Wednesday, June 19, 2013
WATERVILLE -- City Councilors will vote tonight on a final budget for the police station project during a special meeting.
SKOWHEGAN -- Folks at the Skowhegan Free Public Library have discovered treasure in the attic.
AUGUSTA -- A former Readfield man accused of committing an armed home invasion Sept. 22 in Randolph remained in jail Monday in lieu of $25,000 cash bail.
AUGUSTA -- A man dressed in blue and wearing an FBI baseball hat was on the run Monday after robbing the pharmacy inside the Walmart on Civic Center Drive in the afternoon, police said.
WALES -- A hunter killed near his East Road home last week died as a result of a gunshot wound to the chest.
In September, Gov. Paul LePage cited a report that said Maine's renewable energy mandate would cost electricity ratepayers $145 million and nearly 1,000 jobs by 2017. The study was immediately challenged for its conclusions, and now its motives are under scrutiny.
SKOWHEGAN -- A Canadian truck driver escaped injury Monday morning when he lost control of his loaded log truck and tipped over, spilling the contents near the Sappi Fine Paper mill off U.S. Route 201, police said.
BELGRADE -- Town officials hope new security cameras will deter troublemakers from misbehaving at the Belgrade Community Center for All Seasons during unsupervised hours.
SKOWHEGAN -- Prosecutors and defense disagree about who killed Everett L. Cameron, but they do agree on one thing.
Despite all the talk of women's issues, elections show men have less party loyalty and are more likely to be swayed by a particular candidate.
A man demanded pills, suggested he had a weapon and fled.
Desperation and drugs drove Robert Nelson, 41, to kill Everett L. Cameron in Anson about three years ago, according to the prosecutor in his opening statement Monday in Somerset County Superior Court.
Kennebunk police also release the names of four more of Alexis Wright's alleged clients in the high-profile prostitution case.
Elisse Walter, one of five SEC commissioner, has consistently voted with her predecessor on almost every major initiative.
More names of men charged with engaging in prostitution with 29-year-old Alexis Wright, a former Zumba instructor will be released today.
The blast Friday that leveled an adult entertainment club and damaged 42 buildings was blamed on "human error."
A nationwide study suggests that 30 U.S. children a day are treated in emergency rooms for broken bones, sprains and concussions from bounce house accidents.
Ehud Barak, a decorated former general and one-time prime minister, said he would stay on in his current post until a new government is formed.
Two parents and their son are killed when a game of fetch leads to a nightmarish chain of events.
A Mississippi native, Guyot worked for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and served as director of the 1964 Freedom Summer Project.
A practice in some countries aimed at lowering the infanticide rate apparently has not done so.