The damage to babies and children in the state is causing mild learning disabilities, damaging neurological conditions … and deaths.
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Diagnosing abuse requires collaboration and expert advice, child advocates say
The advocates say assessments done in Maine child protective cases are not thorough and continue to leave children at risk in their homes.
Mills delays while LePage takes swipes, setting up a 2022 election like no other
Despite the lack of a formal announcement, experts expect the incumbent governor to confront her predecessor and nemesis.
DEP proposes fining Sprague for Sears Island plastic spill
Bits of plastic from the December 2020 accident are still surfacing, a Friends of Sears Island official says.
Shortage of workers in the state results from COVID-19, plus an aging population
‘Help Wanted’ signs reveal that Maine is a model for the nation.
After years of spills at Waterville site, Pan Am Railways says it cleaned up its act
Pan Am, which is going through a corporate merger, blames aging infrastructure and a submerged pipe for some of its problems.
‘All other life exists within their shelter’
Protecting the irreplaceable value of Maine’s rockweed ecosystems.
Premature birth, premature death: The sad, tragic life of a Maine child
Maddox Williams, born to parents battling drug and alcohol addictions, didn’t live to age 4. His mother is charged with his murder.
What more can be done? Some are haunted as child deaths in Maine continue to rise
‘Nothing’s changed’ in the child welfare system, says a former school nurse who will never forget a 10-year-old girl who suffered so much.
An online impeachment crusader wants restrictions lifted, and her beliefs heard
Jessica Rainville, a voice actor from North Berwick, says COVID-19 restrictions inspired her to go after Gov. Mills.
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