Winter safety kits containing blankets, carbon monoxide detectors, flashlights and more are being distributed by the Bowdoinham Food Pantry, fire department, town office and local ride-sharing program.
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Federal jury rejects woman’s claims of abuse by officers at Wiscasset jail
Candace Faller sued the jail for not making a female corrections officer immediately available in 2016 after she told male officers she had post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
New Balance plans $65 million expansion of manufacturing facility in Skowhegan
A company executive told selectmen Tuesday that the footwear company now employs 250 people in Skowhegan and the expansion would add another 200 positions.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime
Skowhegan man identified as driver arrested after driving onto tarmac at Augusta State Airport
Corey Adams, 28, was arrested Tuesday and is being held without bail at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility in Augusta.
Posted inBusiness, News
Pet owners sue Idexx over ‘anticompetitive scheme’ to sell diagnostic tests
The class-action lawsuit accuses the Westbrook maker of animal-health products of locking veterinarians into predatory contracts that inflate prices that are passed on to their clients.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Hallowell council votes to table controversial pesticide ordinance
The proposed policy would prohibit the use of any synthetic substances and the use of any pesticide within 75 feet of any body of water.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Wiscasset jail guards say woman suing facility was uncooperative
Two Bridges Regional Jail staff testified Tuesday that they followed the jail’s use of force policies during Candace Faller’s 2016 arrest.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Two state senators propose smaller heating aid plan
A bipartisan proposal to help Mainers afford heat and electricity this winter would drastically scale back Gov. Janet Mills’ $474 million emergency package that Senate Republicans blocked last week.
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Woolwich woman says Two Bridges jail staff broke her tailbone following 2016 arrest
Candace Faller says male corrections officers at the jail used physical force to hold her down for a body search, despite her protestations that, as a sexual abuse victim, she suffered from PTSD and could not handle interacting with ‘aggressive or physically intimidating men.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Schools and Education
Grades changed during glitch in University of Maine at Augusta course portal were authorized, review finds
No students were found to have wrongly altered scores on quizzes or assignments during the nearly two days many were given administrative access to the Brightspace Learning Management System.