Conviction upheld for Maine man who shot sister-in-law 10 times
Philip Clark was convicted and sentenced to 43 years for killing his sister-in-law, Renee Henneberry Clark, in 2018 in Hampden.
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A judge’s happenstance meeting with a priest a couple of times at church did not warrant the judge’s removal from a murder trial in which the priest was a witness, the Maine supreme court ruled Tuesday.
The priest got into a fight with a man hours before the man shot a woman 10 times, and the priest testified at the trial.
Philip Clark was convicted and sentenced to 43 years for killing his sister-in-law, Renee Henneberry Clark.
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Maine public school enrollments drop amid pandemic
More families are choosing to home-school or send their children to private schools, and the drop in public school enrollment can have financial implications for districts.
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Enrollment in Maine’s public schools dropped by more than 4 percent this year, a significant decrease that comes as the coronavirus pandemic is driving more families to enroll in private school or home-school their children.
Numbers for homeschool enrollment have not yet been finalized, but to date the state has already seen an increase of more than 40 percent in home-school students. In 2019-20, about 6,880 Maine students were home-schooled, but that number is now at more than 10,100. Additionally, the state has had more than 860 students withdraw from public school to attend private schools this year, compared with about 290 last year.
Falmouth parish donates $9,000 to Catholic Charities Maine
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A Falmouth-based group of churches has raised $9,000 to donate to Catholic Charities Maine, according to a release from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland.
The money, according to the statement, is a surplus from the Parish of the Holy Eucharist’s annual holiday fundraiser for local families and food pantries. The parish encompasses Holy Martyrs of North America Church in Falmouth, Sacred Heart Church in Yarmouth and St. Gregory Church in Gray. Local parishioners gave so much during the recent season that the parish’s Social Justice & Peace Commission had a surplus.