Daniel Kool

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May 4—After bringing vacancies down to a relative low last year, the Lewiston district of Maine's child welfare organization is again struggling to retain caseworkers, who are grappling with mandatory overtime hours and short-staffed teams. Statewide, the Office of Children and Family Services is facing high vacancy rates, partly fueled by burnt-out workers resigning, Director Bobbi Johnson told the Maine Legislature's Health and Human Services Committee during her quarterly update last week.

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May 2—Gov. Janet Mills ordered flags in Maine to be flown at half-staff Sunday, marking the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service. The annual memorial service, which is being held in Maryland this weekend, honors firefighters who were killed in the line of duty during the prior year. "Every day, firefighters and first responders risk their lives to protect our communities," Mills said in a written statement.

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A male skydiver was critically injured after a hard landing at Skydive New England in Lebanon, Maine, Thursday afternoon, officials said. Emergency responders got a call shortly after 2 p.m. that the man "had fallen at a high rate of speed from heights of more than 50 feet," the Lebanon Fire Department said in a written statement. Though Maine Life Flight was requested to transport him to the hospital, Boston Med Flight ended up having a closer helicopter available and handled the transportation.

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May 1—Maine State Police arrested and charged a 65-year-old Bangor man with murder on Thursday in the 1984 killing of a teenager in Washington County, officials said. Linda Maxwell was last seen alive leaving Calais after a late-August evening with friends, according to the state's cold case archive.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Daniel Kool

May 1—A male skydiver was critically injured after a hard landing at Skydive New England in Lebanon Thursday afternoon, officials said. Emergency responders got a call shortly after 2 p.m. that the man "had fallen at a high rate of speed from heights of more than 50 feet," the Lebanon Fire Department said in a written statement. Though Maine Life Flight was requested to transport him to the hospital, Boston Med Flight ended up having a closer helicopter available and handled the transportation.