Businesses say the rating that encourages consumers to avoid eating lobster is defamatory and has caused significant economic harm.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
Judge allows sale of UMaine’s Hutchinson Center to move forward
Calvary Chapel Belfast asked a federal judge to stop the sale of the University of Maine-owned building, claiming the university system showed religious bias when it rescinded an offer to the church.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Biddeford man sentenced to more than 4 years for assaulting police during Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Christopher Maurer, 47, pleaded guilty in July to felony-level charges for assaulting police with a dangerous weapon.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime, News
Auburn man gets nearly 5 years in prison for postal crimes in Monmouth, Paris, Lewiston
Winston McLeod and an accomplice broke into post offices and robbed postal carriers in central Maine, prosecutors say.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Waterville woman pleads guilty to federal gun charge
Nikeshia Knight, 25, provided money and fentanyl to another person to buy a gun from a Fairfield firearms dealer because she could not pass a background check, prosecutors said.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
New Jersey man guilty in postal robberies and burglaries in central Maine
Lance Funderburk and an accomplice from Auburn burgled post offices in Paris and North Monmouth, investigators say.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lewiston woman admits to Social Security fraud
Prosecutors said Donna D. Desrosiers collected more than $90,000 she wasn’t entitled to.
Posted inMaine Crime, News
Peru man charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Thomas Bordeau Sr. is charged with four crimes in connection to the siege.
Posted inLocal & State
Federal judge in Maine to retire next year
U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen, who was nominated in 2011 by former President Barack Obama, was the first woman to join Maine’s federal bench.
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Family of man who died at Wiscasset jail files wrongful death lawsuit
The family of Kare Randall, who died by suicide, is suing a handful of local government agencies and officials, claiming that they failed to respond to clear warning signs.