House 121 election under way

Trevor Maxwell

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Published
August 16, 2011

House 121 election under way

Democrat Kim Monaghan-Derrig and Republican Nancy Thompson are running for the seat that was vacated in May by Cynthia Dill.
Published
August 11, 2011

Local veterans, service members upset at commissary closing

TOPSHAM — Like thousands of other veterans and military family members in southern Maine, Gregory Dunn heard rumblings that the Brunswick-Topsham Commissary would close this year along with the Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Published
August 10, 2011

Panetta urged to keep commissary open

In a letter to the secretary of defense, Maine’s congressional delegation calls the decision to close the Brunswick-Topsham Commissary “unjustified and imprudent.”
Published
August 10, 2011

Brunswick-Topsham military commissary to close

Sens. Snowe and Collins, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, said they will fight the closure that is now scheduled for Oct. 8.
Published
August 1, 2011

Access to state’s beaches often a battle for residents

On a recent Friday, a day when temperatures soared above 90 degrees across Maine, cars started to line up long before the gates opened at Scarborough Beach State Park.
Published
July 31, 2011

Battle at the beach

On a recent Friday, a day when temperatures soared above 90 degrees across Maine, cars started to line up long before the gates opened at Scarborough Beach State Park.
Published
July 30, 2011

Judge allowing DNA comparison in Dechaine case

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.
Published
July 30, 2011

Dechaine wins right to compare DNA

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.
Published
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

Preliminary hearing today for Dechaine’s bid to get new trial

PORTLAND — A preliminary hearing is scheduled today in Dennis Dechaine’s long-running bid to get a new trial in his murder case.