Charlie Eichacker
Digital News ReporterCharlie joined Maine Public at the start of 2021, after spending more than seven years writing for newspapers in Maine and Vermont. His stories earned several top honors from state and regional press associations.
Charlie has a bachelor's degree in English from Colby College and a master's in journalism from Columbia University. He taught English in China for two years with the U.S. Peace Corps and now lives in Maine with his wife, their two cats and a dog.
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According to the Justice Department, Kyle Fitzsimons of Lebanon committed five assaults against police officers that day. In one case, he reportedly hurled an unstrung bow like a spear, striking an officer in his ballistic helmet. In another, he tried to pull a fallen officer into the mob.
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The state CDC reports twenty-six long-term care facilities now have open outbreaks of the disease, which it classifies as five or more cases detected over two weeks. The Morning Sentinel reported that one of them is Woodlands Senior Living in Waterville.
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A new Blue Ribbon Commission met for the first time Thursday to review shortcomings in Maine’s emergency medical system and develop recommendations for addressing them.
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The Municipal Review Committee, which represents the waste interests of 115 towns and cities across central, eastern and northern Maine, paid $1.5 million for the facility this week, and is working with an investment firm to restart the plant.
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A growing number of Maine groups are trying to waste less food — and when not possible, to dispose of their leftovers in better ways. While many of those recovery efforts involve composting or donating to food banks, perhaps the biggest takes a different approach: mixing the food with cow manure and microbes to make electricity.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID has fallen by two on Thursday, to 113. Hospitalizations have been hovering around that level for the last few days after falling significantly throughout the month of June.
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On Monday, police arrested 58-year-old Lee Ann Daigle of Lowell, Massachusetts, in connection with the death of Baby Jane Doe, who was abandoned in a gravel pit during freezing weather in the town of Frenchville before being found Dec. 7, 1985.
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Huber, a moderate Republican from Falmouth, focused on environmental issues during her time as a state representative from 1976 to 1982, according to her obituary. She then made two unsuccessful bids for governor, first as a Republican in 1982, then as an independent four years later.
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The number of Mainers hospitalized with COVID rose slightly on Friday, to 135. That's three more than yesterday. Twenty one patients are in critical care and ten are on ventilators.
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Maine's COVID hospitalizations are continuing to drop, reaching 132 on Thursday. That's down seven from yesterday and 61 from one week ago. Nineteen patients are critical care and eight are on ventilators.