Data from Maine’s Department of Education shows a rising trend of homelessness amongst public school students. In 2024, 1.6% of students in the state were homeless, which amounts to 2,825 students.
Some state lawmakers are proposing a bill to eliminate Real IDs in Maine by repealing the law that permits the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to distribute them.
The day before Schnackenberg was arrested, Hardy’s body was found off the Harvy Siding Road in Monticello, wrapped in a tarp. Up until Hardy’s disappearance, the couple were living together at a residence on School Street in Monticello.