LEWISTON (AP) — Maine police say they have arrested a 33-year-old Lewiston woman in connection with an arson that left 12 people homeless. Police say Jackie McBurnie set fire to her apartment on New Year’s Day. The fire was extinguished with minor damage, and followed 10 hours later by a second fire that destroyed the […]
2015
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Hearings about fish habitat plan soon
PORTLAND (AP) — Maine will host two public hearings this week about a long-anticipated fishery management plan for New England waters. The New England Fishery Management Council is working on a habitat management plan for federal waters from Maine to Rhode Island and is considering many options to balance conservation with commercial fishing interests. A […]
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Beauty school closes its doors abruptly
LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine hair-styling school that’s been in business for more than half a century has abruptly closed its doors, a day before classes were scheduled to resume. Mr. Bernard’s School of Hair Fashion Inc., which had facilities in Lewiston and Bangor, announced the closure on its Facebook page. The announcement said: “It […]
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Man uses stolen gift cards to buy present
WINTHROP (AP) — Police say a Winthrop man used Build-A-Bear Workshop gift cards he stole during a burglary to buy his wife a stuffed animal. Justin Lebourdais is charged with burglary and theft in connection with a Dec. 19 break-in in which a handgun, jewelry, and electronics were also taken. The thief also made off […]
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Stemming Abuse With Technology
A quiet new project is getting underway to monitor domestic violence perpetrators. The Maine Board of Corrections approved a pilot project last week to run an electronic surveillance system on known perpetrators in three locations. One of those is Sagadahoc County. The bracelets will alert law enforcement if someone who has been deemed a high-risk […]
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Working For An Absence of Violence
The peace that most of us work and pray for is the absence of violence — the wanton destruction and the criminal insanity called war. What a blessing it would be for humanity if all the weapons of instant and mass killing were banished from the earth. What a blessing it would be for our […]
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Privilege of ‘Arrest Without Incident’
The day after Christmas, a shooter terrorized the streets of a Chattanooga, Tennessee, neighborhood. According to the local newspaper, the shooter was “wearing body armor” and “firing multiple shots out her window at people and cars.” One witness told the paper that the shooter was “holding a gun out of the window as if it […]
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A warm Maine New Year’s welcome
It’s a dark 5:30 p.m. on New Year’s Day and the temperature feels a chilly 20 degrees on Station Avenue in downtown Brunswick. On this holiday, when the Visitor Center will not normally be open, Wayne Davis has thought about the passengers who will be waiting to board the 5: 55 Downeaster for Boston. He […]
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Please apologize for errors in article
My family, gathered in Topsham for Christmas last week, was shocked and dismayed to discover several typographical errors in a front page story about local holiday shopping. The nastiest error occurred when your writer replaced the item “ chamois shirts” with “ shammy shits.” It was clear when we stumbled across this phrase that the […]