LILY BAY TOWNSHIP, Maine — An Abbot man was summoned to court and a Florida man was arrested on Jan. 1 after they were involved in an accident on Lily Bay Road.
Corey Cookson, 30, of Abbot lost …
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NEWPORT, Maine — Newport police expected to obtain several arrest warrants Monday night in connection with an armed robbery that occurred here early Sunday morning, according to Chief Leonard …
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VASSALBORO, Maine — A one-time motel in a small central Maine town could soon be offering an eye-opening way to start the day — topless coffee shop waitresses.
The Vassalboro Planning Board on …
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PITTSFIELD, Maine — Town Manager James Ricker gave his department heads all the credit Friday for keeping their budgets low and using innovative, out-of-the-box thinking to become more efficient in 2008.
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DETROIT, Maine — Nomination papers will be available Jan. 5 at the Detroit Town Office for three positions, one three-year seat on the Board of Selectmen, a one-year term as sexton, and a …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A 21-year-old Augusta man remains in jail after a judge denied his request for bail reduction on charges in a brutal machete attack on a Pittston man and his young daughter. …
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PALMYRA, Maine — Slippery road conditions early Tuesday were blamed for an accident on Interstate 95 that injured a Carmel woman.
Joan Small, 74, lost control of her late model Cadillac about …
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All five of Maine’s public television stations are set to make the transition from analog to digital signal on Sunday, Jan. 11, more than a month ahead of the nation’s Feb. 17 date.
The switch …
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PLYMOUTH, Maine — It began about 5 p.m. Saturday night with a single car off the road and ended two hours later with 15 cars and pickup trucks either in the median, the ditch or crashed into each …
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BANGOR, Maine — A Pittston man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court to having more than 500 oxycodone pills in his house and vehicle.
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WILTON, Maine — Authorities say a Wilton man has been arrested on a manslaughter charge in last month’s death of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old toddler.
State police say 25-year-old David …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — The city of Gardiner has filed a lawsuit seeking to retrieve money that was stolen by a former finance administrator who is now in jail for embezzlement.
Patricia Coty pleaded …
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RUMFORD, Maine — Fire officials say a front-end loader was extensively damaged in a fire at the New Page Mill in Rumford.
Deputy Fire Chief Richard Coulombe said the loader was fully engulfed …
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LEWISTON, Maine — A Bates College student and a visitor have pleaded guilty to reduced charges of criminal mischief for setting a daytime fire at the liberal arts campus in Lewiston.
In return, …
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AUGUSTA, Maine — An equipment failure that knocked out a main transmission line is blamed for an outage in and around Augusta that left nearly 8,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers in the …
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PITTSFIELD, Maine — In a four-minute meeting Monday evening that elicited not a single comment from either the audience or the members, the planning board paved the way for a wind turbine project by the town.
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A Canadian antiques dealer charged with possession of Ecstasy in Somerset County was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to time served or 154 days in jail for making a fraudulent statement to …
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HALLOWELL, Maine — A historic house in Hallowell has been gutted by a fire that injured five people, including three firefighters.
The Tuesday morning fire destroyed a building once known as the …
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NEWPORT, Maine — Although there have been no applications in either community to locate methadone clinics there, both Newport and Corinna are working to set up regulations detailing their location and appearance.
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MILO, Maine — A local man believes that all servicemen and women, not just those who served during a war, should have a monument in their honor.
That will be the case if Ronald Knowles, 72, has his way.
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