KENNEBUNK (AP) — The dance instructor accused of turning her Zumba studio into a place of prostitution was an honors high school student who attended college and ran dance classes for the local parks and recreation program. She hosted charity events benefiting Toys for Tots and breast cancer research. That’s why some who know Alexis […]
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Snowe: Maine to get $35M in LIHEAP funds
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine is getting $34.9 million in federal heating assistance funds this winter. U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe announced Thursday that Maine’s allocation represents 90 percent of the state total funding for the previous year. The Republican along with Democratic Rhode Island U.S. Sen. Jack Reed secured language in the current continuing resolution that […]
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College hockey: Injuries force Maine freshman to step up
ORONO — Bright spots have been few and far between for the University of Maine men’s ice hockey team this season The Black Bears’ 1-8-0 record is the program’s worst beginning since the 1985-86 season when Maine started at 1-11-1. Maine’s 0-4-0 record in Hockey East play is the worst league start for the Black […]
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Vehicle crashes into Dunkin’ Donuts entryway in Paris
PARIS — Police Chief David Verrier watched Thursday morning as a woman crashed her car into the Dunkin’ Donuts shop on Main Street. Verrier and three other officers were next door at Burger King at about 7:35 a.m. when Verrier saw a car pull into a parking space near the Dunkin’ Donuts entrance. Instead of […]
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Ex-worker pleads guilty to setting nuke sub fire at Maine shipyard
PORTLAND (AP) — A former shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused about $450 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine pleaded guilty Thursday under a plea agreement that could send him to federal prison for nearly 20 years. Casey James Fury, formerly of Portsmouth, N.H., waived indictment and pleaded guilty to two […]
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Contreras changes plea to guilty in murder of 81-year-old Farmington woman
FARMINGTON — Juan Contreras pleaded guilty Thursday morning on the fourth day of his murder trial in the death of 81-year-old Grace Burton. The plea. accepted by judge Michaela Murphy, calls for Contreras, 28, to serve 50 years in prison. According to Assistant Attorney General Lisa Marchese, Contreras is likely to serve at least 85 […]
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Unofficial results show Mason winner in Maine’s Senate District 17 race
LEWISTON — First-term Republican state Sen. Garrett Mason appears to have fended off his Democratic challenger by 33 votes, winning a second term in the Maine Senate. Unofficial results had Quint leading by 77 votes early Wednesday morning, but Wales’ Deputy Clerk Sharon Siegel confirmed Thursday that Mason won the town with 457 votes to Quint’s […]
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Tenants Harbor man arraigned in alleged killing of dealer
ROCKLAND (AP) — A Tenants Harbor man charged with killing his drug supplier for cutting him off has pleaded not guilty. Andrew Kierstead was arraigned Wednesday in Knox County Superior Court on a murder charge in connection with the Sept. 27 shooting of Richard Mills outside his Cushing home. Kierstead remains behind bars without bail. […]
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Piscataquis keeps red reputation as only Maine county to back Romney
Piscataquis County earned a red-tinted distinction in 2008 as the only one of Maine’s 16 counties — and the only one of the 65 counties in all of New England — to back the Republican Party’s presidential nominee, John McCain, over victor Barack Obama. History largely repeated itself in voting Tuesday, when Piscataquis County retained […]
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Bangor hospital cleared for major expansion
BANGOR (AP) — The governing board of Eastern Maine Medical Center’s parent organization has approved a $250 million expansion project to modernize the Bangor hospital. The project will update surgery, cardiac, and women and infants services and expand bed capacity from 350 to 411. The hospital’s operating rooms, built more than 35 years ago, will […]