2015 – Page 4585 – The Portland Press Herald

North Yarmouth bee farm murder suspect claims he shot in self-defense

by Beth Brogan, Bangor Daily News April 7, 2015August 5, 2015

PORTLAND — Defense attorney Daniel Lilley told jurors on Monday that the first words 72-year-old Merrill Kimball uttered after he shot and killed Leon Kelley at Brown’s Bee Farm in North Yarmouth on Oct. 6, 2013, were, “What was I supposed to do? He came at me. I’m 70 years old.” “That’s really our defense,” […]

Nation & World, News

Retracted Rolling Stone story is rare demerit for its writer

by GEOFF MULVIHILL The Associated Press April 7, 2015April 7, 2015

The Columbia report did not support what some critics have speculated – that Sabrina Rubin Erdely made it up.

Northern Forecaster, The Forecaster

North Yarmouth to vote Saturday on $2.7M budget

by Alex Lear April 7, 2015

NORTH YARMOUTH — Town Meeting will vote Saturday, April 11, on a $2.7 million municipal budget for 2016, a decrease of nearly $117,000 from current spending. The town budget by itself would cause the tax rate to drop 19.6 percent, from the current $17.15 per $100,000 of property valuation, to $16.67. But a 4.9 percent […]

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Anglers sought for brook trout survey

by The Forecaster April 7, 2015

FALMOUTH — Maine Audubon is seeking volunteer anglers to fish remote Maine ponds and coastal streams in search of wild brook trout. The Brook Trout Survey Project, now in its fifth year, helps Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife identify ponds with brook trout and come up with […]

Portland Forecaster, The Forecaster

Portland elementary school times in play, but not high schools

by Colin Ellis April 7, 2015

PORTLAND — The School Board may reconsider new start and end times for the city’s elementary schools, after hearing feedback from the public. School Board Chairwoman Sarah Thompson said while there have been two public hearings on the start and end times for the schools, most of the conversation had been about the high schools. […]

Maine, News