Many of the elderly inmates in the Maine State Prison have done evil things, crimes that earned them a lifetime behind bars, but that doesn’t mean they should die without comfort or companionship, says Anne Haskell.
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Mainers take time to remember Sept. 11 attacks
Susan Moore thought the grief would diminish with the passage of years.
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Bag containing drugs, money left on Amtrak Downeaster leads to arrest of Mass. man
Steven Nordstrom was more than a little frantic after he hustled off the Amtrak Downeaster in Saco at 1:20 a.m. and realized he forgot his backpack.
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Hurricane Leslie to generate big, possibly dangerous surf in Maine
Isolated large waves can sweep a person into turbulent waters and rip currents can pull a person out to sea quickly.
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Officials identify elderly man found dead in Raymond lake
Investigators say the man left to go to the mainland and never returned.
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Maine drug agents seize $275,000 worth of marijuana
Police charge Jay Dandreo, 50, with aggravated marijuana cultivation after raiding his pot farm in York County.
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Maine beach chooses caution during shark scare
Lifeguards order swimmers in Wells out of the water until a surfer confirms that fins belong to a harmless sunfish.
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Alfred pastor accused of possessing child pornography
An Alfred pastor who ran a Christian ministry catering to Biddeford’s homeless and poor has been stripped of his ordination and could face jail time after his arrest over the weekend on charges of possessing child pornography.
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Biddeford pastor charged with possession of child porn
Police say James Napier, 60, had more than 100 pictures on his computer of children, some under the age of 12, engaged in sexual activity.