Three days later, Adams’ department would open three of the four locations it runs in between school semesters as part of a long-running, USDA-sponsored program to combat hunger. The school’s food services operation joined the program three years ago, in part because Adams felt that its massive kitchen was under-utilized during the summer. But among […]

The state’s 2010 analysis of annual Uniform Crime Reporting statistics shows 52.2 percent of the 740 crimes committed in Washington County were resolved in 2010. That compares with 24.2 percent of 4,797 crimes in Penobscot County, 25.3 percent of 8,054 crimes in Cumberland County, 26.6 percent of 897 crimes in Knox County and 26.9 percent of 5,030 crimes […]

PORTLAND, Maine — A Windham man convicted last month in Cumberland County Superior Court of photographing his sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl he was babysitting and possession of child pornography was sentenced Friday to 32 years in prison. A jury convicted Nicholas Gladu, 28, on 68 counts — one count each of unlawful sexual contact, […]

PORTLAND — A Bath man has been indicted by a Cumberland County grand jury for attempted murder in connection with the alleged stabbing of a 26-year-old Brunswick man. Manessah Massaline, 40, of 22 Adams Court in Bath, was also indicted on charges of elevated aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a weapon and criminal trespass. Massaline […]

CUMBERLAND, Maine (AP) — A cat from Maine that strayed seven miles from home during a three-week adventure is back with its owners in Cumberland. Owners of Kaden the cat took out a full-page advertisement in the Portland Press Herald for three days and offered a $500 reward for the cat’s return. The newspaper said […]