Nokomis Regional High School, Newport senior Madison Hopkins changed her college major from forensic science to ‘undeclared,’ telling the crowd it is OK to change one’s mind.
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Connecticut man faces up to 30 years in federal prison for bank fraud
Mark Pignatello, 54, pleaded guilty this week in U.S. District Court in Bangor to bank fraud, Social Security number fraud, and aggravated identity theft.
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Newport, Stetson individuals charged following Burger King drug bust
On Friday the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office and Newport Police searched a Ford Focus, found heroin and drug packaging materials and paraphernalia, and arrested a Newport man and Stetson woman.
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Officials investigate dead body found in Palmyra motel
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and state police arrived at Lovley’s Motel after 9 a.m. Wednesday where a woman who appeared to be distraught was later taken away in an ambulance.
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Tufts University fall semester dean’s list
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. —Cody Lambert, of Winslow; and Judy Yau, of Newport, were named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list Tufts University. To earn dean’s list honors at Tufts University a student much achieve a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
District attorney declines to prosecute shooter in Newport case
Marianne Lynch said police did a thorough investigation of the case, but she determined her office could not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a crime was committed.
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Suspect identified in shooting at Newport convenience store
Brian Duplisea, 34, of Newport, allegedly shot another man three times over a “domestic-type issue,” according to police Chief Leonard Macdaid.
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Man hospitalized after Newport shooting
Police say a man suffered two gunshot wounds during an altercation on Moosehead Trail.
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Officials seize drugs worth $3,000 in Newport arrests
MDEA and state police charged three people with trafficking heroin and crack cocaine during a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 95.
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New York man arrested in Newport charged with forgery, fraud
Mark Pignatello is involved in a multi-state crime ring that covers Maine and five other Northeastern states, according to the Newport police chief.