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PORTLAND, Maine鈥?Some of the most powerful people in the U.S. visited Portland on Wednesday on the first day of a National Governors Association meeting.New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, a Republican who campaigned with former Maine Gov. Paul LePage in Westbrook befo yeezy mx re arriving in Maines largest city, said he loved Maine. He had eaten a burger and some jerk ssam shrimp lettuce wraps at Nosh Kitchen Bar on Congress Street in downtown Portland the night before, calling both absolutely delicious. Its a beautiful time to be here, Sununu said.But the bipartisan meeting of a group that normally tries to set aside divisive issues when they get together has been a difficult one for many Americans, filled with strife due to recent Supreme Court decisions, including on abortion rights, and a spate of gun violence. Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker walks th adidas samba rough the lobby at the Westin Hotel in Portland on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the start of a three-day National Governors Association conference. It the first time the event has been held in Maine since the early 1980s. Credit: Troy R. Bennett / BDNSome of the governors in attendance were among those most connected to those events, including Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican whose state just implemented a sweeping abortion ban, and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democra yeezy t who helped coordinate the response to a Chicago-area July 4 parade shooting that killed seven.Pritzker did not respond when asked a question in the Mtjo Maine could build a rare $220M toll road to a booming Portland suburb
The captain of a sailing vessel that runs charters out of Camden during the summer has been charged with seamans manslaughter and is being detained in the U.S. Virgin Islands while he awaits trial.Richard Smith, 65, of St. John was arrested on Nov. 2 on a charge of seamans manslaughter stemming from the 2015 death of a crew member who jumped overboard from Smiths vessel, the S/V Cimarron, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorneys Office.For the last 10 years, Smith has spent summers running sailing charters out of Camden Harbor on the Cimarron, returning to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, in November where he and the vessel spen owala nz d the winter doing sailing charters, according to his companys website. Smith was arrested when he reached St. John this month 鈥?the final stop on his annual sailing trip from Maine to the Virgin Islands.On Oct. 25, 2015, a crew member, David Pontius, allegedly became disoriented, climbed over the rail of the boat and jumped ov stanley thermobecher erboard, according to the U.S. Attorneys Office release. The indictment alleges that Smith, as captain, through his misconduct, negligence and inattention to duties caused Pontius death.The indictment was handed up by a grand jury in July of this year, however it was sealed until Smith was arrested in November and court proceedings began.An investigative summary report from a stanley us U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant included in the court documents describes a frantic scene aboard the Cimarron in the early morning hours of Oct. 25 |