The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
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Looking Back on April 20
100 Years Ago: 1921 Rehearsals for the “1921 Minstrel Elks” production are being held every evening this week at 7:30 o’clock In the Elks Home, corner Ash and Middle streets. The production is fast rounding into shape and promises to be the biggest of its kind this year. 50 Years Ago: 1971 A candy sale […]
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‘Lucky’ book signing planned in Lewiston
Event part of fundraising efforts for Christy Gardner’s service dog program, Mission Working Dogs
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John Gawler to perform at Oasis of Music
John Gawler will perform at the Oasis of Music from 12:30-1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 21, at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Gawler is well-known to Maine audiences as an elder of the Gawler Family, singers and players of traditional and contemporary music, who perform internationally and have recorded several CDs. […]
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Rumford’s Tom Fallon publishes new book ‘Creation Now With Words’
RUMFORD — Rumford author, editor and poet Tom Fallon has published a new book, “Creation Now With Words,” that in his own words “injects an avant-garde direction into the Maine literary scene.” Fallon, an octogenarian and former millworker, is well known in Maine literary circles for his experimentation with words. “Creation Now With Words” is […]
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UMaine System relaxes quarantine guidelines for vaccinated students and staff
Individuals who come in close contact with someone with COVID-19 will no longer have to quarantine for 10 days if they are fully vaccinated and asymptomatic.
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Lack of late-winter snow and dry spring raises concerns about another drought in New England
In Maine, the number of forest fires is ahead of last year, with 163 fires having destroyed 122 acres, said Jim Britt, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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$13 a month for heat and electricity. A tale of two solar converts
The downside: the initial investment. But these solar supporters say the cost is about what they were paying for heat and electricity monthly before solar, and in eight to 12 years, they’ll be on Easy Street.
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Clammers digging through pandemic, but shellfish are fewer
More New Englanders have dug in the tidal mudflats during the last year, but they’re finding fewer clams
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House fire in Fairfield kills woman, injures man
The blaze broke out early Saturday morning at a residence on Bear Mountain Road, and the State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating.