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Reservists who knew Maine mass shooter say they warned of his decline

Fellow U.S. Army reservists who witnessed the mental and physical decline of a colleague who would commit Maine’s deadliest mass shooting told a commission investigating the killings Thursday that the...

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    Maine Apr 1

    Maine college student found dead in parking lot, police say

    A college student was found dead in a parking lot near the Frank J. Wood Bridge in Topsham, Maine, over the weekend, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The student, identified as a 20-year-old woman from California, was discovered at about 7 a.m. Sunday at 2 Main St., Topsham police said. The 20-year-old was a student at Bowdoin College&...
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    Maine Apr 1

    Governor calls Maine ‘best place in New England' to watch eclipse, shares safety tips

    Maine Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference Monday to promote the state as a top destination for the April 8 total solar eclipse and urge tourists and residents alike to plan ahead so they are able to safely enjoy the big event. She called Maine “the best place in New England and one of the best places in north…

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    Maine Mar 30

    Maine man charged with murder in connection to missing person

    A 30-year-old Maine man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a missing person’s case. The Maine Department of Public Safety says Joseph Chute, of Leeds, was taken into custody Friday evening following a nearly year-long investigation into the disappearance of 34-year-old Alex Jackson, of Windham. The Windham Police Depar...
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    Maine Mar 30

    Maine governor proposes budget revisions to fund housing and child care before April adjournment

    Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday unveiled a budget revision that includes additional one-time spending to build more housing for Maine residents, to provide grants to child care providers, and to accelerate nursing facility rate reform, among other initiatives. Included in the proposed spending is $5 million to help mobile home residents buy t...
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    Maine Mar 29

    Special Olympics Maine founder accused in lawsuit of grooming, sexually abusing boy

    The founder of Special Olympics Maine groomed a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with employment — and threatened him to keep it quiet, according to a lawsuit. The plaintiff, who was not a Special Olympics athlete, says the organization kne...
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    Maine Mar 28

    Maine lawmakers to consider late ‘red flag' proposal after state's deadliest shooting

    Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for temporary removal of guns, thanks to an a 11th-hour bill introduced by the House leader. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, a Democrat, said it’s important to reconsider the previously rejected proposal after a g...
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    Maine Mar 28

    High court rules Maine's ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional

    Maine’s highest court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting game animals such as deer, turkey and moose on Sundays was still necessary. Maine is one of a dwindling number of states that restricts hunting on Sunday. The lawsuit...
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    Maine Mar 28

    Skier buried up to his neck following avalanche at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

    A skier at Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain was buried in snow up to his neck after a 50-foot-wide avalanche last weekend. Nik Krueger told News Center Maine that he was celebrating his 27th birthday with a friend on Sunday and followed another skier down the mountain when suddenly a huge mound of snow let go, falling on the other skier....

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    Maine Mar 27

    Mass. man gets 40 years in prison for fatal attack on domestic partner on Maine beach

    A Massachusetts man who beat his domestic partner to death on a beach in Maine was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison. Jeffrey Buchannan had pleaded guilty to murder under a plea agreement. He told police he blacked out before the attack on Rhonda Pattelena, who was bludgeoned with a rock on Short Sands Beach in York on March…

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    Maine Mar 27

    Maine's Cooper Flagg named Gatorade national player of the year

    Maine native Cooper Flagg has been named the nation’s top boys high school basketball player for the 2023-24 season. Gatorade announced Wednesday that Flagg, 17, who plays at Montverde Academy in Florida, has been named its 2023-24 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-9 small forward from Newport, Maine, is committ...
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    Maine Mar 27

    Man dies in house fire in Midcoast Maine

    A man died in a house fire in Maine’s Midcoast region on Wednesday morning, accordign to the state fire marshal’s office. Around 7:46 a.m. Wednesday, the St. George Fire Department responded to a house fire on Clark Island Road. While working to extinguish the fire, firefighters found an adult male dead inside the home. The fire marshal...
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    Maine Mar 27

    Boy, 11, killed while parking snowmobile in family's Maine garage

    An 11-year-old boy crashed a snowmobile and was killed while attempting to park in his family’s garage, game wardens said Tuesday. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, sped across a field and crashed into a corner of the garage around 7:30 p.m. Monday, said Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Emerge...
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    Maine Mar 26

    New details: Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before Lewiston shootings

    The commission probing Maine’s deadliest mass shooting concluded law enforcement had ample grounds to pursue assault charges against Robert Card for punching a fellow Army reservist in the face six weeks before he killed 18 people in Lewiston. While legal experts and the man he punched concur on that, they say even if charges had been pursued they ...
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    Farmington Mar 26

    Maine man wanted in sex assault of a child dies in crash fleeing police

    A man being chased by police for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in Farmington, Maine, died on Monday when his car sped over a spike strip and into a tree, police said. Joshua Burdin, a 32-year-old from nearby Strong, Maine, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which took place on South Strong Road in Farmington at about…...
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    Maine Mar 26

    Thousands still without power in Maine after Saturday's storm

    More than 180,000 residents in Maine’s coastal counties had their power restored, Central Maine Power said Tuesday, following a major weekend storm that unleashed snow and heavy rain across New England. “We continue to make progress in our efforts to restore power to all customers affected by Saturday night’s snow and ice storm,” ...
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    Maine Mar 26

    Scammer being held in Maine jail claimed to be psychic, witch, Irish heiress, victims say

    She has crisscrossed the country saying she’s an Irish heiress, a psychic and good friends with a movie star in order to run scores of scams, her victims say. But now Marianne Smyth is in a Maine jail awaiting a hearing next month that will decide whether she can be extradited to the United Kingdom over a scam dating...

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