Congress has yet to reauthorize $6 million in federal funding for the food program, which serves more than 10,000 older or disabled Mainers. Many others remain on a waitlist that could take years to clear.
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Waterville man pleads guilty in federal court to making interstate threats
Prosecutors say Benjamin Brown posted comments on YouTube threatening to hunt down and kill immigrants, after federal agents had met with him over other comments he had posted online.
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Maine journalist could join wife as winner of ‘Jeopardy!’
Jason Singer, a former reporter and editor at the Portland Press Herald, will appear on the famed trivia show Tuesday. His wife won in 2021.
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Maine’s highest-ranking justices will not weigh complaints against peers
According to new rules, ethics complaints against members of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court instead will be heard by a panel of lower court judges.
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Netflix series to be based on Maine author’s Waterville-set novel
Ron Currie’s ‘The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’ came out earlier this year and focuses on a female Franco-American crime boss.
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Maine immigrant advocates, leaders decry Supreme Court ruling on injunctions, birthright citizenship
A group filed a new class action lawsuit Friday in response to the ruling, which they say opens the door for partial enforcement of President Donald Trump’s order to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of people in the country illegally.
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Hannaford data breach affected more than 95,000 Mainers
Dutch-based parent company Ahold Delhaize USA encourages affected individuals to remain vigilant in protecting their personal information.
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Lewiston mass shooting heroes honored by Maine State Police
The Walker-Deslauriers Memorial Award is named in memory of Jason Walker and Michael Deslauriers II, who died Oct. 25, 2023, while trying to stop the shooter at Just-In-Time Recreation in Lewiston.
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China man accused of assaulting parents, threatening with splitting maul
Jacob Merrill, 40, of China, was being held in jail without bail Friday for the Thursday evening incident.
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More Mainers have higher opinion of Gov. Mills than Sen. Collins, poll finds
Mills, who is nearing the end of her second term, has not ruled out challenging Collins, the five-term Republican seen as vulnerable by Democrats nationally.