Noah Gaston is charged with murder and manslaughter but says he mistakenly shot and killed Alicia Gaston in January 2016.
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More Portland restaurants embrace charging fees for ‘no-shows’
Blowing off dinner reservations ‘hurts everybody,’ restaurateurs say.
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Cold and woo season: Restaurants fight slow winters with special events, deals
Tourists and snowbirds have gone, and profits dwindle – time to beckon people inside.
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Maine Episcopalians elect openly gay bishop
One of five finalists, the Rev. Thomas James Brown ‘clearly … made an impression.’ He expects to be consecrated in June.
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CBD the cannabis compound or CBD the coffee? Just ask owners of the Portland company.
Coffee By Design says coffee shops advertising CBD the compound are violating its trademark.
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Maine’s newest and biggest public company plans to bring 1,200 jobs to Portland
Covetrus Inc., the product of a merger between Vets First Choice and Henry Schein Animal Health, began trading Friday on the Nasdaq exchange.
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Reports of drugging incidents prompt police to warn bar patrons
Police in Portland, Saco and Biddeford are investigating reports from at least 9 women who say they felt that something in their drinks incapacitated them and made them violently ill.
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Ferry operator decided last year to leave Portland. Now, city says it can’t come back.
Facing delays in setting up service in Bar Harbor, Bay Ferries asks to operate out of Portland this year – but that ship had sailed.
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Committee backs hybrid plan to expand pre-K in Portland schools
The school board’s curriculum committee recommends ‘Pathway 2,” which would add five pre-K classrooms in district buildings and four more at community partner sites.
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Merger involving Vets First Choice will create Maine’s largest publicly traded firm
The animal-health tech company, Covetrus Inc., would have annual revenue of about $4 billion.