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Two arrested in Skowhegen on drug charges

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis

SKOWHEGAN- Two people are facing drug charges after police searched their home in Skowhegan. According to Somerset County Sheriff Dale

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MorningSentinel 

Man, woman arrested on drug charges in Skowhegan, sheriff says

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis

Thomas McKay, 36, and Jamie Witt, 29, were arrested Wednesday morning, he on drug trafficking charges and outstanding warrants from

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SunJournal 

Mexico: Three charged with drug trafficking

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis

Investigators said out-of-state drug traffickers had been traveling from Massachusetts to Mexico, where they distributed illegal drugs with the assistance

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BangorDailyNews 

Houlton coalition wants to find solutions to overdose deaths

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments community, opioid crisis

HOULTON, Maine — A significant number of overdoses with several deaths in May has reignited the Link for Hope Coalition

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BangorDailyNews 

Bangor sober living home opens thanks to $1M in federal funds

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments community, healthcare, opioid crisis, real estate

After receiving nearly $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds, the newest Fresh Start Sober Living home in Bangor opened

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BangorDailyNews 

Bangor library add staff while grappling with a burgeoning homeless population

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments community, opioid crisis

The Bangor Public Library is a prime place to see how the city’s homeless population has grown since the start of

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WMTW 

Citing ‘emboldened attitude’ at Portland homeless encampment, DA wants to ‘leverage’ people into help

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, government, healthcare, opioid crisis, real estate

District Attorney Jackie Sartoris says there’s been an absence of natural consequences for certain criminal behavior during the COVID-19-era Read

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BangorDailyNews 

Bangor’s homelessness crisis is taking a toll on city residents

December 2, 2025 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments community, opioid crisis, real estate

Bangor’s years-long homelessness crisis has instilled a sense of worry, guilt and hopelessness into the people who live, work and

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WMTW 

More tents pop up at homeless encampment on Commercial Street in Portland

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments community, opioid crisis, real estate, transportation

Portland city officials plan to continue clearing encampments, advocates say it doesn’t fix the problem Read More

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MaineWire 

Bangor Woman Sentenced for Drug Trafficking after Police Seize Enough Fentanyl to Kill 600,000 People

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments courts, crime, opioid crisis

A Bangor woman was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for numerous drug trafficking offenses, a sentence the Maine

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PressHerald 

Oakland mother whose son died of drug overdose to serve 4 years in prison

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments courts, crime, fatalities, opioid crisis

Ashley Malloy, 23, was sentenced on manslaughter and drug trafficking charges Monday in Augusta, in connection with the death of

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WMTW 

Police bust rural Maine drug trafficking

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis

Deputies seized enough fentanyl to kill thousands of people. Read More

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SunJournal 

Auburn police raid drug house, arrest six

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis

Nearly two dozen people were located inside the house, police said, and not all of them were easy to find.Read

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WMTW 

Chase, multiple crashes, drugs and weapons all involved in one Maine case

November 13, 2023 DailyMainer.com 0 Comments crime, opioid crisis, transportation

Investigators say three police vehicles were damaged in the Skowhegan chase Read More

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