BANGOR (AP) — The legal battle between two Bangor sandwich shops over the names of certain specialty sandwiches is over. The battle for people’s taste buds carries on. The Coffee Pot Cafe in April asked a federal court to award it any profits Legacy Sandwich derived from several similarly named sandwiches using the words “deluxe” […]
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Winthrop man jailed for several offenses
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Winthrop man who several years ago pleaded guilty to setting a fire at the town’s public library is going to jail on unrelated charges. Zachary Lowe was ordered by a judge this week to spend six months of a three-year sentence behind bars for stealing prescription medicine from his grandmother, violating […]
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Dechaine attorney calls new DNA evidence ‘major breakthrough’
An attorney working on behalf of convicted murderer Dennis Dechaine said Thursday that a new round of DNA testing on evidence in the 24-year-old case points to an alternative suspect who has been identified before. Rockport-based attorney Steven Peterson said Thursday evening that a court order prevents him from identifying who the new DNA data […]
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Judge won’t block names in Kennebunk prostitution case
KENNEBUNK (AP) — A state judge declined to block the release of names of men accused of giving business to a fitness instructor charged with running a prostitution operation out of her Zumba fitness studio, and police in this seaside town prepared Friday to reveal the first batch of identities. Alexis Wright, a 29-year-old fitness […]
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Clam population declines in Harpswell
HARPSWELL — David Wilson thought clam harvesting was bad last year. But the clam digger of 20 years and chairman of the town’s Marine Resources Committee this week said 2012 marks a new low. In some of his good years, he said, he could make up to six figures in income. Now he’s thinking about getting […]
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Report: Majority of Maine schools aren’t meeting No Child Left Behind standards
AUGUSTA — Most Maine schools aren’t meeting goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to an annual report released Thursday by the Maine Department of Education. The results came as no surprise, and are based on a “flawed federal accountability system,” according to Department of Education Commissioner Stephen Bowen. “Our schools […]
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Maine wardens investigate deer poaching
RIPLEY (AP) — The Maine Warden Service is seeking help solving what they call a serious poaching incident in the town of Ripley. Authorities said four deer were killed sometime during the night of either October 5 or October 6. Three were left in a field, and wardens found parts of the fourth nearby. Maine’s […]
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Anglers reeling in fewer big trout from upper Androscoggin
BETHEL — The number of large trout caught in the Upper Androscoggin River near Bethel has been on the decline in recent years. Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department biologists are trying to figure out why. IFW biologist Francis Brautigam met recently with about 30 fishing enthusiasts at the Bethel Inn to share observations and information, […]
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New Sharon man pleads guilty in stolen guns case
BANGOR (AP) — A New Sharon man has pleaded guilty to being in possession of an arsenal of 19 guns as well as other items stolen from a Jay home. Federal prosecutors said 33-year-old Roger Briscoe waived indictment Wednesday in U.S. District Court and pleaded guilty. Prosecutors said Briscoe broke into the Jay home in […]
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Environmental groups warn that Maine pipeline may soon transport tar sands oil
PORTLAND — A group of environmental advocates believe they have evidence that oil giant ExxonMobil — and perhaps even Gov. Paul LePage — are backing a plan to push controversial tar sands oil through an aging pipeline across Maine. But Adrienne Bennett, spokeswoman for LePage, said the governor has nothing to hide on the issue, […]