The long-unsolved killing of Joyce McLain, 16, helped motivate legislators to approve funding for a cold case squad a year ago.
Scott Dolan
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Lawsuit accuses Cumberland man of bilking bus tour customers
The Maine Attorney General’s Office says Barry L. Somes took deposits, canceled the tours and failed to provide refunds.
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Maine high court hears arguments on Poland Spring water rights
A group challenging a water contract with the Fryeburg Water Company has asked the court to reject the Public Utilities Commission’s approval of the deal.
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Judge schedules first oral arguments in lawsuit by Speaker Eves against Gov. LePage
The hearing in U.S. District Court in Portland on April 1 will be on LePage’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit on grounds of immunity and First Amendment rights.
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ACLU of Maine to honor law Professor Deirdre Smith
Smith, director of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic at the University of Maine School of Law, will receive the 2016 Justice Louis Scolnik Award.
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Maine Department of Corrections releases revised inmate discipline policy
Under the new rules, inmates will no longer be prohibited from writing to pen pals or writing under a byline for the news media.
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Aroostook County man who imported and sold bath salts sentenced to 3 years
Preston Brown Sr., 51, of Woodland ordered the drug online from China for his personal use and to sell to others in Aroostook County.
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Maine customers of Festiva vacation club offered deal in lawsuit settlement
The Maine Attorney General’s Office and the resort timeshare company reached the settlement in October and are now offering it to Festiva’s more than 800 Maine customers.
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Sex offender drifter sentenced in Maine to two years for failure to register
Clyde M. Hall Jr., 50, was one of the U.S. Marshals Service’s 15 most wanted fugitives before his arrest in Portland in 2013.
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Fred Nutter remembered fondly by colleagues as ‘old school’ newsman
The former news director at WCSH-TV in Portland died Friday at age 82.