Maine will receive the most money – nearly $133 million for a dozen bridges along Interstate 95 and Interstate 295 – in the latest infusion from the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law President Biden signed in 2021.
Patrick Horne
Posted inHealth, Local & State, News
Maine announces resource center to aid local opioid settlement spending
The attorney general’s office is putting nearly $2.5 million toward a hub that will offer assistance to Maine counties, cities and towns as they decide how to spend opioid settlement funds.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, New England
Vermont police won’t charge Maine couple in case of dead baby in 1982
Vermont State Police worked with a DNA technology company to do genealogy analysis that led them the mother and father, who confirmed they were the parents.
Posted inLocal & State
Marshall Point lighthouse in Port Clyde silent and dark after lightning strike
The Coast Guard is assessing the damage to the lighthouse that appeared in the 1994 movie ‘Forrest Gump.’
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Members of Maine’s delegation react to Biden budget proposal
Republican Sen. Susan Collins, vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, says it’s time ‘to make our country safer, more competitive,’ while independent Sen. Angus King says he will be evaluating the defense budget and Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree applauds the president’s focus on battling the ‘climate crisis.’
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Rockport man pleads guilty to fraudulently getting $1 million in COVID-19 loans
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Mark X. Haley used some of the Paycheck Protection Program funds to make a down payment on a sailboat.
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Feds try to improve fishing data with new monitoring rules
The U.S. mandates observers to work onboard fishing boats to collect data and make sure fishermen adhere to rules and quotas.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Former Rockport man denies defrauding woman out of $3 million
Mark X. Haley II’s former romantic partner, Rachel Klotz, has filed a lawsuit accusing him of inducing her to transfer large amounts of money to him on the belief that he could get better returns on her investments.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Tensions high during Lincolnville man’s appearance on murder charge
Matthew Pendelton, 47, is accused of killing Kevin Curit, also of Lincolnville.
Posted inLocal & State
Pedestrian killed on Route 1 in Thomaston
The 89-year-old Connecticut man was hit while crossing the road after getting ice cream.