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Mainers react to assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump
PORTLAND, Maine — "It's sort of a bummer that we've gotten to this place," Samantha Derosier said, speaking in light of the weekend's events. Derosier is one of many Maine voters shocked by the violent acts carried out at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, a gunman attempted...
75-year-old man missing for 4 days found alive by K-9 in Maine bog
A 75-year-old man who had been missing for four days after falling off a ledge was found in a bog by a game warden and his K-9, Maine officials said.Michael Altmaier of New Sharon, Maine, had not been seen since last Monday, when he left his home for a meeting in Weld, a small town in the southwest part of the state, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife said on social media. His car was later discovered by park staff at the Mount Blue State Park Scenic Overlook in Weld.Maine Warden Service started searching for Altmaier on Friday...
A law passed last year made assault in an emergency room a felony. Did it help reduce violence?
MAINE, USA — A year-old law seems to have done little to curb a surge in violence against health care workers that began during the pandemic, despite increasing charges for assaults on nonmedical staff — such as custodial, security or administrative workers — who are providing emergency medical care.
The Heat Wave in Maine Shows No Sign of Letting Up
Here in Maine, the summer of 2023 was cooler and very wet. The same was true for much of New England. Clearly, this put a damper (no pun intended) on many people’s summer fun. If you were bummed by last summer’s weather, it looks like we are going to...
Common Law Marriage Does Not Exist in Maine
There are plenty of people all around us who have been in long-term relationships but have never taken the step of getting married. Friends and family have likely joked that while that couple may not "officially" be married, they've been together so long, it's a common law marriage now. But...
New England fishermen sentenced in complex herring fraud case
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Several commercial fishermen in New England have been sentenced in a fraud scheme that centered on a critically important species of bait fish and that prosecutors described as complex and wide-ranging. The fishermen were sentenced for “knowingly subverting commercial fishing reporting requirements” in a scheme involving Atlantic herring, prosecutors said in a statement. The defendants included owners, captains and crew members of the Western Sea, a ship that operates out of Maine. Western Sea owner Glenn Robbins pleaded guilty in March to submitting false information to the federal government regarding the catch and sale of Atlantic herring and a failure to pay taxes, prosecutors said. Members of the ship’s crew conspired to submit false trip reports to the federal government from 2016 to 2019, court records state. The charges are misdemeanors. Robbins was sentenced Thursday to two years of probation and a $25,000 fine, and Western Sea was fined $175,000. The false reports threatened to jeopardize a fish species that is vitally important as commercial lobster bait, said federal prosecutor Darcie McElwee.
Lawsuit filed in response to man's overdose death in Cumberland County Jail
PORTLAND, Maine — The family of a Maine man who died of an overdose in the Cumberland County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Portland. Records indicate that James Mannion, of Wells, died of fentanyl poisoning in August 2022 after spending seven months in jail on charges including alleged drug possession.
Flooding closes new parking garage in Westbrook
WESTBROOK (WGME) -- The city of Westbrook says its free downtown parking garage, which opened a month ago, could be closed for several weeks after it was damaged by flooding over the weekend. The damage happened in the electric room. The city says the garage will be closed until the...
Westbrook residents to vote on revised school budget after rejection
WESTBROOK (WGME) – Voters in Westbrook will decide on Tuesday whether to green light the latest school budget proposal. It comes after the school committee approved a new $51 million plan, shaving $700,000 off the initial proposal rejected by voters last month. The latest plan, which includes cutting multiple...
Gulf of Maine Research Institute welcomes new Chief Operating Officer
PORTLAND — After conducting a national search, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) announces Nana Annan as the next Chief Operating Officer. Annan brings more than 25 years of operations experience to GMRI. She most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for Harlem Children’s Zone — a New York City-based nonprofit with an annual budget over $150M and almost $1B in managed assets.
Town hires full-time planner
The Harpswell Select Board voted unanimously to hire Matthew James as full-time town planner at its meeting on Thursday, July 11. James, of Bath, recently left a job as Bowdoinham’s code enforcement officer, a role that included working with that town’s Planning Board. He is a graduate student at the University of Maine, pursuing a master’s degree in quaternary and climate studies.
What It Takes to Audition for the Portland Symphony
In Friday’s (7/12) Portland Press Herald (Maine), Megan Gray writes, “Cellist Brent Selbey recently stepped into the position of principal cellist with the Portland Symphony Orchestra…. [A] long day in April was an audition to be the principal cello …The hours-long process is competitive and secretive, guided by industry standards meant to reduce bias and closely guarded by the orchestra’s leaders. In Portland, every round is conducted blind, which means the audition committee never sees the candidates and judges them by sound alone…. Selby, 37, … auditioned in Portland for the first time two years ago and got the assistant principal position, [eventually] subbing as principal for months…. He didn’t automatically get the job when it officially opened. In fact, the whole process is designed so that all 20 applicants would have the same chance. Caen Thomason-Redus is the vice president of inclusion and learning at the League of American Orchestras, which has developed recommendations to increase equity and diversity in a predominantly white field. Data shows that men and women have nearly equal representation in orchestras today. However, representation of Black and Latino musicians still lags, a problem that Thomason-Redus said needs to be addressed in part with wider access to music education and training…. Selby officially played his first concert as principal June 18.”
Deadly Limerick motorcycle crash one of several fatal Maine collisions in past week
A deadly motorcycle crash in Limerick is one of multiple fatal motor vehicle crashes this week in Maine. Troopers from the Maine State Police Southern Field Troop responded to a fatal motor vehicle crash in Limerick on Saturday afternoon, which killed 30-year-old Christopher Mannion of Scarborough. The initial investigation indicated that Mannion lost control while operating a motorcycle and struck a guardrail, and speed appears to be a contributing factor in the crash.
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