Critics assail him for attending three games on the tab of team owner Jerry Jones, who also has a stake in the operator of the observatory at One World Trade Center, in which Christie has a hand.
2015
Sisters, 15 and 11, charged in fatal shooting of older brother in Florida
The older girl got the gun from a room her parents had locked while they were away, police say. A motive remains unclear.
Scarborough ice arena a 'unique situation' for decision makers
SCARBOROUGH — The Planning Board heard a preliminary proposal Monday night for a nearly 40,000-square-foot indoor ice rink adjacent to the Benjamin F. Wentworth Intermediate School parking lot and across Quentin Drive from the Scarborough Public Library. Plans proposed by the nonprofit Friends of Scarborough Hockey to raise funds for the $5.5 million rink and to […]
Standish man arrested for domestic violence
Cumberland County sheriff’s deputies responded to 606 Middle Road in the Steep Falls section of Standish at about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon for a reported domestic violence incident. As a result of the investigation, Capt. Don Goulet said the home’s occupant 54-year-old Jay W. Bush, was arrested for domestic violence assault and criminal threatening with a […]
Bill Cosby returning to stage for first time since sex allegations began
Since November, at least 15 women have come forward with claims Cosby sexually assaulted them decades ago.
Utilities agree to provide power line access to Aroostook wind farm
Central Maine Power Co. and Emera Maine will give the developers of a project near Bridgewater access to a corridor to build a transmission line.
Police suspect alcohol in Harpswell crash
HARPSWELL — Police suspect a 50-year-old Cundy’s Harbor woman was under the influence of alcohol when her pickup truck crossed the center line Tuesday afternoon on Cundy’s Harbor Road and crashed into another truck, seriously injuring the driver. Police took a blood alcohol test from Cynthia Moody of Harpswell following the crash, which sent the […]
Judge admits mistake, rescinds media gag order in attorney’s domestic assault case
He calls the restriction ‘unlawful,’ the position taken by the Press Herald when it defied the order and published a story with witness testimony.
French weekly has history of angering Muslims with cartoons
The magazine’s offices were firebombed in November 2011 after it published a spoof issue that “invited” Muhammad to be its guest editor.
Preservation group to hold annual meeting
BRUNSWICK — Friends of Merrymeeting Bay will hold its annual meeting Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. at Bowdoin College’s Cram Alumni Hall. The meeting will include a potluck supper and a multimedia presentation, “Steve Powell’s World of Wildlife: In Film and Video,” narrated by historian Jay Robbins. Powell was a longtime biologist with the Maine […]