Daniel Roberts, 44, was found guilty of the August 2005 shooting of 29-year-old Melissa Mendoza in a custody dispute.
August 2013
School employee helped avert tragedy in Ga. standoff
Police say school bookkeeper Antoinette Tuff was heroic in how she responded after being taken hostage by Michael Brandon Hill, a 20-year-old man with a history of mental health issues.
Barbara Bush reads to kids at Portland children’s hospital
She reads ‘The Best Mouse Cookie’ by Laura Numeroff to the young patients at The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical Center.
Maine to offer training for seaweed farmers
The clinic will be taught by leading industry members from the Portland-based commercial kelp farm Ocean Approved and University of Connecticut scientists.
Beau Biden returning to Delaware with father
The vice president’s office said Beau Biden would fly to Delaware aboard Air Force Two as Joe Biden returns to Wilmington.
Births: July 15-19
AUGUSTA — A son, Ricardo Justin Garcia Rodriguez, was born July 19 at MaineGeneral Medical Center, Augusta campus, to Jasmyne and Ricardo Rodriguez of Farmingdale.
Gardiner Adult Education announces fall courses, offers program information nights
GARDINER — School Administrative District 11 Gardiner Adult Education has announced its lineup of fall 2013 courses starting in September.
Area residents, college students honored
AUGUSTA — Morgan Wellman, a student at Cony High School in Augusta, has been named to the National Association for Music Education 2013 All-National Mixed Choir honor ensemble.
Cary Memorial Library bookplate exhibit opens Aug. 24
WAYNE — Bookplates and correspondence donated by Elizabeth Hyatt to the Cary Memorial Library, as well as brief excerpts about the artists and the collectors, will be on display at the Williams House, 14 Old Winthrop Road, Saturday through Monday, Sept. 2.
Film showing set for Aug. 27 to benefit food pantry
DAMARISCOTTA — A documentary about food insecurity in America, “A Place at the Table,” will be shown at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27, in the Porter Meeting Room at Skidompha Library.