He was trying to arrest Leonard Maker, who was armed and accused of failing to appear in court.
September 2013
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Skowhegan pedestrian injured after car strikes her on Madison Avenue
Michaelena Stone, 19, of Skowhegan was injured Friday morning after she was struck by a car while crossing Madison Avenue.
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BlackBerry to cut 4,500 jobs after losing $1 billion
Shares were halted pending the news and plunged as low as $8.01 when the stock reopened for trading.
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Seekers find ‘healthy path’ at Common Ground fair
Says one vendor: ‘The consumerism of the past, with glossy magazines and strip malls and sprawl, people are done with that.’
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Senator raises concern about Apple’s fingerprint technology
Apple responds that the data is stored on the iPhone 5s in a place that’s inaccessible to others and the feature can be disabled.
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Unity car crash rattles traffic flow near Common Ground Fair
A multiple vehicle crash caused a traffic backup in Unity near the Common Ground Fair Friday afternoon.
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Role of workplace dispute probed in Navy Yard killings
Investigators are still trying to learn more about the severity of his work-related problem and whether it was an impetus for the shootings.
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Common Ground Fair speaker outlines benefits of bacteria in food, life
Bacteria is beneficial to life, according to speaker Sandor Katz, an author and fermentation expert who spoke of “Fermentation and Food Relocalization” at the Common Ground Fair on Friday.
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Student: Conn. class forced to re-enact slavery
Parents of a seventh-grader say the student was traumatized and subjected to racial epithets during the re-enactment.
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Author sues Nebraska over drawings by killer of Maine boy
The author says the drawings show that John Joubert fantasized about killing again and the images help justify his execution in Nebraska.