A former Newport lawyer, convicted in 2022 on one count of theft by unauthorized taking, is going back to court this week in Aroostook County for a post-conviction review. Dale Thistle, 79, was found guilty of stealing a portion of a $390,000 wrongful death settlement, following a 2022 two-day trial in Bangor. The funds were […]
Maine is expected to receive about $261 million from settlement agreements through 2038 to address the opioid crisis. The funds come from national litigation against pharmaceutical companies for their roles in the distribution of billions of highly addictive opioids over a decade that fueled the nation’s addiction epidemic. Maine was originally expected to receive $230 […]
Maine homicides have been cut in half over the past three years, but the number of domestic abuse killings has steadily increased.
A chain of Maine medical marijuana dispensaries that is planning to open a location in Presque Isle was subject of the first-ever patient advisory issued by state cannabis regulators last week after products sold in its Waterville store tested positive for pesticides. Strains of five concentrates sold by MarijuanaVille, which operates 12 medical dispensaries mostly […]
The proposed amendment to LD 382 allows relief for property owners facing uncertain futures.
The numbers of short-term rentals in the unorganized territory have been increasing,
In northern Maine, the average monthly bill for residential and small-business customers using about 550 kilowatt hours a month will go up $16.
HOULTON, Maine – U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner made his first northern Maine stop in Houlton Saturday, tapping into growing economic frustrations as a way to garner Aroostook County support for his campaign “Down here we live in a world of material reality. Down here Medicare and Medicaid cuts are not numbers on a spreadsheet, […]
The elder now says he plans to sell his Monson home and permanently leave the U.S. over the treatment by border officials.
The banner across the website of Assured Solar Energy reads like a flash sale. “Secure Your 30% Clean Energy Credit Before It’s Gone!” That’s because, in a sense, it is. As part of the Republican Party’s sweeping domestic policy bill signed into law on July 4, federal tax credits of 30 percent for residential clean […]
