The graduation ceremony at the University of Maine came to a halt, and all heads turned Saturday as attention shifted to a proposal on the sidelines. “I thought he would do it over a video game,” bride-to-be Amanda Powers, 23, said, “I’ve been joking about (getting married) the last year.” Powers and her fiance, Alfonza […]
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Trial starts for Texas man accused of killing four in Maryland
WASHINGTON — A year ago, when Maryland became the 18th state to abolish the death penalty, it changed the stakes for an accused killer sitting in the Prince George’s County, Md. jail. Darrell Bellard, 47, might have been the first defendant sent to the state’s death row in more than a decade. Instead, prosecutors are […]
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Abandoned-road bill fails in Maine House
AUGUSTA — The Maine House on Friday voted 92-50 to reject a bill that would have pushed towns to look closely at abandoned roads and rights of way. Battling landowners over rights and responsibilities involving abandoned roads or public rights of way has been a regular problem for towns across Maine for decades. That’s why Sen. […]
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Police say Brooks man used shock collar to discipline children
BROOKS — Police released more information Wednesday afternoon about the 28-year-old father accused of assaulting his 7-year-old son by kicking him in the back. Police said that the boy said his father has used other types of discipline, including using a shock collar intended for animals, on him and on his 9-year-old sister. James Kuhn […]
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Gorham treasurer hunter selling ship after feud with investors
PORTLAND (AP) — A treasure hunter who boasted that he’d discovered a sunken British merchant ship containing platinum bars worth $3 billion has put his 220-foot ship up for sale and laid off most of his staff. Greg Brooks of Sub Sea Research in Gorham, Maine, said the S.S. Port Nicholson, sunk 50 miles off […]
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Country stars Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley party with the Bangor Waterfront crowd
An estimated 12,000 people crowded into a newly cleaned-up and mostly de-smellified Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion on Friday evening to party to the sounds of two of the biggest stars in country music — Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley, with opening artist Kix Brooks. Both musicians meld the sound of classic country with a rock-based sensibility, […]