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  • Maine man gets 35 years on child porn charges

    - A Charleston man has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography. Federal prosecutors say 44-year-old Carey Gonyer was also sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to a lifetime of probation upon release. Gonyer had been convicted last year of three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and one count of possession of child ...

  • Winslow company accused of labor violations

    WINSLOW, Maine (AP) -- Labor groups have accused a Winslow-based aluminum trailer manufacturer of illegally firing employees for trying to ...

  • Maine hermits court appearance postponed

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A scheduled court appearance for a man who lived as a hermit in the woods of central Maine for nearly three decades has been postponed pending completion of a mental health ...

  • Signs to alert Maine motorists to turtle crossings

    The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Nature Conservancy are marking the turtle crossing areas in Wells, South Berwick and York with hopes of reducing highway deaths of two of the state’s rarest species, Blanding’s and spotted ...

  • Maine Turnpike Authority to discuss extending EZ Pass discounts

    Maine Turnpike Authority board members are going to be talking about extending current EZ Pass discount rates during their meeting on Thursday. The current rate is set to expire at the end of next ...


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The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelows The Hurt Locker is a visceral, heart-pounding experience that is easily the best film yet to made about the current war in Iraq and also one of the best war films of the past decade. As a cinematic subject, Iraq has been a bust, producing generally stodgy, well ... ...

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  • Portland mayor meets with immigrant businessmen

    PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Portland’s mayor is meeting with immigrant business owners to discuss the role that immigrants play in the city’s ...

  • Maine education commissioner visits Belfast school

    BELFAST, Maine (AP) - Maine’s education commissioner is visiting Belfast as part of his ongoing tour to observe innovative school programs across the ...

  • Murder suspect said to have known Glenburn teen

    A 15-year-old girl found dead in woods north of Bangor knew the man charged with killing her, her best friend said, contrary to early reports that before her disappearance she had headed outside her Glenburn home to see someone she had only recently met on Facebook. Kyle Dube, 20, of Orono, had been friends with the victim, Nichole Cable, for a couple of months, and they had made plans to see ...

  • Convicted rapist faces sentencing 30 years later

    DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - A man convicted of raping three women in Massachusetts faces sentencing more than three decades after he fled the state and began living a secret life in ...

  • Girls murder suspect silent amid grief in Maine court

    Nichole Cable's mother is being shielded by a coat as her family leaves Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor on Wednesday after Kyle Dube's arraignment on a charge of murdering ...

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