Katrina O’Connor, 29, is being held at the Oxford County Jail without bail.
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Effort underway to restore Oakland hall built in wake of Civil War
Memorial Hall, one of the oldest and most unique structures in central Maine, is the focus of renovations meant to breathe new life into historic building.
Letter to the editor: Student debt cancellation doesn’t solve real problem
The issue isn’t about tax dollars paying off student loans. If federal tax dollars can bail out big business, they can help kids’ futures as well. It’s about repairing economic opportunities stymied by a system that the government broke by starving educational institutions of direct subsidies – thus shifting the absurd systemic cost to participating […]
The Conversation: 4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US
Kansas voters opted against overturning a state constitutional right to an abortion on Aug. 2, 2022. A few days later, Indiana lawmakers banned nearly all abortions. Both are conservative-leaning states that supported President Donald Trump’s reelection bid by near-identical margins in 2020 – 56.1% to 41.5% in Kansas and 57% to 41% in Indiana. So what explains the different outcomes? […]
Attorney general clears officers in 3 police shootings, but backlog continues
Police officers involved in three on-duty shootings were cleared of wrongdoing and were legally justified in using deadly force, the state Attorney General’s Office determined this week.
Douglas Rooks: Tale of a smartphone and a giant tree
As we head toward Labor Day weekend, the traditional end of summer, at least in New England, it’s worth taking stock of where we are. Last year at this time, I express some guarded optimism about the possibilities of working people getting a fair shake from employers, and from their fellow laborers. It was already […]
Biden announces nearly $3 billion in new military aid as Ukraine celebrates independence day
As Russia’s war on Ukraine drags on, U.S. security assistance is shifting to a longer-term campaign that also will likely keep more American military troops in Europe into the future, U.S. officials said.
Jase Graves: And then there was one teenager left at home
In recent days, the hormonal distribution in my household has become slightly more balanced as two of my three teenage daughters and several lines of credit are now off attending college. This means that when I’m at home, I only receive the contemptuous side-eye from my wife, my youngest daughter, two female dogs and a […]
Morse girls soccer team enters season with new coach, renewed enthusiasm
Players say David Beauregard, a longtime former assistant, brings fresh energy to the program.
DNA specialists work to identify Victorian-era girl’s remains in Sanford
The nonprofit DNA Doe Project is working with Sanford officials to identify the girl whose body was found in 2017 in an area where a cemetery was once located.