Vandals caused extensive damage to an outbuilding and the surrounding property at Oceanside High School last month.
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Maine Lobster Festival apologizes to dethroned Sea Goddess, gets new leaders
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival has changed its leadership and apologized to a former Sea Goddess who was pressured to step down over social media posts. The shakeup at the top of the board of directors was approved Tuesday. The actions come three months after Taylor Hamlin, 18, stepped down when a year-old photo […]
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Rockland officer resigns after DA questions his testimony in assault case
ROCKLAND — A Rockland police officer resigned last month after the district attorney announced he would no longer prosecute cases in which that officer is a witness because of testimony he gave in a case involving a substitute teacher at Medomak Valley High School accused of exchanging sexually explicit photographs with a student. The former officer, […]
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Lobster Festival board explains the photos that led to dethroning of Sea Goddess
ROCKLAND — The Maine Lobster Festival board plans to make changes to its vetting process to pick the festival’s annual Sea Goddess after this year’s winner had to resign after some of her social media posts were made public. The board issued a statement Monday night offering more details on why it sought Taylor Hamlin’s […]
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Concord Coach says driver was right to keep 14-year-old boy without ID off bus
ROCKLAND — Concord Coach Lines backed its bus driver after a front-page column in the Boston Globe raised concerns about possible racism when a 14-year-old boy was not allowed to board the bus in Rockland . The boy in question is Ahmed, 14, of Brookline, Mass. We are not using his last name due to his age. […]
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Lobsterman saved from drowning in Rockland Harbor
ROCKLAND — A Rockland lobsterman said he thought he was going to die as he struggled Thursday to stay above water in Rockland Harbor. But the quick response by a crew member of a fishing vessel docked at the Rockland Fish Pier prevented a tragedy. Gary Kenney had come in from hauling traps and was […]
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Lobster fest officials felt threatened amid Sea Goddess uproar
ROCKLAND — The decision by the executive board of the Maine Lobster Festival to strip the Sea Goddess of her crown created a firestorm that made festival organizers fear for their safety. More than 10,000 comments and messages have been sent to the Maine Lobster Festival since The Courier-Gazette reported Thursday evening that Taylor Hamlin, […]
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Otter bites woman at a Rockland beach
ROCKLAND — Maine Marine Patrol and Rockland police responded to complaints about a river otter that came ashore at the South End beach June 27 and bit a woman. Marine Patrol Specialist Corrie Roberts said unfortunately the police had to shoot the otter because it had bit a human and needed to be tested for […]
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Rockland man heard voices ‘telling him to do a school shooting’
ROCKLAND — Local police said they could file a criminal charge in the coming days against a man who told them that he “had voices in his head telling him to do a school shooting but he is able to keep the voices at bay.” Brandon Luzzi, 62, had seven firearms and a flare gun […]
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Police seize high-powered rifles from man’s home after lockout at several Rockland area schools
ROCKLAND — The Rockland man whose actions led to a school lockout Tuesday, May 29, said voices in his head told him to “go shoot up a school.” Police conducted a search at the man’s home Tuesday afternoon and seized several high-powered rifles, according to Rockland Deputy Police Chief Christopher Young. Young said an out-of-state acquaintance […]