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Former Milton Academy teacher facing rape charge in Mass. returned to teaching in Maine By Laura Crimaldi Globe Staff,Updated February 25, 2021, 4:45 p.m. Email to a Friend Reynold J. Buono leaves Norfolk County Superior Court in January 2019.Lane Turner/Globe Staff/file A former Milton Academy drama teacher accused of raping a student decades ago in a high-profile case apparently returned briefly to teaching while awaiting trial, volunteering as an instructor for seniors enrolled in a remote program associated with the University of Southern Maine. Reynold J. Buono, who was extradited to the...

PORTLAND, Maine – A retired drama teacher accused of sexually assaulting boys in Massachusetts and New York was allowed to teach in a program for senior citizens that’s affiliated with the University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn campus. The college's staff and faculty members are subject to criminal background checks, but they’re not required for senior college volunteers like 75-year-old Reynold  Buono, who’s free on bail while awaiting trial in Massachusetts, according to the University of Maine System. The senior college’s board severed connections with him immediately...

Read Article LEWISTON — Development of a $200 million station that will convert and transmit hydropower from Canada was unanimously approved by the Planning Board on Monday. The station, considered a centerpiece of the controversial New England Clean Energy Connect project, was given conditional use approval by the board, and according to city staff, site work will begin soon. City Planner Doug Greene said that with Monday’s approvals, subcontractors on the project will receive the go-ahead to begin building an access road and clear trees for the station, which will be located at 1651-16...