October 2018 – Page 70 – The Portland Press Herald

Election 2018, Maine, Politics

Maine Question 1 home-care initiative generates huge donations, many ads

by Noel K. Gallagher October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The latest filing shows multimillion-dollar fundraising and spending in the final weeks of the campaign.

Nation & World, Politics

Mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc has long criminal record, and devotion to Trump

by Matt Zapotosky, Annie Gowen, Sari Horwitz and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. The Washington Post October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The former stripper has a history of financial problems and is described by a former boss as ‘crazed.’

Life & Culture

Megyn Kelly’s morning show canceled after blackface controversy

by LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY associated press October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The former Fox News anchor’s rocky transition to NBC just got rockier.

Maine, Politics

Candidate’s plan for keg party to lure young voters falls flat

by STEVE COLLINS Sun Journal October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The bar in Auburn where Seth Carey had invited Bates College students to come after Saturday’s football game against Colby cancels the party.

Times Record

UPDATED: Search underway for missing Richmond boater on Kennebec River

by BY KEITH EDWARDS October 26, 2018November 12, 2019

RICHMOND — Authorities were searching the Kennebec River Friday morning for a Richmond man who was reported missing Thursday night and whose boat was found, running and unoccupied, aground on Swan Island. Mark Johnston, 64, was reported overdue at 9:21 p.m. Thursday after he had gone out onto the river with plans to take his […]

Cops & Courts, Maine, Nation & World, News

U.S. border agents arrest 2 Canadian men after Houlton crossing shut down

by Associated Press October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

Traffic is redirected away from the crossing from Woodstock, New Brunswick, after the men stop their vehicle and refuse to communicate with Canadian officials.

Cops & Courts, Maine, News

Lewiston man charged with OUI after turnpike crash

by Sun Journal October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The crash, which occurred Thursday evening, injured 3 people.

Cops & Courts, Maine

Judge: Maine AG erred in subpoena to newspaper for video interview of admitted killer

by Staff Report October 26, 2018October 26, 2018

The attorney general’s office had sought unedited video taken in September of a jailhouse interview with Andrea Balcer, who admits having murdering her parents in 2016 at their Winthrop home.