All the headlines from our Maine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 11 2022 // A federal judge has ruled that a Maine hospital violated the state’s equal pay law by paying a female psychologist barely half the wage of her male colleagues.The judge ruled that Northern Light Acadia Hospital...
Feb 9 2022 // A Maine legislative committee has signed off on a proposal to help emergency responders gain better access to mental health support.The proposal would continue a presumption that firefighters, emergency medical...
Feb 3 2022 // Complaints alleging that two priests sexually abused children in the 1950s and 1970s have been deemed credible by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.One of the complaints focused on Renald Hallee, who served in Bangor...
Jan 28 2022 // Testing wells in a Maine town contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and the chemicals may have traveled through well systems and drinking water, the state’s department of environmental protection found.Last month,...
Jan 25 2022 // A man who stumbled along a street while carrying his own severed arm was saved by two public workers who saw him and happened to be trained in the use of tourniquets, authorities in Maine said.“It had to be divine...
Jan 24 2022 // Attorneys for a Maine college and five female athletics coaches said Friday they have reached a settlement stemming from a lawsuit over fair pay and working conditions.Lawyers representing Colby College and the coaches...
Jan 7 2022 // A federal judge has divided almost $1 million in insurance proceeds between the families of four fishermen who died in 2020 when a fishing boat sank in high seas off the coast of Massachusetts.U.S. District Judge John...
Dec 15 2021 // Maine utility regulators will investigate allegations raised in a lawsuit against the parent company of Central Maine Power.The investigation by the Maine Public Utilities Commission will focus on whether Avangrid’s...
Dec 14 2021 // A jury has found that a roofing contractor in Maine is not guilty of workplace manslaughter for the 2018 death of a worker.The Portland Press Herald reports that the jury reached its verdict at the Cumberland County...
Dec 3 2021 // Jury selection got underway Wednesday for the trial of a roofing contractor charged in the death of a worker who fell from a roof because of alleged unsafe working conditions.The trial of Michael Purvis was initially...
Dec 2 2021 // Ten Maine coastal communities on Casco Bay are banding together in hopes of being able to help prevent future flooding.Over the next two years, the Casco Bay communities will invest a half million dollars on projects that...
Oct 29 2021 // The son of a man who died in a snowblower accident in 2017 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against both of Bangor’s hospitals and two medical professionals.Herbert Pelletier, 86, died four years ago of...
Oct 28 2021 // Three teenagers accused of starting a fatal apartment building fire in Maine have been charged with felony murder, officials said.Two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old were charged last month with arson, but those charges...
Oct 15 2021 // Environmental regulators in Maine will soon undertake a statewide investigation to find concentrations of long-lasting environmental pollutants.The investigation stems from the state’s efforts to mitigate a class of...
Sep 28 2021 // Maine’s attorney general is seeking proposals from law firms willing to assist with potential legal claims over chemical contamination in the state.The state is considering legal claims over so-called PCBs and a...
Aug 27 2021 // Maine’s governor is calling on small businesses around the state to apply for federal disaster loans that are available because of the drought the state suffered earlier in the summer.Governor Janet Mills, a...
Aug 20 2021 // Maine last month enacted a law that makes it the first U.S. state to ban the use of PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, in nearly all products. PFAS are commonly referred to as “forever chemicals”...
Aug 11 2021 // After a fire at an elementary school library in northern Maine destroyed its collection of books, a bookstore at the other end of the state helped replace them.A fire on July 25 burned the library at Dr. Levesque...
Aug 4 2021 // A fire that destroyed one of Maine’s nine covered bridges has been declared an arson, the fire marshal’s office said. A local business put up a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of those...
Jul 15 2021 // Maine’s governor plans to host the a virtual summit about the opioid crisis this week.Democratic Governor Janet Mills said she has scheduled the third annual Governor’s Opioid Response Summit for Thursday. She...