The need to power EVs and heat pumps is expected to increase significantly in Maine in the coming decade, according to New England’s grid operator.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine supreme court upholds manslaughter sentence for woman who abandoned baby at birth
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld the 6-year sentence given to Lee Ann Daigle, who left her infant daughter in a gravel pit after giving birth in 1985.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
‘We’ll always blame ourselves’: Card family shares its pain over collective failure to prevent Lewiston mass shooting
Members of Robert Card’s family broke their public silence Thursday to make emotional pleas for improvements to the Army, law enforcement and mental health systems that they say failed to help them in the months before he committed the state’s deadliest mass shooting.
Posted inLocal & State, Times Record
Navy secretary and Sen. King discuss Navy’s future and Bath Iron Works’ role, during hearing
Sen. Angus King questioned U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro about the Navy’s future, the threat of hypersonic missiles and hinted at Bath Iron Works’ role in the future of naval security during a Armed Services Committee hearing Thursday afternoon. King asked Del Toro about the status of DDGX, the next generation of Navy destroyers […]
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Politics
Regulators approve changes to Maine mining laws
The new rules could pave the way for a small-scale lithium-ore mining operation in the western Maine town of Newry.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, News
Maine Med to open 8-story tower as final piece of massive expansion
The Malone Family Tower is scheduled to open next month, completing an 8-year $588 million expansion.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, News
Kennebec County budget approved with 28% increase to taxpayers
County commissioners and the Budget Committee agreed to a $23.3 million spending plan after making cuts to a proposal that drew ire from municipal officials.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Maine high court denies mother’s appeal of murder conviction in death of 3-year-old son
Jessica Trefethen was sentenced to 47 years in prison for the death of her son, Maddox Williams, in 2022.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Photos: 180 athletes compete at Special Olympics Maine meet in Farmingdale
The Special Olympics Maine Kennebec Area Spring Games drew 180 track and field athletes Thursday to Hall-Dale Middle & High School in Farmingdale to compete and have fun. The annual regional track and field meet has been hosted by students in the Jobs For Maine’s Graduates program for more than 20 years, according Jarod Richmond, the school’s JMG specialist. This year, 90 volunteers from the school’s Jobs for Maine’s Graduates Program and the Key Club worked at the meet, which included 180 athletes ranging from grade school students to adults. All photos by staff photographer Joe Phelan.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Blaze at Athens wood pellet manufacturer leads to firefighter injury, building damages
A Cornville firefighter was taken to a Skowhegan hospital Wednesday evening with an airway injury he suffered while fighting a fire at Maine Woods Pellet Co. in Athens.