ShareELLSWORTH — A nonprofit that helps inmates recover from substance abuse could be allowed back in the Hancock County Jail starting Friday, seven months after the agency lost access over its support for Black Lives Matter.County Commissioner Bill Clark, Healthy Acadia Executive Director Elsie Flemings and Sheriff Scott Kane met Monday morning.Clark said Monday afternoon that as a result of Monday morning’s meeting, a memorandum agreement is being drafted and should be finalized by Friday.Sheriff Kane c issued a June 10, 2020, statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Kane...…ShareELLSWORTH — A nonprofit that helps inmates recover from substance abuse could be allowed back in the Hancock County Jail starting Friday, seven months after the agency lost access over its support for Black Lives Matter.County Commissioner Bill Clark, Healthy Acadia Executive Director Elsie Flemings and Sheriff Scott Kane met Monday morning.Clark said Monday afternoon that as a result of Monday morning’s meeting, a memorandum agreement is being drafted and should be finalized by Friday.Sheriff Kane c issued a June 10, 2020, statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Kane...WW…

ShareThe Maine Attorney General’s Office has filed criminal charges against a 19-year-old woman who allegedly signed and voted a former roommate’s ballot as her own, a type of case that state officials described as extremely rare.Local election officials in Orono discovered the potential violation before the ballot was processed. A spokesman for the AG’s office said it appears that election tampering was not the motive.“It appears that the motive behind the crime was a personal dispute between former roommates, rather than an effort to influence the outcome of the election,” Marc Malon...…ShareThe Maine Attorney General’s Office has filed criminal charges against a 19-year-old woman who allegedly signed and voted a former roommate’s ballot as her own, a type of case that state officials described as extremely rare.Local election officials in Orono discovered the potential violation before the ballot was processed. A spokesman for the AG’s office said it appears that election tampering was not the motive.“It appears that the motive behind the crime was a personal dispute between former roommates, rather than an effort to influence the outcome of the election,” Marc Malon...WW…

ShareA deaf American Sign Language interpreter from Maine is one of the few people getting rave reviews in the wake of the first 2020 presidential debate.Regan Thibodeau – known in Maine for interpreting televised COVID-19 updates featuring Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention – was one of three deaf ASL interpreters who translated the debate last Tuesday for DPAN.TV, the Sign Language Channel.The 41-year-old Windham resident interpreted Democratic nominee Joe Biden, while the two other interpreters were assigned to Republican President Trump and...…ShareA deaf American Sign Language interpreter from Maine is one of the few people getting rave reviews in the wake of the first 2020 presidential debate.Regan Thibodeau – known in Maine for interpreting televised COVID-19 updates featuring Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention – was one of three deaf ASL interpreters who translated the debate last Tuesday for DPAN.TV, the Sign Language Channel.The 41-year-old Windham resident interpreted Democratic nominee Joe Biden, while the two other interpreters were assigned to Republican President Trump and...WW…