State Police say the adoptive son thought his mother was possessed by the devil, and he was trying to cast out the evil.
July 2012
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Maine beachcombers find 12-year-old message in a bottle
The note from a young Canadian girl named Taryn had been tossed in the ocean in July 2000.
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Former Mass. mayor to head NE fisheries service
Former New Bedford mayor John Bullard takes over at a tough time for fishermen.
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Man, 2 children hospitalized after Rumford fire
The Rumford fire chief says several of the apartment building’s tenants have been displaced.
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Maine-NH bridge undergoing safety repairs this week
The Sarah Mildred Long Bridge connecting Kittery and Portsmouth, N.H., will be closing nightly for repairs starting the night of July 5th.
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Maine DEP lists 49 ‘chemicals of high concern’
The list includes a dozen chemicals proven to cause cancer in humans, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic and cadmium.
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Maine Heritage Policy Center gets new CEO
The center promotes Scott Moody to fill the leadership post following the departure of Lance Dutson.
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52 new US citizens sworn in in Maine
Those new citizens came from countries ranging from Argentina, Bulgaria and China to Iraq, Poland and Somalia.
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MLB: A’s rough up Dice-K, Sox
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Josh Reddick and Brandon Moss homered against their former team to send Daisuke Matsuzaka to an early exit and lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.
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SNAPSHOT: Baby bull
Farmhand Mike Christie lugs a freshly born bull calf Monday from a pasture at the Roseberry Farm in Richmond. Joe and Paul Roseberry milk 69 head at the organic dairy where about 70 calves have been born over the last year. The baby bull was moved to a pen for shelter.