WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: An 1874 map hanging in the Calais, Maine, library depicts the St. Croix, or Skutik, River flowing past the town. A spot on the river called Salmon Falls marks the location of a tribal fishing village. In 1881, the Milltown Dam was built across the river near the same site. The village--and the sea-run fish that sustained members of the Passamaquoddy People for thousands of years--disappeared.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following Advisory Opinion (No. AO-2024-12) on Sept. 19, 2024: * * * To: Dan Backer, Esq., Chalmers, Adams, Backer & Kaufman, LLC, 441 N. Lee St., Suite 300, Alexandria, VA 22314 Dear Mr. Backer: We are responding to the advisory opinion request you submitted on behalf of Mr. Shaun McCutcheon regarding the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 30101-45 (the "Act"), and Commission regulations to   more

BANGOR, Maine, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine issued the following news release: A Connecticut man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to two instances of distributing a mixture or substance containing cocaine base. According to court records, in July 2023, a confidential informant reported to the FBI that a man they knew had agreed to sell the informant crack cocaine. In August 2023, the informant conducted two controlled buys of suspec  more