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Courts

Published
June 20, 2022

Government forced to cover plaintiffs’ legal fees in Topsham bridge battle

A Portland judge ruled Friday that the government must cover 70% of Friends of Frank J. Wood Bridge's legal fees after a lengthy battle over the future of the historical structure, but the bridge may still be replaced.
Published
May 27, 2022

Frenchman Bay salmon farm developer sues state for spiking its lease application

The Portland company, funded by Norwegian investors, proposed raising 66 million pounds of Atlantic salmon annually and operating a fish processing plant.
Published
May 10, 2022

Power corridor developer defends embattled project before Maine’s highest court

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court heard two separate cases Tuesday involving the contested NECEC power line project.
Published
May 10, 2022

16-year-old charged with murder in Waldo County fatal shooting

The suspect, Atilio Delgado of Brooks, has been charged with knowing and intentional murder in the death of James Cluney on Friday.
Published
May 6, 2022

Seven months after historic vote, power line project to get its day in court

On Tuesday, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments challenging a November referendum to ban the $1 billion NECEC project, among other issues.

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Published
May 4, 2022

Rick Lawrence sworn in as Maine’s first Black Supreme Judicial Court justice

The longtime district court judge said he will bring a strong perspective that the state's highest court makes legal decisions that affect people's everyday lives.
Published
April 26, 2022

Driver who slammed car into Deering Oaks bleachers pleads guilty to manslaughter

Jonathan Burt of Lisbon will serve 4½ years of a 15-year suspended sentence for killing Celestin Muhizi, 76, in 2020.
Published
April 13, 2022

Woolwich family sues Amazon over fatal highway crash

Misty Fisher and her family filed a negligence lawsuit Monday after a delivery driver hit and killed her husband in Topsham in July 2020.
Published
April 6, 2022

Orrington church suing the governor for pandemic restrictions says its case still matters

Calvary Chapel Bangor is still suing the governor for pandemic restrictions on religious gatherings that haven't been in effect for more than a year.
Published
April 5, 2022

Former jail guard charged in deadly Gorham crash seeks to have statements thrown out

Kenneth Morang, who faces manslaughter charges from the 2019 crash, is asking the court to throw out evidence from a Gorham police detective who talked to him after the collision. Morang's family testified Tuesday that the detective promised them there would be no charges.