Three of the four newest members of the Auburn Lewiston Sports Hall of Fame that will be inducted in a May 6 ceremony at the Ramada Inn in Lewiston, got together at Gippers in Auburn Friday afternoon for a luncheon officially announcing the inductees. They are from left to right, Ray DeBlois, Carolyn Court and […]
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‘One man, one vote’ among legal concerns facing ranked-choice voting
PORTLAND (AP) — A comment during supreme court arguments on ranked-choice voting offers a window into where many fear that things are headed — more legal challenges. Justice Donald Alexander questioned whether the system that lets voters rank candidates could violate the “one man, one vote” principle. His colleagues suggested that’s an argument for later. […]
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Deering student sues after poetry contest says the asylum-seeker can’t participate
A Deering High School student is suing the National Endowment for the Arts because he’s banned from participating in a national poetry contest due to his immigration status. A complaint filed Wednesday on behalf of 17-year-old junior Allan Monga, an asylum-seeker from Zambia, asks that he be allowed to compete in the Poetry Out Loud […]
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L.L.Bean to court: Suit over return policy lacks footing, give it the boot
L.L.Bean is asking a court to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the Freeport retailer’s new return policy. The company changed its unlimited return policy in February, claiming that some customers were abusing the virtually unrestricted return or exchange policy by taking back worn-out items years after sale – essentially treating it as a lifetime replacement guarantee, Bean said. […]
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Auburn man gets nearly five years for gun charge
PORTLAND — An Auburn man was sentenced in federal court to spend nearly five years in prison for having a gun after he was convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence. Willie Richard Minor, 58, was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to 57 months in prison, plus three years of supervised release. He was convicted Dec. […]
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Judge rules against Deering High student not allowed to play varsity baseball
A federal judge ruled Wednesday against a father seeking an injunction to allow a Deering High student to play varsity baseball. Howard Yee had filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to allow his son to attempt to make the varsity team at Deering. The lawsuit claimed that Yee and his son, Princehoward Yee, […]
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Father says he felt assured his son could play varsity baseball at Deering High
The father suing the Portland Public Schools in federal court says he never fully understood that his son could be ruled ineligible for varsity baseball after he was enrolled at Deering High School earlier this year. “My son was assured that as long as he maintained attendance levels and had a sufficiently high GPA and […]
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Topless protester wanted to make Bill Cosby feel uncomfortable
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A topless protester who appeared on several episodes of “The Cosby Show” as a child jumped a barricade and got within a few feet of Bill Cosby on Monday as the comedian entered a suburban Philadelphia courthouse for the start of his sexual assault retrial. The woman, whose body was scrawled […]
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Luc Tieman found guilty by jury of murdering his wife
SKOWHEGAN — Luc Tieman was quickly found guilty Monday of murdering his wife after a jury deliberated for less than an hour. Earlier in an unusual twist, Tieman personally delivered his own closing remarks to the trial jury Monday, adamantly denying that he killed “my beautiful wife.” Tieman, speaking to the jury of seven men […]
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Father sues Deering High principal over decision not to let his son play baseball
The father of a Deering High School sophomore has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the school’s principal has arbitrarily denied his son “the right to play varsity baseball.” The lawsuit states that Princehoward Yee, a resident of Falmouth who had been home-schooled, enrolled as a full-time student at Deering on Jan. 25 believing that […]