The federal government is for the first time requiring nursing homes to have minimum staffing levels after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed grim realities in poorly staffed facilities.
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Proposed federal hemp rules would hurt Maine’s fledgling industry, state officials say
Lab-testing and other requirements could stymie growers, critics contend in comments on the regulations.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Sabattus woman charged with lying in federal pot bust probe
LEWISTON — A Sabattus woman denied a federal perjury charge this week in connection to a federal raid earlier this year on major marijuana-growing operations in the Twin Cities. Shawna Bielawski, 21, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to the charge, which is punishable by up to five years in prison […]
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Auburn man gets nearly five years for gun charge
PORTLAND — An Auburn man was sentenced in federal court to spend nearly five years in prison for having a gun after he was convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. Willie Richard Minor, 58, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 57 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release. He was convicted Dec. […]
Posted inFranklin
Rangeley man pleads to federal drug charges
FARMINGTON — A Rangeley man has pleaded guilty at U.S. District Court in Bangor to selling fentanyl last year in Franklin County, according to court documents. Steven Butler was 24 when he was indicted by a federal grand jury Sept. 14, 2017, on three felony counts of distribution of a mixture or substance containing fentanyl. Butler had […]
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New Vineyard man indicted on federal cocaine charge
BANGOR — A federal grand jury indicted a New Vineyard man accused of distributing cocaine. Jordan Richard, 24, formerly of Rangeley, was indicted last week “for distributing cocaine,” acting U.S. Attorney Richard W. Murphy announced in a release Wednesday from the Department of Justice. If convicted, Richard faces up to 20 years in prison, three […]
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Legislature split on conforming state and federal tax code
AUGUSTA — House Republicans on Tuesday promoted an action by Democratic President Barack Obama as they urged their Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to make permanent in state law a set of income tax breaks that mirror those signed into federal law by Obama in 2015. But a bill extending those breaks to businesses and […]
Posted inFranklin, Livermore Falls Advertiser
Motion filed to dismiss Jay contractor’s embezzlement case
FARMINGTON — An attorney for a Jay contractor accused of embezzling from a federally funded program filed a motion on Dec. 11 to dismiss the federal case, claiming that the statute used is unconstitutional. Timothy Gallagher, 46, an ex-construction project manager for Stanford Management LLC, pleaded not guilty in November to embezzling nearly $80,000 from […]
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Jay man pleads not guilty to federal embezzlement charge
FARMINGTON — A Jay man pleaded not guilty Friday in a Portland court to a felony charge of embezzlement from an organization receiving federal funds, according to U.S. District Court documents. Timothy P. Gallagher, 46, an ex-construction project manager for Stanford Management LLC, is accused of embezzling nearly $80,000 from a federally-funded program between about […]
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Paul LePage doesn’t want National Monument designations for Maine
AUGUSTA — Republican Gov. Paul LePage expressed his disapproval of a proposal to designate areas within the Gulf of Maine as a Marine National Monument. LePage on Friday sent two letters to President Barack Obama and Maine’s U.S. congressional delegation regarding separate proposals for monuments that LePage said will have a negative effect on Maine […]