One of the Portland charter school’s students, 16-year-old Justin Woodbury, is accused of email threats that shut down unrelated schools in Windham and Raymond.
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Maine agency wants to bar public access to certain 911 call information
Officials hope to shield records related to domestic violence or sexual assaults, but an attorney is wary of restrictions that limit oversight of police.
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Maine high court upholds $750,000 award to bicyclist hit by school bus
The Supreme Judicial Court rejected an appeal by the bus company seeking to overturn last year’s jury verdict in favor of Romanian student Monica Semian.
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Falmouth man accused of killing mother faces further mental evaluation
Before Andrew Leighton could change his plea to guilty from not guilty by reason of insanity on Tuesday, the judge orders the emergency mental health assessment.
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Amid struggle to fit in, gunshot fells refugee in Portland
Richard Lobor escaped Sudan and had high hopes when he arrived in Maine. But his assimilation deteriorated, he got in legal trouble, and, at age 23, he was killed.
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Two more suspects arrested in theft of medical marijuana in Maine
Police have now arrested four people in connection with an armed robbery of a medical marijuana grower in Winterport in which three are accused of dressing as police.
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Old Orchard Beach woman charged with stealing cemetery wreaths
Police identified Pamela Golarz, 56, as a suspect after one victim used a hidden camera to record a theft at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco.
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Police: Dylan Collins set fire that killed two in Biddeford to scare ex-girlfriend
Collins, 18, pleads not guilty to charges of arson and murder for the fire that killed James Ford and Michael Moore.
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Portland man sentenced to more than 8 years for bank robbery
Matthieu O’Rourke, 36, robbed a Key Bank branch in Portland last year and was arrested a month later in Florida.
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Maine nurse Kaci Hickox is part of ‘Ebola Fighters’ group named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
Hickox is among a group of medical workers honored by the magazine, including other volunteers like her from Doctors Without Borders and workers from local communities in West Africa.