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26 Oct 1:25 pm
The Maine State Bar Association (MSBA) has prepared a booklet to help "prepare young people for some of the legal complexities of
adulthood." The free booklet, On Your Own, is the MSBA's guide to law for young adults and ... The cost to print and distribute the free booklet is offset by the MSBA, as well as the
generosity of law firms and businesses throughout the state with one common goal: to prepare teenagers for adulthood. At the Law Offices of Joe
Bornstein, we, too, are advocates for preparing ...
14 Oct 9:04 am
10-14-2009 Michigan - Maine:The Baldacci administration has appointed the first woman ever to serve as warden of an all-male correctional facility in Maine. Patricia M.
Barnhart, who is now warden of a facility in Michigan, will take the reigns of the Maine State Prison in Warren in December. Prisoner
advocates are hoping the appointment will lead to a change of culture at the state's largest
30 Jun 10:29 pm
7-1-2009 Maine:Over the past year, the Maine State Prison has been the scene of a murder (Sex Offender Sheldon Weinstein, 64,
from New Hartford, N.Y), a hunger strike and a hostage crisis that have frayed nerves at the 900-inmate facility in Warren. Besides pitting prisoners against corrections officers, the
incidents have also increased tensions between the admininistration and staff. Now a
30 Jun 7:32 pm
View the article here 06/30/2009 By A.J. Higgins Over the past year, the Maine State Prison has been the scene of a murder, a hunger
strike and a hostage crisis that have frayed nerves at the 900-inmate facility in Warren. Besides pitting prisoners against corrections officers, ... between the admininistration and
staff. Now a legislative watch dog panel wants to know how the state Department of Corrections plans to change the culture within the... Sex
Offender Issues (C) 2006-2009, ...
10 Apr 8:21 am
As reported in today Press Herald, a Maine legislator is proposing that the salaries of all state employees be public - but that the
names of the employees be excluded from all public documents. The CEO of the Maine Heritage Policy Center opposes the idea saying that information about salary without a name
attached to it is meaningless. The Center lists this information and lots more about state ...
3 Jun, 2008 12:22 am
The Maine Legislature's State Law and Legislative Reference Library, a nonpartisan staff office of the Legislative Council, is seeking a
full-time Principal Law Librarian to assist the Director in overall library management. This position is responsible for public services within...
15 Nov, 2006 10:19 am
Montgomery v. Cairns, No. CV-04-342, 2006 WL 2959710 (Me.Super. June 6, 2006), involved a lawsuit in which the parties sought court guidance in distributing various assets shared by the
parties. One of the assets was a partnership called R.K. Investment...
23 Nov, 2007 7:05 am
... Fax: (207) 941-2955 E-mail: bobbijo.yeager@ucpofmaine.org MAINE STATE RESOURCES AGING Eastern Agency on Aging 450 Essex Street
Bangor, ... pre-service and in-service educators, and educational service providers. The University of Maine at Farmington Center for Assistive Technology Department of Special
Education Franklin Hall, 252 ... and supports to regular classroom materials DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS Alzheimer's Association Maine Alzheimer's Association 163 Lancaster Street,
Suite 160B Portland, ME ...
5 Aug 3:24 pm
... the lakes to the beaches and the rocky coast, there's no escaping our state's natural beauty. Home to a renowned national park, a 92-mile
waterway, ... 600,000 acres, it can be overwhelming when deciding where to go and what to do. Now, thanks to the Maine State Bureau of
Parks and Lands, information is just a click away. The bureau's ... are generated from the $10 billion surplus in sales, which equate for nearly 17 percent of the state's total jobs and 21 percent of its Gross Domestic Product. And now ...
11 Nov, 2008 8:00 pm
The Maine Child Death and Serious Injury Review Panel was established by Maine State Statutes to study the causes and incidents
of serious injuries and child deaths in the State of Maine. The Panel reviewed 45 deaths deaths and serious injuries ... law firm can
also help investigate the cause and manner of death or serious personal injury. Many children in Maine and the New England area are the unfortunate victims of serious injury or
death from automobile accidents, pedestrian accidents, bicycle ...
23 Jul 2:23 pm
... representatives of Saddleback and Integrity. Mr. Duggan warned Integrity that he intended to report this unlawful and unsafe behavior to the Maine State Electrician's Examining Board; which he subsequently did. Saddleback became aware that Mr. Duggan had ... he did not complain about his own employer's
unlawful activities--he complained about Saddleback's unlawful activities. As a Maine employment law firm, it will be interesting to see how courts in the future will attempt to
reconcile these cases.
7 Aug 8:36 am
... be considered personal information if combined with other personal information of any of the other types included in this definition. Since Maine's new law is intended to
protect the privacy of minors, it can be compared to the federal Children's Online Privacy ... first violation and at least $20,000 for subsequent violations. The Act also provides for
a private right of action in Maine state court, including recovery for the greater of actual damages or $250 per violation (with the
potential for ...
6 Apr, 2008 3:35 pm
... , it seems no one is paying attention to the carnage from failed attempts. For example, consider Maine . . . In 2003, a majority of both houses of the Maine
state legislature passed the nationally heralded Dirigo Health legislation. The Dirigo Health plan is ... "reforms" in the latest Dirigo bill
are costly, unproven and unlikely to have a significant impact on premiums for Maine's small businesses, sole proprietors, and individuals buying insurance outside their
employer. This proposal attempts ...
11 Jun 7:24 am
... SSI recipients by state and county. You can scroll down the list to find your state. Here is the
list of Maine SSI recipients by county, as well as the New Hampshire SSI statistics. While we're ... the state's population. So why is
the number so different in New Hampshire? I practice in both Maine and New Hampshire, and haven't noticed a difference in the rate at which these claims are granted in the two
states. Hat tip to Charles Hall of Social Security News for recently publishing a link to these ...
26 Oct 8:41 am
... (i.e., Marlboro Light) deliver less nicotine and tar than regular brands, knowing that the message was, in fact, false. The consumers relied on their state's 'Unfair Trade Practices Act.' However, because of procedural rules, the lawsuit eventually ended up in federal court (as opposed to Maine
state court), thus opening the door for Big Tobacco to rely on one of its hallmark excuses for its ghastly depravities: that the existence of a
...
11 Apr, 2006 12:21 pm
... ''And I knew that any animal I left behind would be dead in 24 hours.'' The law was an outgrowth of a seminar by the Maine State Bar
Association in June on the connection between animal abuse and domestic violence, said Anne Jordan, a ... havens. These are cooperative agreements between shelters for women and
shelters for animals,'' Perry said. Several agencies in Maine participate in a program called PAWS -- Pets and Women to Safety -- that arranges confidential placement of animals
in foster care ...
11 Feb 5:48 am
... Maine Sex Offender Registry. As described on the website: The Sex Offender Registry Web Site is maintained by the Maine State
Police, State Bureau of Identification and is intended to provide the public information concerning the location of ... sentenced for a
requisite offense on or after January 1, 1982. The legality of the site is being challenged before the Maine Supreme Court. Opponents of the site argue that it is
unconstitutional because the 1999 law applies retroactively to convictions ...
9 Mar, 2007 3:29 am
... 507, a proposed amendment that would penalize failure to provide "reasonable accommodation of Native American religious practices or ceremonies" in state prisons and county jails. Yesterday's Bangor Daily News reports that Denise Lord, associate commissioner for ... the bill. UPDATE: Sunday's Portland
(ME) Press Herald reports on the continuing controversy at the Maine State Prison in Warren over whether the state has done enough to accommodate the religious practices of 18 Native American inmates.
31 Dec, 2008 7:00 am
... office indicate that the death was not caused by an accident but by homicide. As such, an arrest was recently made in this tragic case. Maine State Police report that David Cook, the 25 year old boyfriend of the mother, was arrested for the death of ... The details of the autopsy and forensic
evidence have not been released of yet. People in the community of Wilton, Maine are closely following this story as the death of Matteo Hansen. The Child Injury Lawyer Network
would like to thank a concerned ...
14 May 7:29 am
The Maine State Legislature's joint select Committee on Maine's Energy Future voted yesterday to approve a commission to study
the proposed Maine-New Brunswick energy corridor. The Press Herald (Portland, Maine) provides further coverage of the issues surrounding the energy corridor, including
some opposition in Maine to the energy corridor initiative due to the Canadian federal government's opposition to LNG tanker traffic in the Passamaquoddy Bay. The panel's ...
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