November 14, 2012
IN ANSON, Tuesday at 5:23 p.m., a domestic disturbance was reported on Horseback Road.
November 15, 2012
AUGUSTA — Michael D. Klaiber walked into the Pittsfield Rite-Aid at 7:40 p.m. May 3 wearing sunglasses, a baseball hat covered by a hooded sweatshirt, sweatpants and gloves, and he demanded drugs.
November 14, 2012
The father and three children who perished in the Orrington fire last weekend were living in the house under an unusual arrangement that is discouraged in the real estate industry, according to several real estate agents who are familiar with sales of financially distressed properties.
November 14, 2012
The Maine House of Representatives vote recounts requested by Republican incumbents Susan Morissette, of Winslow, and Ryan Harmon, of Palermo, are scheduled for Monday.
November 14, 2012
SKOWHEGAN -- Somerset County commissioners on Wednesday rejected an offer to join with four other counties in asking the state Board of Corrections to include jail debt in its upcoming budget for systemwide capital improvements.
November 15, 2012

AUGUSTA -- Diminished ranks of Maine House Republicans looked to a fresh face to lead them as they resume the role of minority party.
November 14, 2012
AUGUSTA -- The Mac McHale & Emery Hutchins concert, listed in today's What's Happening section, has been canceled. The show originally was scheduled for Sunday at UMA's Jewett Auditorium. For more information, call 621-3551 or email umasc@maine.edu.
November 14, 2012

WATERVILLE -- Police are asking the public for help in identifying a couple involved in a Nov. 6 purse snatching inside Walmart.
November 14, 2012

FARMINGTON -- A road that is being undermined steadily by the erosion of a nearby riverbank will remain closed until spring, town officials have decided.
November 14, 2012
AUGUSTA -- A consortium of five Maine school districts will be in the running for a share of $400 million in federal grant money.
November 14, 2012

Poor training, hidden agendas and inexperience are a dangerous combination when it comes to granting volunteers access to prison and jail populations, according to a former Maine State Prison chaplain.
November 14, 2012
ALFRED -- The first four men to plead guilty to engaging former Zumba instructor and accused prostitute Alexis Wright for sex each had his figurative day in court without actually having to appear.
November 15, 2012

BOSTON -- A federal appeals court has reversed some of the convictions against Maine's former top drug prosecutor, who was sentenced to 16 years for child pornography.
November 14, 2012

STARKS -- A group of hunters reported Wednesday that they were threatened near where a man was shot recently in a dispute with another hunting party.
November 14, 2012
AUGUSTA -- An incident involving an adult smoking at a school bus stop used by children with health problems has prompted the city to consider extending a ban on smoking to include school bus stops.
November 16, 2012

A recent story in the Kennebec Journal saying that Water Street, Hallowell's main drag, was long past due for an upgrade probably sent shivers through the spines of anyone who was around 40 years ago.
November 14, 2012

Police say Rev. Stephen Foote thought he was helping inmates at jail
November 14, 2012

The FBI says it didn't inform the White House and Congress sooner about the investigation because of rules set up after Watergate to prevent interference in criminal investigations.
November 14, 2012
Gov. Paul LePage and First Lady Ann LePage received donations at the governor's mansion each of the last three Saturdays.
November 14, 2012
A new 19-turbine wind farm with capacity to supply the equivalent energy needs of 18,000 homes has been completed.
November 15, 2012

Charlie Webster's claim that hundreds of unknown black people voted in rural Maine towns causes a stir, and leads one GOP strategist to call for his immediate resignation.
November 14, 2012

AUGUSTA — Rep. Melvin Newendyke, R-Litchfield, has retained his House District 80 seat following a three-hour ballot recount today. The final margin was just four votes.
November 14, 2012
FARMINGTON —A road that is being steadily undermined by the erosion of a nearby riverbank will remain closed until spring, town officials decided Tuesday.
“It just came down to public safety. That was the bottom line,” Public Works Director Denis Castonguay said
November 14, 2012

The Rev. Stephen Foote, 70, is accused of supplying suboxone, an opiate, to two inmates in Wiscasset.
November 14, 2012

Maine's senator-elect decides to caucus with the majority party because he wants to be effective but still independent.
November 14, 2012
Theft, vehicle burglaries, assault
November 14, 2012
The judge in the trial of Buddy Robinson was taken to the hospital after a car crash Tuesday morning.
November 14, 2012
Patricia Giles pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of a fatal accident and falsifying evidence.
November 14, 2012

President Barack Obama is expected to make his first comments on the widening scandal Wednesday, during a news conference at the White House.
November 14, 2012
The man asked for help at a Forest Avenue convenience store but is not cooperating with police.
November 14, 2012
The telephone company says elderly residents across the region have been cheated out of more than $1 million by con artists.
November 14, 2012
The five-member panel was appointed in May to study voter participation, Maine's voter registration system and the conduct of elections in Maine.
November 14, 2012
The 19-turbine Bull Hill project has the capacity to supply the average energy needs of 18,000 homes.
November 14, 2012
Laurena Cunningham faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for next month.
November 14, 2012
Justice MaryGay Kennedy was taken to the emergency room at Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston with neck pain after the head-on crash Tuesday morning.