The deal reached Wednesday leaves Anthony Sanborn’s conviction in place but allows him to leave prison after having served 27 years.
Edward D. Murphy
Ed covers the City of Westbrook and business stories for the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine becomes first state to approve Medicaid expansion by popular vote
With 90 percent of the ballots counted, the proposal to expand Medicaid to 70,000 Mainers had 59 percent of the vote.
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Power returning, but cable, internet service don’t always follow
Spectrum officials can’t say how many customers lost service or how large of an area was affected by the storm.
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Portland man gets 7 years in prison for drug conspiracy
Authorities say Mustafa Hassan and others trafficked in cocaine and crack in southern Maine in early 2016.
Posted inMaine, News
Standish standstill: Restless residents are used to being at the end of the power restoration line
Many people in this rural Cumberland County town expect a long wait for electricity after big storms and have learned to make adjustments.
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Maine officials weigh whether to seek disaster declaration in storm’s wake
The state has begun assessing damage to government-owned property that could qualify for federal aid, but has not yet started to tally private losses from the storm.
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Sanborn lawyers try to poke holes in prosecution’s 1992 murder case
They focus again on the state’s failure to pursue charges against another possible suspect in the grisly slaying of a 16-year-old girl in Portland.
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Falmouth woman who took Donald Trump campaign signs is fined $250
Elizabeth Stothart, who was found guilty of a civil infraction, wrote a newspaper column in which she admitted taking the signs after seeing the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape of Trump bragging about groping women.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine
Maine concert promoter pleads guilty to domestic violence assault
The victim describes Alex Gray as abusive and controlling in their relationship, but Gray denies he touched his ex-girlfriend ‘in a violent way.’
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Man in Mercedes threatened girl whose murder put Anthony Sanborn in prison, witness says
A friend of Jessica Briggs testifies that police ignored information he had about the unidentified man who told the teenager ‘I’m going to kill you,’ the day before she died.