The man says he was 18 years old when the actor groped him at a Nantucket restaurant in 2016.
2018
Gaziano nominees announced
Twenty-one high school football linemen from across the state are in the running for $14,000 in college scholarship money
Gary Anderson: As goes the nation, Maine needn’t in 2019
Although not even over, 2018’s already largely forgotten by our moment to moment rapture with what’s immediately happening, good, bad or simply banal yet still new. We worship new. We unhesitatingly embrace life set in permanent fast-forward mode. We rush towards tomorrow without much consideration of how today’s indulgent existence impacts our future. The planet’s […]
Topsham group resumes advisory role on medical marijuana retail
TOPSHAM — After taking a break this fall, Topsam’s retail medical marijuana advisory committee is back to work. Initially started in June, the group stopped meeting in the fall when selectmen decided it to wait for the results of a Nov. 6 non-binding referendum. That vote showed residents were open to allowing retail medical marijuana in […]
Storm brings snow, sleet, rain to northern New England
A winter storm brought snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain to northern New England on Friday making for a dangerous and slippery commute. Interstate 89 North between Concord and Hopkinton, New Hampshire, was closed Friday morning after four tractor-trailers jackknifed and crashed and three cars were involved in separate crashes. State police also reported a […]
Inquiries over Brunswick landmark Fat Boy coming in daily, but still no buyer
BRUNSWICK– In the four weeks since Brunswick’s landmark Fat Boy Drive-In was listed for-sale, Victor Tedford is still receiving calls daily from dozens of people interested in purchasing the restaurant. Listed at $1.15 million, Tedford, a listing agent with Magnusson and Balfour, said the price includes the business and number of tangible — and intangible — […]
Another View: A post-Christmas parable
I was ten years old. Christmas had come and gone and I had not received the bicycle I was expecting. And, oh how I wanted a bike. The proverbial “all the other kids” had one, but not poor me. But, not to worry – I had a plan. It was known in the neighborhood that […]
Court suspends Seth Carey’s law license for three years
LEWISTON — A judge has ordered that the license of an Auburn lawyer who ran unsuccessfully for district attorney be suspended for three years. Superior Court Justice Thomas Warren issued his order Thursday, writing that disbarment should be reserved for “exceptionally egregious” cases. Lawyers representing the Board of Overseers of the Bar had argued last […]
Bath Iron Works receives $26 million Navy contract for ship modernization
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics subsidiary Bath Iron Works a $26.4 million contract to provide upgrade and maintenance services for DDG-1000 “Zumwalt-class” guided missile destroyers, the company said Thursday. The contract includes options which, if exercised and fully funded by the Navy, would bring the total value of the contract to $86.7 million […]
Hunters, activists want bear plan they can bear
PORTLAND (AP) — The state with most black bears on the East Coast might change the way it manages its growing population of the animals, and hunters and environmentalists alike are keeping a watchful eye to see if there’s trouble brewing for bruins. Maine is home to more than 35,000 of the bears, up from […]