The witness was charged with perjury just days after Willie Stokes was convicted of murder in 1984, but Stokes didn’t learn about it until 2015, decades into a life sentence.
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Posted inBethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills
Bethel woman faces felony theft charge
Lori T. Swain pleaded not guilty after an indictment by the Oxford County grand jury.
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Posted inFranklin, Schools & Education, The Franklin Journal
Farmington school board decreases quarantine requirements, amends COVID-19 policies
Changes reflect CDC and state education recommendations.
Posted inBoys Basketball, Boys Hockey, Girls Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine
Area roundup: Spruce Mountain boys spread out Buckfield for MVC win
In other action, the Dirigo boys edge Oak Hill while the Gray-New Gloucester and Leavitt boys and Edward Little girls all win comfortably. And another big night for Edward Little senior John Shea.
Posted inNation / World
Crews box in Colorado wildfire as investigators seek cause
The blaze between Denver and Boulder started Dec. 30 during a months-long drought.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Bates and union organizers clash as workers prepare to vote on whether to form one of state’s biggest union locals
Bates denounces union complaints as ‘the very essence of misinformation’ after organizers say college is violating its own COVID-19 protocols.
Posted inNation / World
Puerto Rico imposes new COVID-19 measures
Private businesses that cater to the public must close from midnight to 5 a.m. and gatherings of more than 250 people are banned.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, News
Lewiston City Council debates role of School Committee representative
During a meeting that mostly featured housekeeping items, the newly sworn-in council set the rules for the next two years.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Mark LaFlamme
I have been to the top of the coffee bean mountain
Street Talk: I’d go door to door preaching the word of the cold brew carafe if I thought it would help deliver you poor souls from that wretched paste you swill morning after morning.