Elijah Cowper was charged Friday with arson and murder.
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Sanford man injured in stabbing at Family Dollar
Police are searching for the suspect, who was described as a man with long hair wearing blue jeans, a backward-facing hat and a multi-colored hoodie.
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Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Ogunquit police say report of shots fired could have been fireworks
Officers responded to a report of at least five gunshots in the area of 67 Main St., near the Hideaway Inn, around 3:50 a.m. Monday. No one was injured.
Posted inMaine, News
‘Trauma and heartache’: Mainers reflect on anniversary of Oct. 7 attack in Israel
Mainers with Jewish and Palestinian ties say they are feeling despair and anger after violence in the Middle East intensified in recent weeks.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine
Early voting now underway across Maine
All communities are required to offer in-person absentee voting starting Monday through Oct. 31. Municipalities are also starting to mail absentee ballots to people who have requested them.
Posted inNews, Oxford Hills
Sheriff: Maryland man arrested after 4-hour standoff in town of Sweden, charged with domestic assault
James Godfrey Shepherd, 65, of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, was arrested and charged with elevated aggravated domestic violence assault and creating a police standoff, according to officials.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, News
Woman killed in crash with unloaded logging truck in Wales
The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office said Sunday a woman was killed in a head-on collision on Route 132.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine
Quarter of Maine House races have only one major-party candidate. Here’s a map of those districts.
The number of races where Democrats and Republicans did not face off rose significantly in the pandemic election of 2020, and has stayed at almost the same level since.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Man kills wife and daughter in Bath, police say
Michael Bailey, 66, fatally shot his wife and daughter on Sunday morning, according to police. A shelter-in-place order was issued before the suspect was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.