Market Owner Takes Stand, Repeatedly Denies Setting Fire

Thomas Calkins, the Portland man accused of burning his upscale market to the ground in 2001, testified Monday that a threatened suspension of his license to sell beer and wine prompted him to put Burlingame Grocery up for sale.
June 17, 2003
Thomas Calkins, the Portland man accused of burning his upscale market to the ground in 2001, testified Monday that a threatened suspension of his license to sell beer and wine prompted him to put Burlingame Grocery up for sale.
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