, 2019

Poland Spring to use 100% recycled plastic for bottles

The migration to recycled containers comes as the bottled water industry faces continued criticism over its use of plastic, much of which ends up as trash or litter.
Published
June 3, 2019

House committee to hold contempt votes over withholding of Census documents

The panel will consider bringing civil enforcement action against the attorney general and commerce secretary.
Published
June 3, 2019

Indian Island man recounts D-Day, 24 hours that changed the world forever

Charles Shay will be among a dwindling number of D-Day veterans at Normandy when international leaders gather to honor them on the invasion’s 75th anniversary on Wednesday.
Published
June 3, 2019

Gas prices still falling in northern New England

Prices fell 2.6 cents per gallon in Maine last week, to an average of $2.75.
Published
June 3, 2019

Maine trial of man accused of killing stepfather to start this week

Police have released little information about the killing of Paul Hilenski, who was 79, in Aroostook County.
Published
May 31, 2019

York County woman seeks to withdraw guilty plea in ex-husband’s stabbing death

Kandee Weyland Collind of Acton is charged with murder in the death of Scott Weyland in 2017.