The anonymous website that criticized Eliot Cutler during the 2010 Maine gubernatorial race was the work of a “citizen journalist” entitled to Constitutional protections, the creators argue in federal court.
September 2012
Admission free at Maine State Museum Saturday, Sept. 29
AUGUSTA — The Maine State Museum will join 1,400 other museums nationwide on Saturday, Sept. 29, in Museum Day Live!, which means the museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. free of charge.
Kents Hill college fair draws 80 higher educational institutions
KENTS HILL — Kents Hill School will host a college fair from 10 a.m. to noon Monday with more than 80 colleges and universities in attendance.
Author to discuss Arnold expedition on Sunday in Pittston
PITTSTON — Revolutionary War author Arthur S. Lefkowitz will speak Sunday in the newly renovated barn at the 1765 Major Reuben Colburn House, about Benedict Arnold, who stopped at the house on his march to Quebec in 1775.
Police Report: 2 Farmingdale men arrested on drugs, weapon charges
AUGUSTA — Two Farmingdale men were arrested Thursday in Augusta on charges of aggravated trafficking in scheduled drugs and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Councilors accept donation of Augusta’s first firetruck
AUGUSTA — The city’s first firetruck is coming home to Augusta.
Vassalboro woman indicted in China crash
AUGUSTA — A 21-year-old Vassalboro woman was indicted Thursday on a drunken-driving charge involving a crash in China in which she and a passenger were injured.
Winslow man found guilty of one assualt, innocent of another
AUGUSTA — William Peter Sadulsky, 65, of Winslow, won a split verdict after a trial Thursday on two counts of assault on two Winslow police officers.
Mercier murder trial: Expert doesn’t rule out truck tire tracks
SKOWHEGAN — What first looked like a clash of old-school police work and modern forensics in the 1980 murder of Rita St. Peter merged Friday into compelling evidence in the trial of the man accused of killing her.
Food for thought at UMaine-Augusta convocation
AUGUSTA — University of Maine at Augusta professor Lisa Botshon sees a lot of potential for discussing food in an academic setting.