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 […]
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Dechaine legal team tries again
The convicted killer’s defense will argue preliminary motions today in his bid for a new trial.
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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, […]
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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.
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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. […]
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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.
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Sprinkler requirements fire up arguments
The systems ‘save lives,’ proponents say, but others worry about the cost and its effect on homeownership.
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Another tax year, another mall fight
South Portland will defend its 2009 assessment next week from a challenge by the Maine Mall’s owners.
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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.
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Town a little upset land trust won’t bend
In Cape Elizabeth, wrangling over a proposed path