The impetus behind the proposal was a fatal accident during a haunted hayride last year.
David Hench
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Maine attorney general files civil rights complaint against brothers accused of racial attack
Benjamin and Charles Bean are accused of singling out a Portland man in a crowd and attacking him because of his skin color.
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Maine state trooper helps save life of driver who overdosed
Trooper Douglas Cropper pulls over the speeding vehicle shortly before the man loses consciousness on Interstate 295 in Portland.
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Second man charged with selling heroin near Biddeford school
The arrest of Wayman Justice, 65, is not related to the earlier arrest, police say.
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Fire at Waldoboro auto repair shop kills man
The body found at Pinkham’s Auto Repair was burned beyond recognition, investigators say, and the owner of the shop was missing.
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Portland orders porches removed from building where fall killed tenant
The city inspects the 11-unit apartment house on Cumberland Avenue and finds code violations.
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Six arrested in scheme to smuggle drugs into Maine State Prison
The plan was to deliver Suboxone to prisoners during visitation hours.
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Driver in Limerick car crash combative with rescuers, faces charges
Tabitha Cochrane, who is being treated for injuries, was driving with a revoked license for being a habitual offender, police say.
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Blood stains in Old Port left by man who injured himself
The man is taken to a hospital, and firefighters and shopkeepers clean up the disturbing trail.
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Maine State Police chief: We dropped the ball on day care’s 911 call
It took 2½ hours for a trooper to respond after a Dayton day care reported that a prowler had been in the building.