PORTLAND (AP) — A Standish grandmother charged with starting a string of fires across southern Maine has pleaded guilty to six counts of arson. Sixty-six-year-old Carol Field entered her plea Thursday and faces sentencing at a later date. Her defense attorney says she’s likely to serve two years behind bars. Prosecutors say Field admitted to […]
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Maine man threatens to shoot wife, judge
AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man is headed to court to face charges that he threatened to shoot his wife and a judge. Shawn Breton of South China is scheduled to appear in court Friday to face two counts of terrorizing. Police say the 37-year-old Breton went to court Wednesday to seek a protection from […]
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GOP standoff: National Republican panel, Paul supporters fail to reach compromise
AUGUSTA, — A national Republican committee offered a scathing analysis of Maine’s GOP convention at which a slate of Ron Paul supporters was chosen to represent the state at the national convention in Tampa next week. As a result, the full Republican National Committee voted late Thursday morning to support a compromise that would seat […]
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Group hosting Katahdin region’s first summer snowmobile races in decades
MEDWAY — Anyone who wants to snowmobile without waiting for the snow can find several hot races to participate in starting Friday. The Katahdin Area Snowmobile Racing Affiliates will offer “Snow Sled Racing on the Grass” at the East Branch Sno-Rovers Club headquarters on Aug. 24-26. The three-day event features amateur races that start at […]
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Dill says she has momentum, but numbers don’t show it
Democrat Cynthia Dill is trying to show she has momentum in the race for Maine’s open U.S. Senate seat. Republicans are pushing that line, too, as they try to piece together a narrative about former independent Gov. Angus King losing steam in his bid to replace departing Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe. Dill, a state senator […]
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Police at scene of three-vehicle accident
WILTON — Police are at the scene of a three-vehicle accident on routes 2 and 4 in front of the Big Apple in Wilton. At least two people were injured. Debris was strewn across the three-lane road. The accident occurred just after 11 a.m. Thursday. Wilton Fire-Rescue firefighters and two NorthStar Emergency Medical Services ambulances […]
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Brunswick superintendent lambasts LePage
AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage is taking exception to scathing criticism directed at him by the Brunswick school superintendent in a welcome-back letter to school employees. The Portland Press Herald quotes the letter from Superintendent Paul Perzanoski as saying an anti-bullying law passed by the Legislature this spring failed to include the governor. The […]
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West Nile Virus found in Cumberland County mosquitoes
GORHAM (AP) — The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says West Nile Virus has been found in a second mosquito population, this time in Gorham in Cumberland County. Officials said Thursday it’s the second mosquito pool from Maine to test positive this year. The first, confirmed last week, was found in the town […]
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Less money for heating assistance this winter causing fear
ELLSWORTH — It may have topped 80 degrees across much of Maine this week, but community agencies are already planning for how to meet the state’s heating-fuel assistance needs this winter.State administrators of the federal Low Income Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, say funding for the program is expected to decrease this year. That combined […]
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‘Hometown Hero’ flies with U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds
BRUNSWICK — Nick Knobil of Topsham is used to flying his own small RV-8 kit airplane out of Wiscasset airport, but the flight he took Wednesday aboard an F-16 fighter jet with the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds was like nothing he’d ever experienced. Despite his aviation experience, Knobil, who was chosen as one of this […]