Rylie Cowette and Casey D’Orio, both 19, were arrested Friday after deputies searched their home on Beech Lane, officials say.
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Posted inArts & Entertainment, Books, Business, Maine
Maine author Monica Wood supports strike at HarperCollins, refuses to work on forthcoming novel
The Portland writer is represented by a publisher owned by HarperCollins, which is facing mounting pressure from unionized workers, including her editor, who walked off the job on Nov. 10.
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Posted inMaine Crime, News
Jay man pleads guilty to reckless conduct, sentenced in connection to fire that burned vehicles and house
Christopher White, 53, pleaded to a lesser felony than arson and was sentenced to a two-year sentence and two years probation.
Posted inNation & World, News
Buffalo gunman pleads guilty in racist supermarket massacre
Payton Gendron massacred 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket and has pleaded guilty to murder and hate-motivated terrorism charges.
Posted inElection 2022, Nation & World, News, Politics
Republican-controlled Arizona county refuses to certify 2022 election
Arizona was a focal point for efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election and push false narratives of fraud.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Nation & World, News
‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022
The dictionary defines the word as: ‘The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage.’
Posted inElection 2022, Nation & World, News, Politics
Georgia authorities urged to probe Herschel Walker’s Texas homestead exemption
Tax records show the former football player is set to receive a homestead exemption worth about $1,500 for a $3 million home in the suburbs of Dallas that Walker listed as his primary residence.
Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Midweek storm to bring wind, rain with threats of power outages
The new workweek starts off dry with cooler weather in the forecast by Tuesday. But that will all change by the evening hours on Wednesday as rain moves in from the west with another storm moving into Maine. A strong southerly wind will keep this a warm, not white storm. The wind will be gusting […]
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China eases some COVID rules after widespread protests, demands for president to resign
Chinese authorities have eased some anti-virus rules but affirmed their severe ‘zero COVID’ strategy after protesters demanded President Xi Jinping resign in the biggest show of opposition to the ruling Communist Party in decades
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‘We the People’ is the White House’s theme for the holidays
First lady Jill Biden drew inspiration from the nation’s founding documents to decorate for the holidays.