FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington Community Chorus spring concert on Sunday is offered in memory of Joel Hayden, the founder of the chorus and longtime UMF professor who recently passed away at the age of 92. The concert begins at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4, in Nordica Auditorium in UMF’s Merrill Hall. The concert […]
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Court rejects convicted man’s appeal in New Gloucester double murder
AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s highest court has denied the appeal of a Massachusetts man convicted of killing the mother of his four children and one of his best friends. Joel Hayden of New Bedford, Mass., said in his appeal to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that his murder convictions should be reduced to manslaughter because […]
Mass. man seeks new trial in New Gloucester double murder
PORTLAND — A lawyer for a Massachusetts man serving twin life sentences for shooting two people in New Gloucester argued before the state’s highest court Wednesday that the convictions and sentences should be overturned. Clifford Strike told members of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that Joel Hayden should not have been convicted of two counts […]
Hayden appeals conviction in New Gloucester slayings
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of fatally shooting the mother of his four children and one of his best friends in Maine in 2011 is appealing to the state’s highest court. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court is scheduled to hear the appeal Wednesday of 32-year-old Joel Hayden of New Bedford, Mass. He was […]