Chris Facchini, NEWS CENTER Maine

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Past articles by Chris:

Perry man recalls close encounter with shark

EASTPORT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Programs like the Discovery Channel's shark week, coupled with recent shark sightings along Maine beaches have certainly hyped up interest about the often feared and misunderstood ocean predators. → Read More

Yard sales or online swap and sell sites?

ORRINGTON, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- For many Mainers, summer time is yard sale season. At Orrington's Endless Yard sale there's about 100 families hosting yard sales across the town. That tends to draw bargain hunters from long distances. But in this age of online sales and swap and sell sites on social media pages, are yard sale becoming a thing of the past? Those NEWS CENTER spoke with both… → Read More

Chronic pain sufferers applaud changes to opioid limits law

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — People taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain are breathing a little easier. A new state law that went into effect Friday is clearing up confusion about how much a patient can legally take. → Read More

Kids from needy families fed healthy lunches through summer meals program

It’s the first day of the Summer Lunch Program at the Capehart community center. Those lunches are provided through a partnership involving the USDA, Good Shepherd Food Bank, and the Bangor Housing Authority. → Read More

State to close Downeast Correctional Facility next month

Forty-six employees at Downeast Correctional Facility in Machiasport are receiving pink slips, and state officials are closing the prison next month and relocating some inmates to other facilities and commuting the sentences of others, according to a press release issued by the Maine Senate Republicans. → Read More

Former Prosecutor in Sanborn Murder Case Speaks out

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The lawyer who prosecuted Anthony Sanborn nearly 25 years ago for murder is insisting he is still guilty and was at the time of his conviction a brutal thug. Pamela Ames, who is now a defense attorney had a lot of criticism for the judge who let Sanborn out on bail last week, saying it's almost unbelievable. → Read More

Bill seeks to turn control of county jails to state

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Overcrowded jails with massive budget deficits have been an ongoing problem across the state. A bill before lawmakers on the Criminal Justice Committee Wednesday afternoon would send control of the jails back to the state. → Read More

Gov. LePage: Maine needs no more than 16 school superintendents

Gov. LePage is asking Mainers to get behind his plan to eliminate most of the school superintendents in our state and to regionalize school districts. → Read More

Gov. LePage: Maine needs no more than 16 school superintendents

Gov. LePage is asking Mainers to get behind his plan to eliminate most of the school superintendents in our state and to regionalize school districts. → Read More

VERIFY: Is Maine's 2nd District more Republican than nation as a whole?

The Maine GOP issued a press release Monday celebrating the news that Maine was more Republican than the national as a whole, according to a new report out over the weekend. → Read More

VERIFY: Can people with chronic pain be exempt from Maine's opioid RX limits

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Two midcoast men taking steps to sue the state over its rules capping daily doses of opioid painkillers say they are being forced to taper down their drugs and they want exceptions in state law that will allow them to stay on a higher dose. The men claim that by being forced to taper down their doses to no more than 100 morphine milligram equivalents (mme) daily by… → Read More

Two Midcoast business owners notify state of intent to sue over opioid taper rule

ROCKLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Two Midcoast business owners, who are taking opioids to deal with chronic pain, have put the state on notice as they plan to sue over new rules that are forcing them to taper down their daily doses. → Read More

Impact of President Trump's proposed budget in Maine

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The President's proposed budget includes some good news for some of the states aging veterans, and for our defense contractors, but environmentalists, and low income families that depend on help to heat their homes, could be left out in the cold. → Read More

Impact of President Trump's proposed budget in Maine

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The President's proposed budget includes some good news for some of the states aging veterans, and for our defense contractors, but environmentalists, and low income families that depend on help to heat their homes, could be left out in the cold. → Read More

Millinocket real estate company says national monument is drawing in business

MILLINOCKET, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Just last month, Gov. LePage sent a letter to President Trump asking him to reverse the order signed by President Obama that designated land in the Katahdin Region as a national monument. → Read More

Pro-Impeachment Group and Pro-LePage group rally outside statehouse

AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A group supporting Governor LePage stood outside the statehouse chanting "We love our Gov." while the group calling → Read More

Mainers react to President Obama's Gun Control Speech

President Obama's decision to use the power of his office to enact stricter gun laws certainly has people talking in the halls of Congress and at local gun stores → Read More

Wind power critics submit petitions to slow approval process for wind development in Unorganized territory

A group concerned about wind power development in the Greenville area is using a new state law to try to slow down the regulatory process for wind projects in unorganized territories. → Read More

Bangor Shooting Suspects indicted for murder by Penobscot County Grand Jury

A Penobscot County Grand Jury has indicted two men on murder charges stemming from a shooting on Center Street in Bangor last month that left one man dead and another seriously injured → Read More

RSU 50 School Board to vote on closing Kathadin Middle/High School

In RSU 50 which spans across Northern Penobscot and Southern Aroostook counties, The school board will decide next week whether to close Katahdin Middle High School → Read More