Dispatch: Her addiction started after a C-section. Her recovery began in jail

Her addiction started after a C-section. Her recovery began in jail

“If they can help you while you are in jail to get yourself set up for when you come out, that is the best thing that they can do for you.”

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Maine state trooper was suspended for punching handcuffed woman in the face: The Maine State Police sustained an excessive force complaint for the first time in a decade three months after a Maine Monitor/Bangor Daily News investigation called its practices into question. Read this story by Josh Keefe of The Maine Monitor & Callie Ferguson of the Bangor Daily News

Washington County 2027 budget planning is underway: Commissioners voted Wednesday to stop surveying municipalities for property growth data because so few towns respond to requests for that information. Read this story by Judith Meyer

MSAD 58 voters pass recommended budget at contentious meeting: One board director left the meeting after asserting voters were being silenced by meeting procedures, and another person was asked to leave after becoming disruptive. Read this story by Ben Hanstein

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