WATERVILLE, Maine, Sept. 24 -- Colby College issued the following news: By Abigail Curtis * * * Colby honored Jacqueline Charles of the Miami Herald with the Lovejoy Award for her coverage of Haiti * * * The last time Jacqueline Charles, the Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald, went on a reporting trip to Haiti, she packed a bulletproof vest along with her pens and notebooks. It's a necessary step to take when traveling to a country that is crippled by gang violence, civil unrest  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Sept. 24 (TNSres) -- Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued the following news release on Sept. 23, 2024: Attorney General Aaron M. Frey and the Catherine Cutler Institute at the University of Southern Maine announced the release of a new report on the use of body-worn cameras ("BWCs") by Maine law enforcement today. The report is a culmination of a study initiated by Attorney General Frey in late 2023, during which the Maine Statistical Analysis Center of the Catherine Cutle  more

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 24 -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: Addressing the breadth of issues related to food surplus, loss and waste -- which span across economic, social and environmental sectors -- is a herculean task for any state. As Maine works to better understand and address the complex problem of food waste, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) tapped a team of researchers, including those from University of Maine's Senator George J. Mitchell  more