Tate needs to spend 24 hours in a McDonalds since O-H-I-O lost to Texas. Every Big Mac eaten takes 1 hour off the clock. There is no livestream, but Tate will be doing content at the top of every hour. You can donate to ALS research on his venmo (Tate-Moore). He raised $10,000 in the first two hours last night.

16 standings points lost from goals given up in the 80th minute or later. We'd be fighting for a home playoff game if we didn't tactically shit the bed every time. This is why Bobby has to go. At a point it goes from the players to the coaching and tactics and we are soo far past it.

• April 19 - vs. FC Naples: 87 minute goal to draw 1-1. (-1 points)
• May 9 - at Union Omaha: 90+5 minute goal to draw 2-2 (-2 points)
• June 3 - at Corpus Christi:
  • 90+5 minute own goal to level the game 2-2
  • 90+8 minute goal to lose 3-2 (-5 points)
• June 13 - vs. Chattanooga: 90 minute goal to lose 2-1 (-8 points)
• July 17 - at AC Boise:
  • 83 minute goal to level the game 1-1
  • 90+10 minute goal to lose 2-1 (-11 points)
• August 1 - at Greenville Triumph: 90+3 minute goal to draw 3-3 (-12 points)
• August 19 - at One Knoxville: 86 minute goal to draw 1-1 (-13 points)
• September 2 - at Charlotte:
  • 90+6 minute goal to level the game 2-2
  • 90+8 minute goal to lose 3-2 (-16 points)

The operators of the Downeaster have received $48 million in federal funding to relocate the train service’s Portland station to a main line of the railway along St. John Street.

Now, city leaders will have to agree with the rail authority’s preferred location.

Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, which operates the Downeaster, said Friday that the organization is “thrilled” by the award, which is the culmination of a lengthy effort to reduce travel time and expand rail service.

“We’re really excited to start moving forward,” she said. “The relocation of Portland station has really been the centerpiece of those improvements.”

The northbound Downeaster route from Portland’s Amtrak station currently requires the train to backtrack to the railroad’s main line. Officials have said this 15-minute maneuver is inefficient, costly and creates delays.

Quinn said the rail authority’s application for federal funding was for a specific location: a swath of land lying between St. John Street and Northern Light Mercy Hospital.

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However, elected officials and staff in Portland have previously been aligned against that location, instead preferring to place the new station at Union Station Plaza, farther down St. John Street.

Mayor Mark Dion said Friday that despite the city’s preference for a location that’s more easily accessible, he believes it’s an “inevitability” that the new station will be built on the Downeaster’s preferred site. He said the City Council will likely hold a workshop in September in order to get “some definitive consensus.”

“I’m confident we can still act as partners in realizing the vision for that site,” he said.

Councilor Wes Pelletier, who represents the area in question, said Portland officials were a little surprised by Friday morning’s announcement given they had not yet supported the proposed location. He believes the station should either stay where it is or be moved to the location of the former Union Station, which can be more easily accessed.

“It should be easy to get to,” he said. “People should not have to drive to the train station if they live nearby. It doesn’t make any sense for improving ridership.”

But Dion said the Union Station site would only work if both MaineHealth and Cumberland County were willing to sell property for the project, and both have said they aren’t interested.

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Now, he’s hoping the city can impress upon the rail authority what it would like to see for amenities to help pedestrian access and other concerns.

Quinn said it’s too early to say what the next steps are toward securing city approvals, but she said the rail authority has done an extensive site analysis and that its preferred site was approved by the Federal Railroad Administration.

The rail authority has said that the outer St. John Street station would have two passenger platforms, improving schedule flexibility, and that the current 15-minute stop would be reduced to 2 minutes. The new station would shorten the travel time between Brunswick and Portland from 50 minutes to 33 minutes.

The Downeaster shares its current Thompson’s Point location with Concord Coach. It’s unclear what the move would mean for the transportation center.

The Federal Railroad Administration allocated the money as a part of more than $5 billion in investments for rail projects across the country, according to a Friday news release from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Apple Maps Highway Signs

Apple Maps on my Series 10 isn't displaying highway signs anymore with directions. The highway number will be there but just in plain text. Is there any way to fix this or do I need to shoot Apple a support ticket or something?

Apple Maps on my Series 10 isn't displaying highway signs anymore with directions. The highway number will be there but just in plain text. Is there any way to fix this or do I need to shoot Apple a support ticket or something?

This one should be a doozy. Mintzy, Tate and GFed (stadium reviews guy) are on a road trip. Mintzy has to drive and take a photo in front of a business that starts with every letter of the alphabed, in alphabetical order. Oh yeah, and Tate is blindfolded for the first 120 minutes.

Starting location is either a rural farm or Gary, IN, chosen via Twitter poll.

Additional Stipulations:

• If Airbags go off, stream ends.
• If we get to a stadium, and we do piss-dogs. We get a free letter.
• DEAL WITH CHAT AT 9:00 PM CDT
  • Blindfolds stay on for an extra hour.
    • Unless Mintzy drives into Gary, IN or Southside Chicago.
  • Chat can't bitch next time the stream rules are changed.

Completed Letters:

• A - ATI Physical Therapy. 0:51
• B - BP. 0:56
• C - Campbell Law, P.C. 1:07
• D - Dollar General. 1:11
• E - ExerciseCoach. 1:35
• F - First Savings Bank. 1:39
• G - Gamestop. 2:06
  • G (again, Tate cheated) - Guitar Center. 2:18
• H - Harbor Freight. 2:24

LEWISTON — There’s a new buzz word in juvenile justice circles and it’s clear that Lewiston police Chief Carly Conley does not care for it.

The word? “Unrestorable.” It’s a label placed on kids who commit violent crimes but who then are set free after the system deems them not competent to stand trial.

“We’re locking kids up and holding them accountable and then they’re right back out on the street,” the chief said an interview Wednesday. “The system is broken. I mean, there’s no other way to put it. The juvenile justice system right now is a revolving door.”

Conley and Lt. Derrick St. Laurent sat down with the Sun Journal as the city deals with a rash of gunfire that has residents clamoring for answers. The veteran officers agreed to speak about the problem from their perspective. This is the first of several stories on the issue.

“I’m not in the business of throwing people under the bus,” Conley said, “but we need to find a solution to this right now.”

To be clear, the chief is not talking about juvenile shoplifters or teens who run into small time trouble with the law.

She’s talking about young people firing off rounds in broad daylight. She’s talking about kids who steal cars and then lead police on high-speed chases — violent crime that imperils the entire community.

Lewiston police Chief Carla Conley speaks in November after being sworn in. (Libby Kamrowski Kenny/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

“It’s a scary thing when you’ve got weapons in the hands of 14-year-olds and they’re shooting back and forth at each other,” Conley said.

In the past two weeks, Lewiston police have recovered 10 guns, mainly from minors. At last week’s shooting on Avon Street alone, they seized three guns from kids as young as 13.

Police have put extra officers on the streets. They’re working overtime, and their numbers are bolstered by federal agents who have jumped in to help.

“We’re the boots on the ground,” Conley said. “We’re hiring more details. We’re switching shifts. We’re taking our specialized units and having them work different shifts. We’re focusing on our intel and relying on our technology and the things we have in place in the city.”

“We’re very fortunate that the staff we have here, they’re dedicated to this city,” St. Laurent said. “A lot of our young officers have families and it’s very difficult for them, but they’re stepping up and taking extra shifts and adjusting their hours.”

‘NO ACCOUNTABILITY OR SUPPORT’

One striking thing about the offenders, police say, is how fearless they are — how nonchalant about the potential consequences for their crimes.

More often than not, Conley and St. Laurent said, when these juvenile offenders get to court, forensic state examiners apply those labels: noncompetent, unrestorable.

“Unrestorable” means a juvenile found incompetent to stand trial who is considered to be unlikely to regain the capacity to understand legal proceedings or assist their attorney.

And as soon as those labels are applied, that kid is sent home.

Lewiston police walk down Pierce Street in July 2025 in search of a person who fired gunshots on Bartlett Street. The incident came as the city dealt with an increase in gun violence. (Russ Dillingham/Staff Photographer) Purchase this image

In 2025, police charged 272 juveniles through either an arrest or a summons. Of the 111 cases that were resolved in court, 71% were dismissed.

For police, it’s beyond frustrating.

“We understand that the juvenile justice system should be designed a little bit differently than the adult,” Conley said. “I can understand that it should be less punitive in nature. More rehabilitative.

“But you can’t treat shoplifting in the same manner as these shootings. You’re dealing with a serious public safety concern at that point. You owe it to the community to provide them with security, regardless of whether you’re dealing with a juvenile or an adult.”

When these kids are set free, there are supposed to be safety measures in place to keep them from re-offending. But those measures, according to police, are failing over and over.

For one thing, when a child is declared noncompetent and unrestorable, there is supposed to be a mechanism for the state Department of Health and Human Services to step in to see what can be done for the young offender.

“And that’s not happening,” St. Laurent said. “So, it’s basically just: ‘Here you go. Here are your conditions. Here is your house arrest. Don’t do it again.’ But what we’re seeing are kids that have no accountability or support.”

Some of the kids are assigned to juvenile probation officers, but like so much of the juvenile system, it doesn’t always work well. Minors are released from state with conditions, but some parents don’t follow through.

“We’re dealing with some parents that don’t care. They’re not bringing their kids to counseling appointments,” St. Laurent said. “So after so many no-shows to the counselor, they just get discharged from that counselor … that’s another crack in the system.”

That said, while lack of good parenting is a recurring theme when it comes to juvenile crime, Conley is quick to point out that it’s not always the case.

“We do have parents who raised three or four kids and did good with them but there’s that one who goes astray,” the chief says. “And I’m not seeing any measures in place for the scenario where a parent is saying, ‘Please keep my kid in Long Creek because I can’t control him. You’re releasing him to me for house arrest and he’s just running out and escaping through the back window.’

“It’s not that they don’t care,” Conley says. It’s just that some of these parents have no ability at all to control those delinquent children.

Police keep seeing one 14-year-old over and over, for example. He commits a violent crime, gets sent to Long Creek Youth Development Center for a short time and then he’s released.

“He’s got like nine pages of involvement for charges like robbery, aggravated assault, shootings,” Conley said. “The court finds him noncompetent. So be it. But what is in place for the individual who’s noncompetent to stand trial? Should he or she be allowed to just roam free in the community without any kind of accountability in place? Or without any kind of support measures? That’s what we’re seeing right now.”

PUSHING FOR CHANGE

Over the past few weeks, Conley and her top officers have been meeting with juvenile justice workers, the county’s district attorney, and the city council. They’ve been talking to a variety of lawmakers and others in hopes of finding the next step toward a long-term solution.

Lewiston police stand with guns ready during a standoff in June 2025 on Elm Street after a drive-by shooting on Pine Street earlier in the day. Police arrested a juvenile in connection to the shooting. (Courtesy of Nicolle Cote-Bell)

“Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen overnight,” the chief says. “Hopefully it does happen, but I think it comes down to legislation and policy.”

While Conley and her team push for changes in legislation, they also face some opposition in the form of public opinion.

“You hear people say, ‘You can’t put kids in cages.’ But the reality is that you can’t look at it just through the lens of kids vs. adults,” she said. “You have to look at the crime and the criminal behavior.”

Representatives from the Maine Department of Corrections, including a commissioner from juvenile services, did not respond to recent inquiries.

Androscoggin County District Attorney Neil McLean agrees the juvenile system is not working. However, the different rules applied to juvenile cases means he doesn’t always have control over the resolution of a case.

Once a juvenile is labeled noncompetent, he said, it’s out of his hands. And matters are made worse by a continuing case overload, which strains his office’s resources and court resources, sometimes resulting in cases being dropped.

Sgt. Corey Jacques of the Lewiston Police Department Youth & Family Services Unit, left, talks about gun safety at Montello Elementary School in Lewiston in February 2025. He was one of several presenters at a joint safety information session for Lewiston parents. Jacques is in charge of school resource officers. Purchase this image

Lewiston police officials see the state’s broken juvenile system — particularly its use of “noncompetent and unrestorable” labels — as unfair to the kids themselves, and ultimately to the community.

“If you’re a kid and you’ve led a tough life and then all of a sudden, you go to the court system,” says St. Laurent, “you think somebody may give you a chance. And then all of a sudden they say, ‘You’re incompetent and you’re unrestorable.’”

And whether he wanted to be helped or not, that kid is soon back on the streets, often without support or discipline of any kind. Police are seeing more and more of those cases dismissed all the time, so the cycle just keeps repeating.

According to Conley and St. Laurent, the department’s federal partners — the ATF, the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the U.S. Marshal’s Office — have stepped up to help with the growing problems in Lewiston.

Police from Lewiston and a dozen other agencies swarm the downtown in July 2025 as part of an operation aimed at reducing gunfire and other violence in the area. (Mark LaFlamme/Staff Writer)

They do get help from the community at times, too, including occasionally from the owners of buildings where trouble seems to be a constant.

But Conley is insistent. As long as the “unrestorable” label continues to be a sort of get-out-of-jail card for these troubled kids, change is going to be awfully hard to come by.

The best the chief can do is to keep raising the alarm.

“The people who are dealing with it — the D.A.’s Office, the JCCOs (junior community corrections officers) and the police department, need to work in unison,” Conley said, “to try to develop some change.”

Hello!

My girlfriend and I this June are flying AZO-ORD-PWM to return from a trip. I know United is starting AZO-ORD service June 1st. We had our seats selected but this morning I got an alert saying both legs are now onconfirmed and they had swapped our aircraft type for the ORD-PWM (MAX-8 to 737-700) leg making our seat selections invalid (and me loosing my window seat).

Should I be concerned about the AZO-ORD leg? Currently the website is showing a flight number, but no assigned aircraft type or Also will more window seats open up on the ORD-PWM leg at the windows without having to pay extra?