BANGOR — A Maine State Police detective trained in cellphone analysis testified Tuesday about calls and text messages between phones belonging to accused murderer Kyle Dube and his alleged victim, Nichole Cable, on Mother’s Day 2013. Detective Kyle Willette told jurors that Cable sent a text to Dube’s phone and a Facebook message to a […]
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Lawyer: Man accused of luring teen to her death via Facebook page is not the girl’s killer
BANGOR (AP) — A man accused of luring a 15-year-old girl to her death with a fake Facebook page was at home with his family the night of the killing, his attorneys said Monday, accusing the prosecution of making “big mistakes” in their case. But prosecutors said the evidence linking 21-year-old Kyle Dube to Nichole […]
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Trial to start for Orono man accused of using Facebook in teen’s botched kidnapping death
BANGOR (AP) — With a ski mask, a fake Facebook profile and a plan, police say Kyle Dube thought he could make himself a hero. Now the 21-year-old Maine man is set to go on trial, charged with killing a teenage girl in what authorities call a botched attempt to look like he was rescuing […]
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Horse brings family together, helps them cope with challenges
With a quiet nudge, Dalaylun Demmons, 15, of Milford moves her horse, Boston, forward around a practice arena at Starwalk Stable in Orono. His breath fogs in the frigid air as she leans into his neck and whispers in his ear, urging him to pick up speed. The pair are seamless, melting into one another […]
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Charles ‘Slim’ H. Broomhall
1917 – 2014 GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. —Charles “Slim” H. Broomhall, 97, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 25, in Green Valley, Ariz., with his sister, Ethelyne, by his side. Charles was born in Mexico on June 22, 1917, to Ethel and Arthur Broomhall. He was one of the 15 children Ethel and Arthur had. Slim […]
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Class C Football Championship: Winslow Black Raiders hammer Leavitt Hornets
ORONO — Dylan Hapworth will reap the headlines, the highlights, the postseason banquet hardware and a lion’s share of the acclaim for Winslow’s 10th football state championship. Let’s not make any mistake: Leavitt lost to more than one player in Friday night’s Class C championship at Morse Field. Big-boy, smash-mouth, old-time football won. Physical, go-ahead-and-try-to-stop-it […]
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UMaine student charged in home invasion
OLD TOWN — Old Town police said a University of Maine Student tried to break into a Bennoch Road home early Sunday morning wearing a mask and holding a gun while the homeowner was inside. Luke Cushman-Cole, 21, of Fletchers Landing Township was arrested in his dorm room on campus after the attempted break-in, according […]
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UMaine plans to cut $7 million
ORONO — The University of Maine estimates it will cut $7 million from its $242.2 million budget this year in order to resolve a systemwide budget shortfall. UMaine administrators gave a presentation on the process by which the cuts are being made at a meeting on the Orono campus on Thursday morning. Ryan Low, the […]
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LePage shares ideas to reduce student debt at UMaine campaign stop
ORONO — Gov. Paul LePage shared two ideas for programs he said would reduce student debt and would encourage graduates to stay in Maine during a campaign stop at the University of Maine on Monday afternoon. Under one idea the governor spoke about, companies that employ Maine graduates would be given the option of buying […]
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UMaine gets $700K for particleboard research
ORONO — Researchers at the University of Maine are receiving $700,000 in grants to develop environmentally friendly particleboard panels. The money is from P3Nano, a public-private partnership started by the federal Endowment for Forestry and Communities and the U.S. Forest Service. One $350,000 grant will help UMaine scientists to make strong, recyclable particleboard panels for […]