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July 29, 2011

Dechaine gets DNA legal victory

PORTLAND – A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile – collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 – against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons. Friday’s ruling by Justice Carl O. Bradford at Cumberland County Superior Court was seen as a […]
Published
July 29, 2011

Dechaine legal team tries again

The convicted killer’s defense will argue preliminary motions today in his bid for a new trial.
Published
July 28, 2011

Hearing to be held in Dechaine case

PORTLAND — A preliminary hearing is scheduled for tomorrow in Dennis Dechaine’s longrunning bid to get a new trial in his murder case. Dechaine, 53, is serving a life sentence for the kidnapping and murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry in 1988 in the Sagadahoc County town of Bowdoin. He has maintained that he is innocent, […]
Published
July 21, 2011

Scarborough council accepts plan for school

The $39.1 million proposal to replace Wentworth is described as ‘frugal’ and is likely to be on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Published
July 19, 2011

Biddeford man pleads not guilty to cyberstalking

PORTLAND — A 41-year-old Biddeford man pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of cyberstalking and identity theft. Shawn Sayer entered the plea at U.S. District Court. He is accused of stalking his ex-girlfriend for four years after they broke up in 2006, even after she changed her name and moved from Maine to Louisiana. […]
Published
July 18, 2011

A restaurant might mend her broken heart

Carla Mains is determined to find a new location for the former Pizza by Angelone business in South Portland.
Published
July 17, 2011

Sprinkler requirements fire up arguments

The systems ‘save lives,’ proponents say, but others worry about the cost and its effect on homeownership.
Published
July 15, 2011

Another tax year, another mall fight

South Portland will defend its 2009 assessment next week from a challenge by the Maine Mall’s owners.
Published
July 12, 2011

Cape councilors honor $350,000 land trust pledge

The Cape Elizabeth Land Trust will get the money that it was promised last month to purchase property off Shore Road.
Published
July 9, 2011

Town a little upset land trust won’t bend

In Cape Elizabeth, wrangling over a proposed path

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