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Like Maine, New Hampshire in ‘unprecedented crisis’ with number of cases pending without an attorney
Much like Maine, New Hampshire courts are struggling to find enough lawyers to represent the state’s poor against criminal charges. Nearly 1,000 cases involving defendants in New Hampshire who cannot afford to hire their own lawyer are being continued because state...
Analyzing the levels of educational attainment by Maine county
Update: This chart has been updated to reflect graduation rates from Census.gov. The Maine Monitor has examined and compiled the levels of educational attainment by county in Maine. The following table can be sorted by those who have attained a high school...
Intriguing Individuals: Maxine Presto talks life as a solo trail hiker
Editor's Note: The Maine Monitor has partnered with digital storyteller Garrick Hoffman to syndicate his Intriguing Individuals Podcast. The Intriguing Individuals Podcast seeks to illuminate fascinating stories of intriguing people that may otherwise go unheard and...
Maine religious leaders hope to stem drop in attendance
Anita M. Madore shifted in her wooden pew at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Lewiston. It was 7 a.m. on a Thursday and the seats around her were mostly empty. The 84-year-old has attended mass six days a week since she was a small child, and...
Defense lawyers want murder indictments dismissed because Maine State Police heard confidential calls
Two murder defendants want their indictments thrown out after state investigators admitted listening to private phone calls they made in jail to their lawyers, newly filed court records show. Maine State Police detectives have said they heard parts of recorded phone...
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Lawyers outraged that sheriff’s office listened to recordings of confidential phone calls
Gov. Janet Mills said she will work with the attorney general and Legislature, but did not commit to a specific solution.
State complicates Newry couple’s hopes to mine lithium on their property
DEP ruling means the lithium operation would be treated more like a copper or silver mine, rather than a quarry operation for limestone or granite, as the Freemans had hoped.
Rockland long-term care facility resident died after being found in the snow
The December incident was the second death in Maine that month involving a resident who slipped out of a facility unsupervised.
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Conversations from the Pointed Firs: author William Carpenter
In this episode, author William Carpenter discusses the importance of better understanding and living within our natural systems.
Chasing Maine: How I catch 90 mph baseballs
We mic’d up a catcher and gave him a GoPro to capture what it’s like to be a catcher during a game.
Intriguing Individuals: Katelyn Burrell discusses overcoming miscarriage, breast cancer
In this episode, Garrick Hoffman interviews a breast cancer survivor as she becomes a mother and entrepreneur.
