The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has charged an 11-year-old boy with terrorizing following a report about a suspicious device on a Gray-New Gloucester school bus. Deputies say they got a report about a suspicious device on a Gray-New Gloucester school bus around 3 p.

Authorities say an 11-year-old boy was charged with terrorizing following a report of a suspicious device on a school bus, which prompted a response from the Maine State Police Bomb Squad.

The new funding could fill some gaps, but bandwidth for actually using the money at the local level may remain a challenge.

The Maine Gun Safety Coalition and allies launched a citizen’s initiative on Thursday to pass a “red flag” law after the state commission tasked with investigating the Lewiston mass shooting concluded that local law enforcement failed to enforce the state’s current “yellow flag” law.