James Talbot, who taught at the Portland Catholic school in the 1980s and 1990s, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys in Maine and Massachusetts after he was exposed by The Boston Globe.
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A professor from Brown University was deported to Lebanon without explanation, despite US visa
Dr. Rasha Alawieh arrived at Boston Logan International Airport on Thursday and was detained at least 36 hours before being sent back to Lebanon, despite a judge’s order that a hearing be held first.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
3.8 magnitude earthquake rattles Maine and is felt far beyond
The earthquake, which struck just after 10 a.m., was centered about 6 miles southeast of York Harbor. Its effects were felt as far north as Bangor and south as New York City.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Antiques Roadshow coming to Boothbay in June
Maine is 1 of just 2 states to have never hosted the roadshow in its nearly 3-decade run, but that changes this summer.
Posted inNew England
Homeless families to be barred from sleeping overnight at Logan International Airport
Starting July 9, families sleeping overnight at Logan who are on the state’s emergency assistance shelter waitlist will be offered transfers to the state’s safety-net system.
Posted inBoston Red Sox, Food & Dining, Sports
Some of Fenway’s best food comes from, yep, Maine
Eventide Fenway and 2 Luke’s Lobster concessions booths at the ballpark offer top-quality food that’s in another league.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Three men charged in Whitey Bulger’s 2018 prison killing have plea deals
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on the main rival to his gang.
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100 protesters detained as Northeastern University police break up Gaza protest
The university’s statement said the activities of the protesters had grown to a level that the school ‘cannot tolerate.’
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Indictments handed up in Readfield, Clinton home arson cases
Joseph E. McLaughlin of Readfield and Jamie M. Perry of Waterville were both indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury this month.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case
The ruling from the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence intact – for now.