“I am not normally one to get all political as I hate the state of politics and how hateful everyone seems to have become,” said the main organizer of the fundraiser. But in this case, “I am so deeply disgusted with Governor LePage.” Read More
Instead, some counties have taken it upon themselves to develop electronic monitoring programs, scattering the effort and creating different approaches across the state. In addition, jail populations have remained stubbornly high, not because of an increase in sentenced prisoners but because of an increase in prisoners unable to bail out before their trial. Read More
That finding could influence discussions about the prospects of youth in Maine, which has seen its number of working-age people steadily decline. Read More
The discussions that have ensued around the decline show just how much there is still to learn. Read More
At least one professor at the Waterville college bristled at the idea of the school appearing to restrict discussion. Read More
“It all goes back to the social determinants of health, which is really where the prevention work will happen. If you don’t address trauma and health and housing and all of those things, we’re going to continue to be where we are or worse in the years to come,” said Patty Hamilton, director of Bangor's public health department. Read More
One student secretly recorded her conversation with an administrator who shared various avenues for dealing with the case in such confusing terms — even describing the process as “vague” and “gray” — that the student said she felt like she was “being thrown in circles.” Read More
Four current female students described experiencing unwanted sexual contact and were surprised when administrators didn’t take initiative to investigate their complaints, instead leaving it up to the women to decide how to proceed. Read More
CBS News has produced an online documentary about sex education and consent that features the University of Maine at Farmington’s ongoing conversation about sexual assault. Read More
Soon people with an addiction to opioids will be able to walk into a health care clinic in Bangor and receive medication that day to help them in their treatment and recovery process. Read More
The school suspended the male student on an interim basis until it can complete an administrative investigation. Read More
Their accounts raise questions not just about how the school can maintain safety when alleged victims don’t come forward, as is most often the case, but about how it can better catch those who may have a history of hurting women, while also protecting their rights. Read More
The school announced additional steps to improve its response to victims. Read More
The school would need to earn their trust by making concrete changes, the interim president responded. Read More
The interim president of the University of Maine at Farmington responded Tuesday to a Bangor Daily News story detailing how the school failed two female students who reported being raped. Read More
The students offer a rare look at confidential proceedings that they said devastated them after the worst experiences of their lives. Read More
The rules would grant more protections to students alleged to have committed misconduct and ease up on oversight of schools. Read More
All together, the recommendations represent an overhaul of a tenuous system of services. Read More
MaineCare, the state’s Medicaid program, had an extra $37.7 million on hand at the close of the last fiscal year, which ended June 30 Read More
The city errs on the side of being more collaborative with landlords, generally refraining from more extreme measures such as shutting properties down and taking landlords to court. It’s because people’s homes hang in the balance. Read More
