Immigration officers’ refusal to identify themselves while detaining a parent during student drop-off at Gerald E. Talbot Community School last week has led to a growing chorus of calls for transparency from federal agents.
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After all the pre-lighting criticism, Portland tree-lighting dazzles the crowd
For more than a week, complaints have been circulating that this year’s tree is thinner and scragglier than usual. But as the lights flashed on, precisely at 4:30 p.m. Friday, a crowd of hundreds cheered.
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Portland jetport plan to cut trees, add surface parking draws opposition
The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland’s tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
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Officials urge improvements in Maine's criminal justice system
LEWISTON — Though Maine has the lowest incarceration rate in the country and prisoners are often allowed to create new lives for themselves, two of the men who oversee the criminal justice system in the Pine Tree State see plenty of room for improvement. Speaking to about 75 people Wednesday night at a Bates College […]
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Mark Dion seeks AG office, which he says should be an elected position
AUGUSTA — After falling short in his gubernatorial run, Democratic state Sen. Mark Dion of Portland said Thursday he hopes to be chosen as Maine’s next attorney general. Dion, a Lewiston native, said that competing in the Democratic primary made him realize he would like to serve as the state’s top legal officer where he […]
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Divided legislative panel endorses ‘red flag’ gun bill for Maine
AUGUSTA — A legislative committee split Tuesday on a bill that would allow a judge to order individuals to temporarily surrender their guns if they are deemed to pose a threat to themselves or others. On a 7-4 vote, Judiciary Committee members endorsed the bill, which would allow police or family members to seek a […]
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Lewiston native Mark Dion hopes to be Maine's next governor
After working at a bakery following his graduation from Lewiston High School in 1972, Mark Dion hoped to find an easier job at the Lewiston Brass Works and Foundry. Things did not quite turn out that way. His new employer figured that since Dion was used to ovens, he would be perfect working the furnaces. […]
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Portland police chief downplays gang activity
PORTLAND — After a news report that the handgun used by suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev to shoot at pursuing police officers was funneled through “violent” gangs in Portland, the city’s police chief and a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent on Tuesday downplayed any link between “loosely affiliated criminal groups” in Portland and national gangs. At […]
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State to re-examine property tax cap for jail funding
Related: LePage asks Legislature for jail money AUGUSTA — A six-year-old cap on property taxpayers’ share of county jail costs may be cracking as lawmakers search for more money. Members of the Legislature’s Criminal Justice Committee put counties on notice Monday that the cap, which froze county spending on jails at 2008 levels and passed on […]