NAPLES (AP) — Maine state police say they have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Naples. Police say 55-year-old Richard Diekema’s body was found inside a mobile home when police confronted suspected shooter Norman Strobel. Police shot and killed 59-year-old Strobel during the confrontation on Sunday after an exchange of gunfire. Police say […]
November 2016
Police: No foul play in death of woman found in apartment
WESTBROOK (AP) — Maine State Police say an autopsy shows the death of a woman who was found in her apartment in Westbrook over the weekend was caused by a medical event. Officers discovered 42- year-old Michelle Minor at the Brown Street residence around 8:20 a.m. Sunday. Local police had said the circumstances appeared suspicious […]
Maine ballot question recounts could take 4 to 6 weeks
AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says recounts of a pair of ballot questions will likely take four to six weeks. The department is getting ready to announce a schedule for the recounts. The recounts have been requested for ballot questions that legalized recreational marijuana and approved a tax on […]
Black ice caused fatal 2-car crash
CARABASSETT VALLEY, (AP) — Police are blaming black ice for a fatal two-car crash in western Maine. Police say 34-year-old Levi Pooler died early Monday at a Portland hospital from injuries suffered in the crash at about 6:40 p.m. Sunday. Carrabassett Valley Police Chief Mark Lopez tells the Morning Sentinel that Pooler was driving a […]
Brazilian soccer team’s plane crashes in Colombia; 75 dead
MEDELLIN, Colombia A chartered plane with a Brazilian first division soccer team crashed near Medellin while on its way to the finals of a regional tournament, killing 75 people, Colombian officials said. Six people survived. The British Aerospace 146 short-haul plane, operated by a charter airline named LaMia, declared an emergency and lost radar contact […]
UK denies ‘have cake and eat it’ note is Brexit policy
LONDON The British government denied today that its strategy for exiting the European Union had been leaked through a set of handwritten notes suggesting the U.K.’s aim is to “have cake and eat it.” Despite its lofty ambition, the same document appears to concede that the government will have to quit the EU single market […]
Celtics bring the heat in Miami
MIAMI Isaiah Thomas endured his worst shooting night of the season, and the Boston Celtics still made scoring on Miami look easy. Thomas had 25 points and eight assists, Avery Bradley added 18 points and the Celtics beat the Heat 112-104 on Monday night — putting up more points on Miami than any other opponent […]
Polar Bears rout Becker
WATERVILLE The Bowdoin College men’s ice hockey team exploded for a six-goal first period en route to an 8-3 victory over Becker College on Sunday afternoon at Colby. The Polar Bears improved to 3-2 following a weekend split at the Colby/Bowdoin Faceoff. The Polar Bears lost at Sidney J. Watson Arena to SUNY Geneseo on […]
Tigers Woods to return — Take 2!
NASSAU, Bahamas Tiger Woods has gone through two back surgeries since he last played a golf tournament 15 months ago. He had another back surgery that knocked him out of the Masters for the first time in 2014. He had four knee surgeries before that. None of that matters to Ernie Els when Woods returns […]