The group – which deleted its Facebook page and stopped tweeting after the shootings — said it would have a news conference to answer questions Friday, the one-week anniversary of the Newtown massacre.
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NRA promises to help prevent future mass shootings
The group – which deleted its Facebook page and stopped tweeting after the shootings — said it would have a news conference to answer questions Friday, the one-week anniversary of the Newtown massacre.
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Rangeley man accused of sexual misconduct with child
David Paquette, 35, was arrested last Wednesday by Rangeley police on a warrant after a referral by the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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Accused Augusta heroin trafficker claims mistaken identity
A man who initially identified himself as James Davis, 19, of Harlem, N.Y., or Belgrade. is charged with aggravated trafficking in heroin in a school zone and trafficking in heroin.
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Maine judge to deliver verdict in murder trial
Robert Nelson of Skowhegan is charged with the 2009 killing of 60-year-old Everett Cameron when they met over a drug deal.
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Coffee roaster hot on Freeport
FREEPORT – A well-known Maine coffee roaster is looking to move into a long-vacant building on Lower Main Street in Freeport. At a Freeport Project Review Board meeting on Dec. 12, the board unanimously approved an application from Wicked Joe, now located in Brunswick, for a change of use of the vacant building next to […]
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Joseph M. Conlon, 75: Well-traveled wordsmith
ELLINGTON—Joseph M. Conlon, 75, died Oct. 28 in his home in Ellington, Conn., after a brief illness. Born in Yonkers, N.Y., in 1937 to Joseph M. and Mary E. Conlon, Joseph Jr. was raised in Bergenfield, N.J., and Syracuse, N.Y., before moving to Milton, Mass., for his high school years. He attended Boston College […]
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Portland Police Beat: Dec. 19
Arrests 12/8 at 10 a.m. Akena W. Otunnu, 22, of Portland, was arrested on Danforth Street by Officer Daniel Townsend on a charge of criminal trespass. 12/8 at 10 a.m. Amy M. Cobb, 27, of Portland, was arrested on Cumberland Avenue by Officer Thomas Reagan on an outstanding warrant from another agency and a charge […]
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People and Business
Appointments Mary Turgeon has been appointed as chairwoman of Sweetser’s Board of Directors and John Beliveau vice-chairman. Turgeon is an architect and principal with Gawron Turgeon Architects in Scarborough and Beliveau is an investment portfolio manager with H.M. Payson in Portland. Russell Quaglia has joined the Baxter Academies of Maine Board of Directors. Quaglia’s foundation, […]
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Portland Meetings: Dec. 19-25
Wed. 12/19 4 p.m. Island Advisory Committee Ferry TerminalWed. 12/19 4 p.m. Public Art Committee PPLWed. 12/19 5:30 p.m. Transportation, Sustainability, & Energy CHThu. 12/20 4 p.m. Portland Development Corporation CH