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. The Passamaquoddy now compose the tribal communiti more PR

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 whether a separate contribution limit applies to e more PR

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 suspected cocaine base from Devonne Scott, 31, with the  more PR