Big Apple robbery suspect surrenders after seeing photo on the news

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Tuesday, March 8th, 4:18 pm

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- A Maine man is in custody after he flagged down a police officer to say he was the suspect pictured in a surveillance video of a robbery suspect at a Portland convenience store.

Police say 39-year-old James Blann of Portland told an officer at about 7:45 a.m. Tuesday that he had seen photos of himself in a news report about the Monday robbery of the Big Apple store in Portland.

After being interviewed by police, Blann was arrested and charged with robbery.

Blann is being held at the Cumberland County jail.

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Reduced Membership Rates & Social Search Lunch & Learn

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 4:22pm
Reduced Membership Rates & Social Search Lunch & Learn

Lunch and Learn - March 30, 2011
 
Search Goes Social: Using Social Media to Gain Visibility in Search Engines
Speaker: Kasi Gajtkowski of PowerPay
 
Wednesday, 3/30/11
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch included
Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
 
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Reduced Membership Rates & Social Search Lunch & Learn

Submitted by mmullen, Community Web Producer
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 4:21pm
Reduced Membership Rates & Social Search Lunch & Learn

Lunch and Learn - March 30, 2011
 
Search Goes Social: Using Social Media to Gain Visibility in Search Engines
Speaker: Kasi Gajtkowski of PowerPay
 
Wednesday, 3/30/11
12:00 PM-1:30 PM
Lunch included
Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
 
Non-Member: $20
Member: $10
Student: $5
 
REGISTER HERE

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The running of the 15th annual Irish Road Rover 5K

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Monday, March 7th, 3:56 pm

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Mother Nature was kind enough to hold off on the rain until after the running of the Irish Road Rover 5K in Portland today.

 

More than a thousand runners turned out at Brian Boru's pub in Portland's Old Port.This is the 15th year of the race, though it's hasn't always been this big.  It started out as an event for friends and family and has grown ever since.

 

Now organizers say the race has a life of it's own.  More than 1000 runner helped raise 14 thousand dollars for Habitat for Humanity.

The running of the 15th annual Irish Road Rover 5K

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Portland Police searching for Big Apple robbery suspect

Submitted by Around Town Web... on Monday, March 7th, 5:31 pm

PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Police in Portland are looking for the man who robbed the Big Apple convenience store early Monday morning.

Investigators say a black male entered the store around 4:00am. While the clerk had turned around, the man allegedly struck the clerk in the back of the head with an unknown object.

Police say the suspect took an unknown amount of cash from the register and left on foot.

Officials say the suspect is 5'10" to 6 feet tall, 200-220 lbs. and in his late 30s to mid-40s. He was wearing a black jacket, jeans and a black winter hat.

The clerk was taken by ambulance to Maine Medical Center and was admitted with a non-life-threatening injury.

Portland Police ask anyone with any information about the robbery to call the Criminal Investigations Division at 874-8553.

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Circuit - Wherein Jill Said It

Submitted by Luke Pola, Webtoonist
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011, 1:40pm
Circuit - Wherein Jill Said It

WHAT is an impasse?

DOES it have something to do with mountain climbing?

WHY would Harry know anything about climbing mountains?

HOW would he even go about it?

Two words: foot magnets. Of course, that only works with mountains that are made out of metal. Now that's an imposing mountain! Especially if it were made out of heavy metal, like Metallica, or arsenic. Imposing, mainly, because it would make you sick if you got too close to it. In both cases. Completely unlike today's Circuit! It will not make you sick, unless you can get sick of laughing. If you do, then you are absolutely no fun at all. It could also make you sick if you ingest it. So please, don't eat your computer or your mobile device. It's an expensive way to not feel very good.

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Tim Sample to do Benefit Performance for Lincoln Academy

Submitted by DSample on Tuesday, March 8th, 11:32 am
Tim Sample to do Benefit Performance for Lincoln Academy

Tim Sample will be performing at Lincoln Academy on Friday, March 11th. All proceeds will benefit The Class of 2013. Tickets $15 in advance, $17 at the door. Call 563-3596 Ext. 103 to get your tickets!

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