PORTLAND — After a news report that the handgun used by suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev to shoot at pursuing police officers was funneled through “violent” gangs in Portland, the city’s police chief and a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent on Tuesday downplayed any link between “loosely affiliated criminal groups” in Portland and national gangs. At […]
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LePage blames liberals for gridlock in Maine
PORTLAND — Republican Gov. Paul LePage, up for re-election this year, denounced political extremism while reiterating a disdain for newspapers, Medicaid expansion and what he views as loopholes in the state’s welfare system during a speech at a Portland business event Thursday morning. “In Augusta, there are some great Republicans and some great Democrats — the […]
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Christie says he, LePage alike
“I will tell you I’m committed to spending what we need to spend here in order to give the people a full view of Gov. LePage’s record and the record of his opponents,” Christie said after joining LePage in chatting with customers at Becky’s Diner. Christie said Maine’s race was one of the governors association’s […]
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Portland says parking scofflaws owe more than $3.7 million
Portland owed millions in unpaid tickets PORTLAND — The city of Portland is owed more than $3.7 million in unpaid parking tickets at a time when it is considering raising property taxes to boost the budget. WGME-TV reports that more than 171,000 parking tickets issued in the city have gone unpaid since 2008. The city’s […]
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Defendant who was stripped of right to attorney is convicted of robbery
PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine man who was stripped of the right to a court-appointed lawyer before being convicted of robbery is in a hurry to complete the case. Joshua Nisbet, who’s been jailed since July 2011, asked the judge to sentence him on the spot Thursday after a jury rejected his defense and convicted […]
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Portland lawyer pleads guilty to conspiring to launder drug money
PORTLAND — Portland defense attorney and sports agent Gary Prolman, the only lawyer to get an accused john acquitted in last year’s high-profile Kennebunk prostitution case, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to launder money for a drug trafficker. During a Tuesday afternoon appearance in U.S. District Court, Prolman pleaded guilty to a single charge […]
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NFL quarterback and wife establish scholarship for Catherine McAuley High School
PORTLAND — A graduate and former star athlete at Maine’s only Roman Catholic college preparatory high school for girls and her NFL quarterback husband have established a $125,000 scholarship endowment. Sarah Marshall Ryan graduated from Catherine McAuley High School in 2003 and helped lead the school to a pair of state basketball championships. She went […]
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Portland man faces child exploitation charge
PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland man has been arrested on charges that he made a video of himself having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Paul Henry was ordered held pending a detention hearing at his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child. Prosecutors […]
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Record cold in northern New England
The sun is out and it’s warming up after an unseasonably cold morning in northern New England. The National Weather Service says the temperature dipped to 22 early Thursday in Portland, breaking the old record of 24 set in 2003. In Montpelier, Vt., it was even colder at 14 degrees, breaking old record of 17, […]
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Two Massachusetts men arrested in Portland for illegal elver possession
PORTLAND, Maine — Two men from Massachusetts were arrested Thursday in Portland after Maine Marine Patrol investigators found them with about 20 pounds of elvers and no license allowing them to possess them. Joshua P. Medeiros, 30, of South Dartmouth, Mass., and Andrew P. Cournoyer, 43, of West Wareham, Mass., both were charged with possession […]