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Published
April 20, 2021

Kennebec County commissioners vote to return controversial statue to donor

Robert Fuller Jr., who gave the statue of Melville Fuller to the county and offered to take it back, will have up to a year to make arrangements to move the monument of the controversial jurist.
Published
April 1, 2021

Court upholds 48-year prison sentence for Marissa Kennedy’s mother

Sharon Kennedy, who was known as Sharon Carrillo at the time of her arrest and conviction, was sentenced in Waldo County to 48 years in prison for murdering her 10-year-old daughter.
Published
March 25, 2021

Maine’s Supreme Court votes to uphold Clinton teen’s sentence

Timothy Silva, the driver of a vehicle that crashed and killed three children, will remain at Long Creek Youth Detention Center until his 21st birthday.
Published
February 16, 2021

Criteria for involuntarily committing patients in Maine is about to change

The state supreme court ruled last month that a Damariscotta hospital erred in holding a patient without getting a judge's approval and in how it evaluated his petition to be released.
Published
January 28, 2021

Maine’s supreme court clarifies rules for holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms

The court rules that a judge must be alerted within 24 hours if a psychiatric patient is to be held for an extended period during involuntary hospitalization.

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Published
January 22, 2021

Judicial order sets new limits on court appearances over COVID-19 concerns

Police agencies adjust to restrictions placed on each court.
Published
January 16, 2021

Court: Maine Tourette’s patient can sue for being denied procedure

The Supreme Court of Maine is allowing a woman, who says a surgeon declined to repair her injured shoulder because she has Tourette’s syndrome, to proceed with a lawsuit.
Published
December 1, 2020

Augusta courthouse remains closed as another two employees test positive for COVID-19

The Capital Judicial Center is expected to remain closed to the public all week due to a lack of staff. It is slated to reopen to the public Monday, Dec. 7.
Published
October 23, 2020

Maine’s high court rules absentee ballots must be received by Election Day

The court sided with Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap's office in rejecting a push to extend the deadline to count absentee ballots that arrive late.
Published
October 18, 2020

Insight: Religious rivalry in Maine history

In 1854, an Ellsworth mob tarred and feathered Catholic priest John Bapst, as part of a dispute over which translation of the Bible children should read in public schools.