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Jurors who told the judge Monday they were deadlocked returned guilty verdicts on both counts Tuesday. Farwell faces a mandatory life sentence.
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Books Are Wings gave its community champion award to Rep. Jennifer A. Stewart, Sen. Mark McKenney and Providence Mayor-elect David Morales for sponsoring the 2025 law that bars censorship of library materials.
Michael Darcy, the sole employee of a small Hinsdale business, wrote fraudulent checks to himself and spent about $142,000 on pornographic online chats, federal prosecutors said.
Vermont State Police said a crash had closed Vermont Route 313 in both directions at Warm Brook Road and that the closure was expected to last a long time.
The Vermont independent also cast doubt on whether Schumer will run without opposition, as Chris Van Hollen weighs a challenge.
State workplace safety investigators found the departments lacked an effective system for tracking firefighters at the May 15 Robbins Lumber fire. The state suspended nearly all of $108,000 in penalties after the towns made fixes.
TapestryHealth, founded by Mayor David Chess, says federal payment suspensions tied to a False Claims Act inquiry left it unable to keep serving nursing home patients. The company calls the billing allegations groundless.
The award is larger than the state's first-year share and brings its two-year total to more than $408 million, the governor's office said.
The Penobscot County Sheriff's Office has not said what caused the Monday crash on Billings Road. The driver and two other people were hospitalized in Bangor.
A new state program for police officers, firefighters and emergency medical workers covers down payment and closing costs with forgivable aid and trims mortgage rates. It opens Nov. 16.
Vermont State Police said Robert Witham Jr., 46, barricaded himself in his Craftsbury home for several hours before his arrest Monday. Troopers said they found a loaded gun and a 30-round rifle magazine in the vehicle he had been driving.
The Maine Department of Transportation said the international crossing over the St. Croix River reopened Thursday after deck and joint repairs, though work on the bridge abutment continues.