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Lewiston mass shooter may have planned ambush at site where he died: report
There are new details in the search for answers following the Lewiston mass shooting that left 18 dead and 13 injured. The CBS13 I-Team obtained new documents from the Homeland Security investigation on Tuesday. Those documents suggest the shooter, Robert Card, likely knew the Maine Recycling Corporation's overflow lot where...
Teachers put finishing touches on rooms, plans before start of school year
FALMOUTH (WGME) -- Tens of thousands of Maine students are heading back to school this week. That means many teachers are doing last-minute preps for the big day. "There’s always so much to do and not enough time,"Falmouth Middle School sixth-grade math teacher Chris Driscoll said. Driscoll's no rookie...
Commission report describes ‘chaotic’ early hours of response to 2023 Lewiston shooting
Note: The following is the last of three stories detailing the findings of the independent commission examining the facts surrounding the mass shootings in Lewiston on Oct. 25, 2023. Daniel Wathan, former chief justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and chairman of the independent commission investigating the mass shooting...
Gowestyounggrace dominates at Windsor (Maine)
Windsor, ME — Fred Ward’s Gowestyounggrace continued her dominance of the 3-year-old pacing filly division of the Maine Sire Stakes with a 2:00.1 win on Monday (Aug. 26) at the Windsor Fair. Unbeaten in her last six starts, Gowestyoungrace scored a wire-to-wire victory in her $19,321 event for...
York County Sheriff’s Office boosts civil division with new full-time position, pay raises
ALFRED, Maine — A reorganization of the civil process division of York County Sheriff’s Office means two part-time positions will change to a full-time one, bringing the total number of full-time positions to three. It also means an increase in the pay rate of 5% for the division, the first, other than cost of living adjustments, in several years. ...
Bangor, Maine Police Visited Q106.5
Sgt. Jason McAmbley has been in law enforcement in Maine for almost three decades, and currently serves as the public information officer for the Bangor Police Department. Sgt. McAmbley was kind enough to join David on the morning show Tuesday morning, and here is what they discussed. Police Officers in...
Goats Gone Wild In Greenbush!
While I can't remember if they ever featured a scenario like this on the TV show "Cops", I'm pretty sure this was not what two Sheriff Deputies from Penobscot County expected when they showed up to work Sunday. According to the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department Facebook Page, two young deputies...
Andersson aims for 100% grad rate by ’27
“There is no reason we should lose one (student) to ‘dropout’ (status),” Wiscasset Superintendent of Schools Kim Andersson told the school committee Aug. 20. “If they want to leave us, let’s make sure that they get enrolled in another program.” She had just shared her goal of a 100% graduation rate by the Class of 2027.
Maine High School Soccer Scores – August 27
Here are the Maine High School Soccer Scores for games played on Tuesday, August 27th. The majority of the State won't begin regular season games until Friday, September 6th. Aroostook County school have started earlier because of the potato harvest vacation .
You’ll Want to Think Twice Illegally Passing a Stopped School Bus in Maine
If you're a licensed driver in Maine, you should probably know when that blinking stop light appears out of the side of a school bus, that is your cue to stop as kids are entering or exiting. With school back in session for many this week, drivers should know that...
Maine Department of Labor announces Sept 2024 free trainings
Work Zone Safety - September 10, 2024 l 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. SafetyWorks! Training Institute, 45 Commerce Drive, Augusta. Private companies and public agencies that work on public roads must follow the traffic control standards of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). This hands-on, half-day workshop covers MUTCD standards and the use of cones, flags, and paddles.
MDI Hospital & Health Centers named 'best place' to work in Maine
BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island Hospital, an independent, critical access hospital serving Mount Desert Island, Trenton and the Downeast region, with their main campus in Bar Harbor and network of health centers, was named as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Maine. Best Places to...
How Maine’s public universities reversed years of declining enrollment
Maine’s public universities are expecting an enrollment increase after four years of declining student populations, predominantly due to increased flexibility and remote learning options the system now offers that have attracted large numbers of non-traditional and transfer students. Early fall estimates indicate a system-wide 5 percent increase compared with last year, according to the latest […]
Climate change is overheating Maine's pristine lakes
On a sweltering day in August, the beach at Range Pond State Park in Poland, Maine is packed. Kids splash in the water and families camp out underneath the pine trees, grilling hot dogs and trying to stay cool. But Bonnie Knightly says the water doesn't feel as refreshing as it should.
Patelco confirms thousands of customers hit in ransomware attack
The ransomware attack on Patelco Credit Union appears to have meant the company lost sensitive data on hundreds of thousands of customers.The firm confirmed the news via a new filing submitted with the Maine Office of the Attorney General, stating 726,000 of its customers have had their data taken.The stolen data included user’s full names, Social Security Numbers (SSN), driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, and email addresses, which is more than enough intel to mount identity theft, phishing, or wire fraud. Names and SSNs The American not-for-profit financial cooperative reported suffering a ransomware attack in May 2024 which forced it to...
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