HARRISON — Under fire for alleged racism, the final straw for Robert Celeste came late last week when a van from a television station blocked his driveway in Harrison just as Celeste and his ailing wife were about to head out for a drive. As Celeste spoke with a reporter, his wife, Cecily, who is […]
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Ben Chin responds to leaked emails
LEWISTON — Lewiston mayoral candidate Ben Chin responded Monday to internal campaign emails that were leaked to a conservative website in which Chin describes, in one communication, encountering a “bunch of racists” while campaigning this year. One of the emails, written in June, was published by the website The Maine Examiner over the weekend and […]
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Bates student voters take issue with Lewiston candidate Soule
LEWISTON — Mayoral candidate Charles Soule said he was trying to make a point about local elections when he challenged a group of Bates College students at the polls Tuesday. “I explained the facts, about how would they feel if I went to their family’s home district and started voting in their election without changing […]
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Woman calls out Auburn school official Chris Langlis for ‘racist’ post
On Tuesday, Rae Washington, an African-American graduate student in Texas, posted a comment on Macy’s Facebook page responding to a promotional giveaway for a makeup bag. “Ohh that bag is too cute! Looks like I have some shopping to do!” Washington posted under her FB name, Cho Large, with a profile photo that clearly shows […]
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When Telstar High School flew the Rebel flag
BETHEL — In the spring of 1992, Telstar Regional High School teacher Rodney Abbott faced a difficult task. He had been asked by Ted Davis, then the Telstar principal, to explain to the student body why they needed to relinquish the use of the Confederate battle flag as a school symbol. “I had received a […]
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Judge rules Auburn man will have single trial for all charges
AUBURN — A judge ruled Tuesday that a racial bias charge will be included with road rage charges at a single trial for a local man. The attorney for Adam Getchell, 32, had filed a motion seeking to separate the charge. But Androscoggin County Superior Court Justice MaryGay Kennedy ruled against Getchell, saying all of […]
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Greene man charged with threatening Sabattus man
AUBURN — State prosecutors filed a civil complaint against a Greene man under the Maine Civil Rights Act after he reportedly threatened to hit a Sabattus man with a baseball bat and called him racial slurs. Keith Clayton Hanning, 77, was charged with criminal threatening, a Class D misdemeanor, punishable by up to 364 days […]
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Campaign for Blaine House revved up
FALMOUTH — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud said if Republican Gov. Paul LePage — one of the congressman’s chief rivals in the 2014 gubernatorial race — told GOP donors recently that current Democratic President Barack Obama “hates white people,” it’s “unfortunate.” But the Democrat from Maine’s 2nd District was careful to say he didn’t know […]