An appeals court overturned the conviction of Portland native and New York hedge-fund manager Anthony Chiasson.
Leslie Bridgers
Columnist
Leslie Bridgers is a columnist for the Portland Press Herald, writing about Maine culture, customs and the things we notice and wonder about in our everyday lives. Originally from Connecticut, Leslie came to Maine by way of Bowdoin College and never left. She joined the Portland Press Herald in 2011 as a reporter and spent seven years as the paper’s features editor, overseeing coverage of arts, entertainment and food.
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Nurse Kaci Hickox named mtvU’s Woman of the Year
The college network’s Man of the Year is comedian John Oliver.
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Posted inLocal & State
Bill mandating hard-wired CO detectors on way to Legislature
The legislation would expand the requirement to include all existing structures where people sleep.
Posted inNews, Politics
Maine Republican spokesman steps down
David Sorensen says he is pursuing other political work.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Portland-based non-profit to give $20 million to study abroad program
The contribution is part of a global effort to double the number of American students studying abroad by 2020.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
With marketplace and skywalk, fresh look envisioned for part of the Old Port
Those are just some elements of a conceptual design for a block of six old buildings in the shopping area near the harbor.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Freeport school district secession debate heats up
Signs advocating one side or the other have popped up all over town.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Judge dismisses part of free-speech suit against Portland
Protesters who have picketed outside an abortion clinic on Congress Street say they’ll seek damages for the time they were banned from a now-defunct buffer zone.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Mechanical malfunction cited in fatal hayride accident
Cassidy Charette, 17, of Oakland died from her injuries and her boyfriend, Connor Garland, 16, of Belgrade is in fair condition at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Freeport school isolates pupil, sends notes home after false Ebola rumor
School officials respond after a middle school student tells a high school student that her father was being tested for the disease.