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The 22-year-old victim was allegedly chopped at multiple times by another man with an 18-inch rusty machete.

This is a clever and moving adventure set between a Barbados slave plantation and our contemporary imperial reckonings, says Lucy Bannerman in this review for the London Times. How Far We’ve Come is Back to the Future meets Gone With the Wind, but instead of going back in time to ensure her parents get together at the high school prom,…

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Blaine Parsons was allowed to continue as a firefighter with the Unity Volunteer Fire Department, but he was not reappointed fire chief.

Selectmen say fire chief should not have taken the department's ladder truck to a neighboring town for a Fourth of July parade or used a tanker truck to fill his swimming pool.

Selectmen say fire chief should not have taken the department's ladder truck to a neighboring town for a Fourth of July parade or used a tanker truck to fill his swimming pool.

Updated April 30 Gardiner high-speed chase results in indictments for North Yarmouth man The New Years Eve chase ended after police spun out the vehicle allegedly driven by 43-year-old Jamie Irish in Topsham. Share AUGUSTA — A man who allegedly led police on a New Year’s Eve chase that began in Gardiner and reached speeds higher than 130 mph was indicted recently on several charges — including reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon — by a Kennebec County grand jury. Jamie A. Irish, 4...

Gardiner high-speed chase results in indictments for North Yarmouth man The New Years Eve chase ended after police spun out the vehicle allegedly driven by 43-year-old Jamie Irish in Topsham. Share AUGUSTA — A man who allegedly led police on a New Year’s Eve chase that began in Gardiner and reached speeds higher than 130 mph was indicted recently on several charges — including reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon — by a Kennebec County grand jury. Jamie A. Irish, 43, of North Yarmo...