Democrat Kim Monaghan-Derrig and Republican Nancy Thompson are running for the seat that was vacated in May by Cynthia Dill.
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Local veterans, service members upset at commissary closing
TOPSHAM — Like thousands of other veterans and military family members in southern Maine, Gregory Dunn heard rumblings that the Brunswick-Topsham Commissary would close this year along with the Brunswick Naval Air Station.
Panetta urged to keep commissary open
In a letter to the secretary of defense, Maine’s congressional delegation calls the decision to close the Brunswick-Topsham Commissary “unjustified and imprudent.”
Brunswick-Topsham military commissary to close
Sens. Snowe and Collins, along with Reps. Chellie Pingree and Mike Michaud, said they will fight the closure that is now scheduled for Oct. 8.
Access to state’s beaches often a battle for residents
On a recent Friday, a day when temperatures soared above 90 degrees across Maine, cars started to line up long before the gates opened at Scarborough Beach State Park.
Battle at the beach
On a recent Friday, a day when temperatures soared above 90 degrees across Maine, cars started to line up long before the gates opened at Scarborough Beach State Park.
Judge allowing DNA comparison in Dechaine case
PORTLAND — A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile — collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 — against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons.
Dechaine wins right to compare DNA
PORTLAND — A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile — collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 — against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons.
Dechaine gets DNA legal victory
PORTLAND – A judge has ordered the state’s crime lab to compare a partial DNA profile – collected from the thumbnail of a 12-year-old murder victim in 1988 – against Maine’s database of 21,000 DNA samples from convicted felons. Friday’s ruling by Justice Carl O. Bradford at Cumberland County Superior Court was seen as a […]
Preliminary hearing today for Dechaine’s bid to get new trial
PORTLAND — A preliminary hearing is scheduled today in Dennis Dechaine’s long-running bid to get a new trial in his murder case.