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How seven wealthy summer residents halted workforce housing on Maine's Mount Desert Island

Sep. 17, 2024 14:18 PM EDT

There’s a parcel of land in Northeast Harbor on the corner of Neighborhood and Manchester roads that Steve Anastasia has walked by for years. It’s on the edge of the village, a short distance from the library and elementary school. Just down the way is Main Street, with its...

Maine law thwarts impact of school choice decision, lawsuit says

Sep. 05, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Christian school at the center of a Supreme Court decision that required Maine to include religious schools in a state tuition program is appealing a ruling upholding a requirement that all participating facilities abide by a state antidiscrimination law. ...

Public defender’s offices are opening across Maine. The next step: staffing them.

Aug. 19, 2024 12:42 PM EDT

In a Bangor courtroom last week, Judge Meghan Szylvian ruled the state had violated the constitutional rights of a criminal defendant who had been in custody for nearly a month. The defendant qualified for a court-appointed attorney but had not received one — as was the case, on...