May 14—Twenty-six people share ownership of a small piece of working waterfront in Harpswell. One owner wants the courts to force the other co-owners to sell him all of it. John ‘Jack’ Sylvester owns a piece of Barleyfield Point, a 1.45-acre waterfront property on Orr’s Island that has been passed down to an ever-expanding list […]
A group of Piermont residents filed a lawsuit against the village alleging a lack of transparency and an unlawful approval of a village zone change that appeared to make way for a proposed three-story apartment complex downtown. Members of the group Preserve Piermont, a community Facebook coalition that organized primarily to protest the development of […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis may have just crossed a formidable new constituent. The former presidential hopeful this week signed legislation banning the sale of lab-grown meat in the state of Florida, saying the Sunshine State wants to stop the World Economic Forum’s goal of “forcing the world to eat lab-grown meat and insects.” The WEF […]
May 4—A former Ada resident, who has a history of assaulting people while incarcerated, was recently sentenced to serve more than 20 years in federal prison for killing a fellow inmate. Kenneth Leon Thomas Jr., 35, was sentenced to 270 months in prison for second-degree murder in Indian Country. Thomas pleaded guilty to the charge […]
Pierre Omidyar, Chairman and Founder of eBay.Ramin Talaie/Getty Forbes has determined who the wealthiest resident in every US state is. Despite all the big stars that flock to Hawaii, the elusive founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar takes the state’s crown. Omidyar has given away $1.5 billion of his fortune since 2014. America’s elite have long […]
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A U.S. citizen San Diego resident and two Australian brothers went missing last weekend during a surfing trip south of Ensenada, Mexican officials said. Authorities became aware of the three missing persons through publications made on social networks, the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Baja California said in […]
After their Bay St. Louis home flooded twice, artist Tami Curtis Guy and husband Perry Guy applied for a Swift Current grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency so they could elevate the house. Generally, a city or county would apply for the grant. But when Tami Guy realized the city didn’t have anyone available […]
BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) — The father of a man who says he was regularly raped and beaten as a teen at New Hampshire’s youth detention center briefly testified Tuesday, saying his son had a reputation for dishonesty. Daniel Meehan was the first witness called by the state, which is defending itself against allegations that its […]
Police on Tuesday morning identified the body that was found in the Des Moines River on April 24 as a 40-year-old Des Moines resident. The Des Moines Police Department identified the body as Chaiya Cavan, said spokesperson Sgt. Paul Parizek in a news release. Police were dispatched to the south bank of the Des Moines […]
A Lummi Island resident is suing Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu, Public Works Department Director Elizabeth Kosa, and Whatcom County over Sidhu’s recent executive order raising ferry rates effective June 1. In a lawsuit filed April 16 in Whatcom County Superior Court, Peter G. Earle is seeking an injunction to stop the fare increase for […]
Apr. 24—A Chicago man who scammed an 83-year-old Washington Twp. man out of thousands of dollars was sentenced to probation. Weihong Lian, 49, was sentenced Tuesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Richard Skelton to up to five years of community control sanctions after he pleaded guilty March 25 to possessing criminal tools. Lian traveled […]
DIGHTON — Michael Stephens, a former deep-sea fisherman from Dighton, became the second $1 million Lottery prize winner in the Massachusetts Lottery’s new JAWS instant ticket game. The odds of winning were one in 1,344,000, according to the Massachusetts State Lottery’s website. Stephens, who bought the lucky scratch off ticket at the Olde Village Corner […]