The vote comes nearly five months after the town hired a Massachusetts consultant to investigate the chief’s performance in response to a list of complaints submitted by the union. Read More
More than 800 people with medical or public health backgrounds have volunteered their services since Maine began preparing for the novel coronavirus in January, especially in the weeks since the virus first appeared, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More
The spread of the virus has left prisoners in a vulnerable, conflicted position. They are now even further cut off from others. In the past the outside world provided comfort and hope. Now it represents an imminent threat. Read More
From freeing some inmates, to possibly keeping others incarcerated longer, here are some of the ways the pandemic is changing Maine’s criminal justice system. Read More
The Maine court system has increased the number of days that a newly arrested person can go before a judge, in an effort to free unconvicted people from jail faster during the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
The Bangor Area Homeless Shelter will close its overnight warming center for the season on Monday, two weeks earlier than planned, and gradually reduce its beds from 38 to 25 to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Read More
As of Sunday, 470 Maine residents had been confirmed positive for the novel coronavirus and nine have died, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Read More
Not for the first time, but in perhaps the greatest detail, the report portrays Maine in desperate need of improving its handling of juvenile cases. Read More
More people are ending up in the psychiatric wing of the Maine State Prison, instead of the state’s psychiatric hospital, raising questions about due process, oversight and quality of care. But there are no other options for those who are violent and severely ill. Read More
A Q&A about what motivated Nancy Mills to address the high rates of mental illness among Maine defendants. Read More
A new committee studying ways to stem the rise in prisoners awaiting trial questions how to “break the futile cycle of task forces.” Read More
Three single mothers have been stewing over the future of their Portland homes for weeks now, and a new letter has only seemed to replace a hard deadline to leave with an ambiguous one, they said. Read More
Low-income tenants at a housing complex in Portland who were surprised and devastated to get eviction notices last month should never have received the letters, a representative for the property owner said late Tuesday. Read More
The company that recently purchased a Portland apartment complex and is evicting a large number of low-income families there was formed by members of a Massachusetts family known for their philanthropy. Read More
At least 16 low-income households at an apartment complex in Portland have been told to move out during the coming holiday season, in what may be one of the biggest mass evictions in Maine’s largest city in recent years. Read More
A former Lewiston landlord owes the city more than $200,000 in fines and fees for keeping his apartment buildings in disrepair, according to court records and city officials, but he didn’t list that debt when he filed for bankruptcy this summer. The omission raises questions about whether the… Read More
The Bangor Daily News’ examination of public records shows for the first time how much general assistance went to the very landlords the city had or would sue for letting their buildings deteriorate. Read More
The saga of 32 Horton St. in Lewiston. Read More
In recent years, the Lewiston code enforcement office has been more aggressive in pursuing remedies from landlords who operate unsafe housing. That sometimes means taking them to court to make them fix their buildings. Read More
More than 400 people have contributed to a vision for housing in Lewiston that they hope will be funded with $30 million from the feds. That’s just the beginning. Read More
