Maine

LAKE CITY, Ga. — A reality TV show’s most ambitious project three years ago has become the latest victim of the foreclosure crisis.

In January 2005, more than 1,800 people helped Beazer Homes USA and ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” team demolish a Georgia family’s decrepit home and replace it with a four-bedroom mini-mansion.

The Harper family used the home as collateral for a $450,000 loan. Now, it’s set to go to auction Aug. 5.

The couple told an Atlanta television station they received the loan for a construction business that failed.

Materials and labor were donated for the home, which would have cost about $450,000 to build. (Read the full post about ‘‘Extreme Makeover’ Home Faces Foreclosure’…)

Four months ahead of the anticipated release of the sixth movie in the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the film’s trailer has hit the Internet. The trailer will debut in theaters this Friday.

Preview: ‘Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince’

The 1 minute 30 second trailer features flashbacks to when Albus Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) first meets an 11-year-old Tom Riddle (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin), the boy who would become Potter’s arch-enemy Lord Voldemort.

“I can make bad things happen to people who are mean to me. And I can speak to snakes. They find me. (Read the full post about ‘New ‘Harry Potter’ Trailer Hits Web’…)

Even though he was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving, Shia LaBeouf appears to be in the clear as far as the accident he was involved in over the weekend.

The celebrity gossip site TMZ.com quoted Los Angeles Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore as saying that the other driver was responsible for the early Sunday morning crash by running red light.

“He was not at fault,” Whitmore said

LaBeouf’s pickup truck collided with another vehicle and rolled over at 3 a.m. Sunday in West Hollywood. (Read the full post about ‘Police Say Crash Not LaBeouf’s Fault’…)

Vanity Fair looked all over the world to find the best-dressed men and one of them turned out to be Bond — James Bond.

Daniel Craig, the actor who played James Bond in “Casino Royale” and the upcoming “Quantum of Solace” is on the magazine’s International Best-Dressed List.

Also making the list are “60 Minutes” correspondent Morley Safer, rapper Kanye West, “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer and soccer star David Beckham.

The women’s list includes “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker and “Michael Clayton” Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are on the list for best-dressed couples.

BANGOR, Maine — A man and woman stopped by police earlier this week after allegedly being clocked by police going 108 mph on Interstate 95 have been re-arrested — this time on charges of unruly behavior on an airplane.

Dawn Parker, 29, and Thomas Selby, 42, are expected to appear in court Thursday on charges of criminal threatening, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and violation of bail conditions. They were arrested Wednesday at Bangor International Airport.

The plane they were on was forced to return to the gate because of their allegedly unruly behavior. (Read the full post about ‘Speeding Duo Re-Arrested On Plane’…)

GREENE, Maine — The fire marshal’s office is investigating a fire in Greene early Thursday morning.

It broke out at about 11:45 p.m. Wednesday in an old, abandoned home near Hills Ridge Road. Officials said there were no roads leading to the house and the nearest driveway was three-quarters of a mile away. Firefighters used all-terrain vehicles to get to the scene, and by the time they arrived, the house was engulfed in flames.

The location also made it difficult to get water to the scene. Firefighters finally had the fire knocked down just before 3 a.m. Thursday.

No one was hurt in the fire. (Read the full post about ‘Greene Fire Under Investigation’…)

BANGOR, Maine — Gov. John Baldacci’s family said the land where Momma Baldacci’s restaurant is located is being sold. But the Baldacci family’s restaurant will continue in a yet-unknown location.

The family’s Italian restaurant has been located for three decades on a property off Broadway in Bangor. The land’s being sold to a neighbor.

Robert Baldacci Jr., the governor’s brother and a real estate developer, said the closing took place Wednesday, but terms of the sale to Lovley Development of Newport were not disclosed.

CASTINE, Maine — The historic schooner Bowdoin is back in its home port of Castine after completing its latest voyage to the Arctic.

A flotilla of boats welcomed the Bowdoin as it returned Wednesday to Maine Maritime Academy at the conclusion of its two-month voyage. Eleven MMA students and five professional crew members made the trip.

The 88-foot wooden ship sailed as far north as Hareo Island off the coast of Greenland, about 240 miles north of the Arctic Circle. It reached the northern-most point of its voyage in late June.

Built in 1921 in East Boothbay, the Bowdoin made 25 scientific expeditions to the Arctic Circle under the leadership of Adm. Donald MacMillan until 1954. (Read the full post about ‘Schooner Bowdoin Returns From Arctic’…)

GARDINER, Maine — More than 1,200 people rallied Wednesday night for a family attacked by a machete-wielding man inside their Pittston home two months ago.

All of the Guerrette family — Melanie arm-in-arm with her husband of 26 years, William, and accompanied by their four kids — arrived in a stretch limo at a benefit concert held by their community on Wednesday night.

News 8 Video:
Guerette Family Fundraiser
Guerrettes Speak About Attack
Guerrette Family Speaking Out About Attack
Blood Drive Honors and Supports Guerrette Family
Rally Held For Guerrette Family

News 8’s Jim Keithley reported the family’s medical bills have topped $1 million with more expected.

William Guerrette and his 11-year-old daughter, Nicole, have months of doctors visits, therapy and more surgeries ahead of them.

The man arrested in the case — Leo Hylton, 18 — pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to attempted murder charges in an attack that put the father and daughter in the hospital for weeks.

Still, the Guerrettes said they are lucky and thankful to be alive.

“I was conscience enough to be aware that she had come. (Read the full post about ‘Community Raises Money For Family Attacked’…)

Like the flower, “Marigold” the movie blooms with bright colors, bold music and breathtaking vistas. An independent film made it India with one of the country’s biggest stars, Salman Kahn, it’s a big-time Bollywood production that left its American lead, “Heroes” star Ali Larter, in utter amazement.”I didn’t know anything about Bollywood before I did the movie, but (writer-director) Willard Carroll sat down and gave me an education on it,” Larter recalled in a recent @ The Movies interview for the film, new on DVD (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment) this week.”We watched a bunch of Salman Kahn’s movies and what was incredible to me was they’re just about joy. They’re about sheer entertainment,” Larter said. (Read the full post about ‘‘Heroes’ Star Finds Passage To Indie With ‘Marigold’’…)