Jules Walkup

According to an ICE spokesperson, the Scarborough facility is not a detention center but a processing facility. When asked if ICE intends to review the facility, the spokesperson said that it undergoes its own inspection processes.

The Stroudwater River Trail goes along the south side of the Stroudwater River behind the Unum campus near the Portland International Jetport. Across the river lie trails that are part of the 200-acre Fore River Sanctuary.

Procter & Gamble engineering director Danielle Brown told the Auburn Planning Board that the two new warehouses, one at the north end and one at the south end, are meant to eliminate the moving of goods to off-site storage.

The Auburn City Council passed a mobile home rent stabilization ordinance, joining at least 25 municipalities across Maine. The ordinance restricts the number of times a park owner can increase rent, the amount that they can increase rent and creates a rent stabilization board.

The project will offer a “housing first” approach. Residents will not need to be sober to access housing. Instead, the project will provide “stable ground” upon which people can begin to have their behavioral health needs met.

With the funds that Ivy Nibarger raised, Bath Area Food Bank Executive Director Kimberly Gates said she can buy about a week and a half’s worth of food. Because Ivy raised the money, Gates will use the funds for kid-friendly food.

SMCC faculty who teach labs, shop and clinical classes say the pay discrepancy between them and classroom instructors sends the message that the college does not value them as much as other professors.

The Maine Emergency Management Agency says fall and winter storms can lead to flooding, road wash-outs, power outages, storm surges and other hazards. That’s why September is a good time to make sure you have an emergency kit in case you need to quickly leave your home.

Annie Allen, a survivor of child sex abuse by a Catholic priest in the Portland diocese, said the diocese did nothing in response to her claims of sexual abuse. She said all she wanted from the diocese was accountability and justice.

Portland residents first passed rent control in 2020. Six years later, the Portland Tenants Union says that rent control violations are going unenforced in the city. Landlords say punishment for accounting mistakes are too harsh.