CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — A private Maine school that specializes in educating promising young skiers and snowboarders has been sued by the family of a former student who had sex with a coach when she was 16. The suit against Carrabassett Valley Academy was filed in Maine District Court last month. The Kennebec Journal reported […]
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Two suspects sought in Bangor triple homicide; victims were shot
BANGOR — Fugitive from justice warrants have been issued for two out-of-state suspects police say shot three local people — two men and a woman —in a drug-related homicide, then set their bodies on fire in a car seven weeks ago in Bangor. Police are searching for Nicholas J. Sexton, 31, of Warwick, R.I., and […]
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Work progressing on Maine-N.H. bridge
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Steel work on a new Memorial Bridge connecting New Hampshire and Maine is coming along. Contractor Archer Western says the work is expected to be completed on the Portsmouth side of the bridge by mid-October. Once that’s done, carpenters will start preparing for a concrete deck. Work on concrete columns that […]
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Trooper breaks leg during foot chase in Oxford County
HIRAM (AP) — Authorities say a trooper is recovering after breaking his leg during a foot chase in Maine. The Oxford County Sheriff’s Office said police tried to serve arrest warrants Monday afternoon at a home in Hiram when the suspects ran off. Eighteen-year-old Patrick Hargis and 21-year-old Robert Hargis were wanted on multiple charges, […]
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Domestic violence prevention group honors Mainers
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is joining the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence for its annual tea and awards ceremony to kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Tuesday afternoon’s ceremony is being held at the governor’s residence in Augusta. The ceremony at the Blaine House will recognize LePage and other Mainers and Maine […]
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Fort Kent woman dies when car strikes moose
TOWNSHIP 15 RANGE 6 (AP) — Police say a Fort Kent woman died when the car she was riding in struck a moose. The Aroostook County Sheriff’s Department said 34-year-old Cheryl Albert was a passenger in a car that struck a moose on Route 11 in Township 15 in an area known as Soucy Hill […]
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Registration scandals taint election process
Try as they might, election officials have been unable to identify vote-casting fraud anywhere in the United States. But petition signature and voter registration fraud are alive and well, the latter cropping up most recently in Florida. Election officials in 10 counties there have found either suspicious or fraudulent voter registration forms collected by a […]
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King campaign releases 7 years of tax returns
BRUNSWICK — Former Maine governor and independent U.S. Senate candidate Angus King released seven years of his federal tax returns Monday. In eight separate messages e-mailed to reporters King’s campaign staff released the jointly filed income tax returns of King and his wife, Mary Herman. The couple’s taxable income in 2011 was just over $324,000. […]
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Cushing murder suspect claims victim had cut off his drug supply
CUSHING — Andrew Kierstead told police that he fired a shotgun repeatedly at his friend Richard Mills because the victim had hooked him on drugs, had been supplying him for 10-15 years, but then shut him off Thursday for not paying. Kierstead, 40, of Tenants Harbor was arrested Thursday evening and charged with murder in […]
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Supreme Court won’t hear anti-gay marriage group appeal in Maine campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a national anti-gay marriage group that tried to thwart Maine’s campaign disclosure law requiring it to release its donor list. The high court turned aside an appeal from the National Organization for Marriage, which donated $1.9 million to a political action […]