WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Maine to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding on Jan. 9-13, 2024. The president's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, Washingt  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Maine man was sentenced today for his role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy that operated in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Northern California. Jacob Parlin, 44, of Lebanon, Maine, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to 12 years in prison and five years of supervised release. In November 2023, Parlin was  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The White House issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Maine and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms and flooding from January 9 to January 13, 2024. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Cumberland, Hancock, Knox, Lincoln  more