WALDOBORO — Norman Benner had told his mother he wanted to break up with Arline Lawless, his girlfriend of four months, before a shooting last weekend that killed him and left her wounded.
Leslie Bridgers
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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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Police: No third party in Waldoboro shooting
A 34-year-old man was killed and a woman was wounded in the incident.
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Meat supplier Cargill declines to name stores besides Hannaford that received tainted beef tied to salmonella
Most of the near 30,000 pounds of ground beef recalled Sunday by Cargill Beef was supplied to Hannaford Supermarkets, but it remained unclear Monday afternoon what other stores sold the meat that’s linked to a salmonella outbreak last month.
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Meat supplier Cargill declines to name stores besides Hannaford that received tainted beef tied to salmonella
Most of the near 30,000 pounds of ground beef recalled Sunday by Cargill Beef was supplied to Hannaford Supermarkets, but it remained unclear Monday afternoon what other stores sold the meat that’s linked to a salmonella outbreak last month.
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Police probing fatal shooting of Waldoboro man
A woman remains hospitalized in serious condition with gunshot wounds at Maine Medical Center.
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Most of recalled beef supplied to Hannaford
Five cases of salmonella poisoning are linked directly to the product, which also went to a “handful” of other unnamed distributors.
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Groups lining up to own, preserve Maine lighthouses that feds wish to discard
Seven groups are at least interested in owning one or both of the offshore Maine lighthouses that the federal government wants to give away.
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Seven groups interested in owning Maine lighthouses
The two Maine lighthouses will be given away by the government after a detailed application process.
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DHHS says confidential information sent out because of computer error
Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services accidentally mailed confidential information from 31 applications for public assistance to random addresses in its database because of an error in its computer system.
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DHHS filing error led to mailing of personal info
Some of the mailings included applicants’ Social Security numbers and bank information.