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PublishedMay 10, 2021
Veteran judge nominated to be chief justice of Maine’s high court
Valerie Stanfill has most recently served as a Superior Court justice for Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties.
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PublishedMay 8, 2021
Commentary: Beachfront ownership lawsuit challenges Maine Law Court errors
It remains to be seen whether Maine courts are willing to correct legal and scientific mistakes of the past.
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PublishedApril 30, 2021
Maine Voices: To delay resuming civil trials is to delay justice
The people of Maine have a right to expect their state court system to fulfill its constitutional obligations.
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PublishedApril 21, 2021
Our View: Court should protect Maine’s sound redistricting process
A slow census makes it impossible for the state to keep our constitution’s tight deadlines.
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PublishedApril 20, 2021
Kennebec County commissioners vote to return controversial statue to donor
Robert Fuller Jr., who gave the statue of Melville Fuller to the county and offered to take it back, will have up to a year to make arrangements to move the monument of the controversial jurist.
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PublishedApril 1, 2021
Court upholds 48-year prison sentence for Marissa Kennedy’s mother
Sharon Kennedy, who was known as Sharon Carrillo at the time of her arrest and conviction, was sentenced in Waldo County to 48 years in prison for murdering her 10-year-old daughter.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2021
Maine’s Supreme Court votes to uphold Clinton teen’s sentence
Timothy Silva, the driver of a vehicle that crashed and killed three children, will remain at Long Creek Youth Detention Center until his 21st birthday.
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PublishedFebruary 16, 2021
Criteria for involuntarily committing patients in Maine is about to change
The state supreme court ruled last month that a Damariscotta hospital erred in holding a patient without getting a judge's approval and in how it evaluated his petition to be released.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2021
Maine’s supreme court clarifies rules for holding psychiatric patients in emergency rooms
The court rules that a judge must be alerted within 24 hours if a psychiatric patient is to be held for an extended period during involuntary hospitalization.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2021
Judicial order sets new limits on court appearances over COVID-19 concerns
Police agencies adjust to restrictions placed on each court.
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