PORTLAND — There was great anticipation on Monday for a decision by the City Council of whether to sell about two-thirds of downtown Congress Square Plaza for an adjacent hotel development. Instead, after 3 1/2 hours of impassioned public testimony, and a brief break when Mayor Michael Brennan asked for police to remove a protester […]
September 2013
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Two teens suspected of starting fire in Pittston
The boys, ages 15 and 17, were treated at MaineGeneral Medical Center for burns and smoke inhalation.
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Charge reduced in Farmington gun scare
Police say the 20-year-old John Cushman made ‘a lot of people nervous’ and prompted employees at a pub to lock the doors with customers inside.
Posted inNation & World, News
Obama blends threat of Syria attack, hope of diplomacy
Seizing on that two-track strategy, a group of senators crafts a resolution calling for a U.N. team to remove Syria’s chemical weapons by a set deadline and authorizing military action if that doesn’t happen.
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Mass. man sentenced in Maine on drug charges
Joshua Snow was pulled over by Maine State Police on I-95 in January and found to be in possession of 500 oxycodone pills.
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Maine hearing to focus on aging population
House Speaker Mark Eves is holding a discussion with lawmakers, health care officials and economists today.
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$4M settlement reached in Owls Head plane crash
Two University of Maine students and one alumnus died in the November 2012 crash that occurred when their plane clipped a pickup truck.
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Indian court convicts four in fatal gang rape case
The men were convicted on all the counts against them, including rape and murder, and now face the possibility of hanging.
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Feds plan to release details of secret spy court
The civil liberty group Electronic Frontier Foundation says it will receive the documents and technicians will upload them to the group’s website today.
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Maine man appeals attempted-murder conviction
Bartolo Ford was convicted in 2010 for trying to kill a police officer by ramming his cruiser with a dump truck.