Hastert was sentenced to 15 months in prison after pleading guilty to breaking federal banking rules to cover up sexual abuse of high school athletes when he was a wrestling coach.
May 2, 2016
Posted inNation & World
Marines checking names of men in Iwo Jima photo
History buffs say the man long identified as John Bradley may have been someone else.
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Tennessee law allows guns for college staff
The new regulation allows faculty to be armed on campus and protects schools from liability.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Man charged with killing Maine woman was freed from jail 3 weeks earlier
Timothy Johnson was released from a detention center because prosecutors didn’t meet a 30-day deadline to file charges stemming from a previous alleged assault.
Posted inFood
Chef Sam Talbot leaves Camden restaurant Pig + Poet to return to Brooklyn
Portland chef Dirk Yeaton will take over the kitchen, which opens for the season Sunday for Mother’s Day brunch.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Residents call for SAD 6 board to address concerns about hiring of superintendent’s son
A petition with 113 signatures says the board should consider ending the contract of Superintendent Frank Sherburne, whose son was hired by SAD 6 and later charged with sexual assault.
Posted inNation & World
Military begins testing of large, unmanned vessel
The ‘Sea Hunter’ could revolutionize shipping for both the military and commercial interests.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools and Education
Incoming class at University of Maine up 22 percent over last year
The biggest jump is among out-of-state students, many of them from Massachusetts.
Posted inNation & World
Michigan school gets ducks in a row for the 13th year
With help from teachers and students, a mother duck named Vanessa treks through a school.
Posted inMaine
Students help salmon make run at survival
A school project aims to teach teenagers while helping stock Bond Brook with 200 young fish.