By JUDY HARRISON; OF THE NEWS STAFF BANGOR - The case of Belfast and the big-box stores is over, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court strongly signaled Tuesday when the justices heard oral arguments in the Penobscot County Courthouse.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, Maine Mar. 1--BANGOR, Maine -- Gerald Nessmann wants to be a lawyer, but commuting to the University of Maine Law School in Portland from his home in Dover-Foxcroft does not make economic sense to the 39-year-old real estate investor.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, Maine Feb. 27--BANGOR, Maine -- The Maine Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments Friday at Penobscot County Superior Court over whether graduates of the proposed Husson College School of Law will be able to take the state bar exam. The 1 p.m.

By Judy Harrison, Bangor Daily News, Maine Mar. 17--AUGUSTA -- A longtime Bangor lawyer has been nominated to replace Superior Court Justice Andrew Mead, Gov. John E. Baldacci announced Friday. Kevin M. Cuddy, 62, said it was an interesting twist of fate that he be chosen to replace Mead.

By SHARON KILEY MACK; OF THE NEWS STAFF ST. ALBANS - A seven-year battle over the taking of a landowner's property by eminent domain could be over in the wake of the Maine law court's denial of an appeal on the matter.