Over 30 people attended the ceremony at Spruce Mountain Elementary School on Monday night.
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Maine news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Legislators want final say over Maine’s electric vehicle rules
Democratic leaders and a group of Republicans seek to shift oversight of Maine’s clean car standards from a citizen board to state lawmakers.
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Rangeley expected to interview candidates for interim police chief
The town’s chief resigned Feb. 13. The town received three applications for interim chief, but one withdrew leaving two applicants.
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Waterville man charged by FBI over online threats to kill President Biden, immigrants
Benjamin Brown was arrested Monday on a warrant charging transmitting a threatening interstate communication and his Spring Street apartment was searched, according to a U.S. District Court official.
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Man rescued after being trapped in Winslow garage fire
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but Winslow’s fire chief said he believes it was an accident.
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South Portland teen accused in school shooting plot will be tried in juvenile court
Judge Peter Darvin finds that the state didn’t meet its burden in order to prosecute a 17-year-old as an adult on a charge of criminal solicitation for murder for an alleged plot to shoot up South Portland High School.
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Man charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography in Somerset County
Clancy Trenton Scott, 23, was arrested last week after a complaint from the public, according to Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster.
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Portland women injured in 2-vehicle collision in Chain of Ponds Township
CHAIN OF PONDS TOWNSHIP — Two Portland women were injured Monday in a two-vehicle collision on icy state Route 27, Franklin County Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. said. A 2020 Ford sedan driven by Maureen Mark, 63, of Ottawa, Ontario, was northbound when it slid into the path of a southbound 2017 Subaru Outback driven by […]
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Republican AGs from 16 states attack Maine bill protecting providers who give gender-affirming or abortion care
While Republican-led states that have banned the care are threatening legal action against Maine, 11 other states have passed similar shield laws that protect practitioners who provide gender-affirming and abortion care to residents of other states.
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Winslow council considers public transit program for older residents
Councilor Fran Hudson and Town Manager Ella Bowman proposed reviving the town’s partnership with KVCAP to offer residents on-call bus service.