Scott Dolan

Portland Press Herald

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Published
October 26, 2015

Maine takes hard line on rules for how inmates communicate

A legal expert says the state’s proposals, scheduled for a public hearing Monday, would prohibit contact with the outside world, but a corrections official says that’s not the intent.
Published
October 21, 2015

Portland settles lawsuit, must pay abortion protesters’ legal fees

The agreement will cost the city $56,500 and comes after a judge ruled an ordinance setting a buffer zone around Planned Parenthood offices violated their rights.
Published
October 20, 2015

Maine dermatologist indicted on federal tax fraud, drug distribution charges

Dr. Joel A. Sabean, 68, who lives in Falmouth and has a South Portland medical practice, is scheduled to appear in court next week to face the charges.
Published
October 20, 2015

Proposed rules for Maine prison inmates may restrict outside communication

The new rules are vaguely written, and the Department of Corrections has explained little about the draft discipline policy that it intends to air at a public hearing Monday.
Published
October 19, 2015

Search for El Faro’s ‘black box’ faces delay from bad weather

A Navy search vessel carrying sonar equipment is forced to take an alternate route toward the cargo ship’s suspected wreckage site in the Bahamas.
Published
October 14, 2015

Man pleads guilty to using Lewiston restaurant’s Internet to download child porn

The Sabattus man faces five to 20 years in prison when he is sentenced next year.
Published
October 13, 2015

Former Bowdoin College student indicted on campus rape charge

Logan Taylor, 21, who was a student at the time, is accused of sexually assaulting a female student in his dorm room on May 24.
Published
October 13, 2015

Police say Waterboro man lured lawyer into attack with shocking device

Christopher Hall is accused of assaulting the woman in Arundel last week with a cane that gave her an electric shock.
Published
October 12, 2015

Sappi selects Westbrook fishway plan preferred by recreational boaters

The paper company will build a fishway at Saccarappa Falls only in the western channel.
Published
October 9, 2015

Ex-president of Camden-based charity gets 4 years for embezzling millions intended for the poor

Russell ‘Rusty’ Brace, 82, also is sentenced to pay back the more than $4.6 million he stole, and serve two years of supervised release after prison.