AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine will no longer suspend driver’s licenses over unpaid fines once a new law goes into effect. The law says until October 2021, Maine will no longer automatically suspend driver’s licenses for failure to pay fines unrelated to driving. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said suspending driver’s licenses make it […]
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Kippax's dental license suspended for incompetence
LEWISTON — The Board of Dental Practice has taken emergency action to suspend the license of Jan Kippax, an oral surgeon operating on Main Street. According to the Board, Kippax operated on patients without adequate anesthesia, used expired medications for sedation and extracted the wrong teeth from patients, among other things. According to a letter […]
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RSU 9 board reinstates student
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors voted 8-2 Tuesday to allow an eighth-grade student to enter ninth grade with a transition plan in place, Superintendent Tom Ward said. Directors Jennifer Pooler of New Sharon and Keith Swett of Wilton opposed the vote, he said. The student was one of two middle school students accused […]
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Union offer on Brady suspension ignored
The players’ union proposed a settlement on Tom Brady’s four-game suspension last week that was “met with silence” by the NFL, a person familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the NFL Players Association’s offer was confidential. There is no timetable on when Commissioner Roger […]
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RSU 9 directors require student to serve 30-days in-school suspension
FARMINGTON — A Mt. Blue Middle School student suspended three days before school closed for the year, will be required to serve the remaining seven days and an additional 23 days when classes resume. Regional School Unit 9 directors held an expulsion hearing Tuesday for one of two eighth-graders accused of distributing marijuana on school […]
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Brady playing waiting game
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — It’s back to the waiting game for Tom Brady. After making his case in a 10-hour hearing, Brady’s fate is in the hands of Roger Goodell. Just when the NFL commissioner will announce his decision to uphold, reduce or eliminate Brady’s four-game suspension in “Deflategate” is uncertain. “I think that’s going […]
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RSU 9 board adds 20 days to Mt. Blue student’s suspension
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to add five days to a 10-day out-of-school suspension, and 15 days of in-house suspension for a Mt. Blue High School student for a drug-related matter. The student has served the 10-day suspension, Superintendent Tom Ward said Wednesday. Administrators and Ward are working with the student to develop […]
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Maine lawyer’s law license suspended
PORTLAND — A well-known Maine attorney and sports agent who pleaded guilty to federal money laundering charges has had his license to practice law suspended. Saco attorney Gary Prolman’s law license was ordered suspended immediately under an order signed by Justice Donald Alexander of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Monday and received Wednesday by […]