hampden maine
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2024
Postal Service scraps plan to reduce role of Hampden facility
The change would have moved outgoing mail processing from Hampden to a facility in Scarborough, roughly 130 miles away.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2024
Maine residential care worker sentenced for ‘grotesque and pervasive’ assaults on disabled man
Zachery Conners, 26, was among 4 workers accused of abuse that included waterboarding, choking and sexually assaulting a nonverbal adult male client at the Lee Residential Care center in Hampden.
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PublishedJune 5, 2024
Conservative activist who fought Maine school districts over race, gender policies dies by suicide
Shawn McBreairty was involved in numerous lawsuits against school districts, and his rhetoric about equity in schools was often amplified by right-wing media members, including Tucker Carlson.
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PublishedMay 15, 2024
USPS says changes at Hampden mail facility are on hold – for now
The Postal Service had proposed converting the Hampden facility into a local processing center, which Maine's delegation strongly opposed.
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PublishedApril 18, 2024
Members of Congress demand Postal Service halt consolidations, warning of worsening mail delivery
As the USPS plans to consolidate mail processing centers, it's getting pushback from legislators who say they're hearing from constituents unhappy with the proposed changes.
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PublishedApril 16, 2024
Rep. Golden introduces legislation to halt Postal Service consolidation
Maine's 2nd District congressman says the USPS' plan, which includes shifting some mail processing operations from Hampden to Scarborough, would be detrimental to reliable mail delivery.
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PublishedApril 10, 2024
USPS draws fire for plan to shift some operations from Hampden to Scarborough
The move is criticized by union leaders and opposed by Sen. Susan Colllins and Rep. Jared Golden, who plans to introduce legislation freezing the consolidation mail processing centers nationwide.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2024
Hampden mail processing facility will stay open after Postal Service review
The federal agency told a major employees union in a letter last week that the facility in Hampden 'will remain open and will be modernized.'
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PublishedOctober 8, 2023
How school boards statewide were pushed to allow the public to speak
A recent state law requires that public comments on education matters be allowed at school board meetings, even as a new effort is underway to restrict such commenting.
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PublishedMay 11, 2023
Real-life ‘The Queen’s Gambit’: Custodian leads school chess teams in Maine
David Bishop, a part-time chess coach and full-time custodian in Hampden, led his elementary and middle school teams to state championship titles this year.
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