Doris Grumbach, a prolific author with Maine ties, dies at 104

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Published
November 13, 2022

Doris Grumbach, a prolific author with Maine ties, dies at 104

Grumbach died Nov. 4 at 104. She spent nearly two decades living in down east Maine, where she wrote many of her memoirs and ran a bookshop.
Published
September 30, 2021

Hancock County deputy killed in crash remembered as kind, young at heart

Deputy Luke Gross' funeral drew hundreds of people to the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor.
Published
September 27, 2021

Funeral for deputy killed last week to be held Thursday in Bangor

Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy Luke Gross, 44, was struck and killed by a motorist while he was cleaning up debris from an accident on Route 3 in Trenton.
Published
September 24, 2021

Deputy was cleaning crash debris from road when he was hit by truck

Maine State Police say Deputy Luke Gross, 44, had responded to a crash on Route 3 before he was struck by a small pickup truck. He died at the scene.
Published
September 23, 2021

Hancock County sheriff’s deputy hit and killed by motorist while responding to call

Deputy Luke Gross was checking on a vehicle that had gone off Route 3 in Trenton when he was hit early Thursday morning. Sheriff Scott Kane called him a ‘credit to his profession.’
Published
February 17, 2021

Man who hid in Maine for years now sentenced for 4 rapes in Massachusetts

Ivan Keith already had been sentenced in 2 rapes, and his sentencing in 2 others means he will spend 44 to 50 years in prison.
Published
February 12, 2021

Maine Voices: Systemic racism has no home in our state

The Hancock County sheriff’s racist reaction has left Mainers without essential public health services. He should resign.
Published
February 1, 2021

Nonprofit barred for supporting Black Lives Matter may be allowed back in Maine jail

The Hancock County sheriff cut off a nonprofit recovery coaching service after it expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Published
January 27, 2021

Counselors from agency that praised Black Lives Matter barred from Hancock County Jail

Hancock County Sheriff Scott Kane canceled the group's contract last summer and defended his decision when questioned this week.
Published
December 10, 2020

Man who fled to Maine sentenced for 1996 Massachusetts rape

Ivan Keith fled Massachusetts in 2003 and was arrested in Seal Cove, Maine, in August 2019, in a house that belonged to his ex-wife, authorities said.