BANGOR, Maine — The drummer for musician Ted Nugent was not at the Penobscot Judicial Center on Wednesday, but his lawyer was. Bangor attorney Richard Hartley entered not guilty pleas on behalf of his client, Mick Brown, 55, to charges of operating under the influence of intoxicants, driving to endanger, theft and assault. Brown, 55, […]

EDINBURG — An Edinburg man continued to recover Wednesday after being shot by a state trooper during a disturbance at the man’s home the day before. Warren Frederick Dome, 54, was in serious but stable condition at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, a spokeswoman for the Maine Attorney General’s Office said late Tuesday. On […]

TENANTS HARBOR (AP) — A 23-year-old entrepreneur plans to open a lobster processing plant along the Maine coast, with hopes of getting some of the business that now goes to Canada. Kyle Murdock, who grew up on Monhegan Island, plans to have the Sea Hag Seafood plant running by Monday in the former Great Eastern […]

PORTLAND — An abutter of the Cumberland County Civic Center on Tuesday urged the Portland Planning Board to rescind its approval of the venue’s high-profile renovation project, telling city planners the plan’s proposed loading docks don’t leave enough room for large tractor-trailers to turn out onto the nearby streets. David Ray, legal counsel for the […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The attorney for a Maine shipyard worker accused of setting a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a submarine said lawyers are discussing a “potential resolution” that would avoid the need for a grand jury indictment, according to court papers. Prosecutors say Casey James Fury, 24, of Portsmouth, N.H., confessed […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Mount Vernon man authorities say showed a “complete disregard” for Maine hunting rules has pleaded not guilty to a long list of alleged violations. The Kennebec Journal reported that Joseph Deleskey pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 16 felony counts charging him with possession of firearm by a prohibited person, as well […]

MORRILL — When Robin Roberts Webster was growing up at Quanta-View Farm, her dairy-farmer father used to play a funny trick on children who would come visit — especially her cousins from Connecticut. Roger Roberts, who sold milk for almost 30 years to Portland-based Oakhurst Dairy, told the kids that he had a chocolate cow […]

EDINBURG — A state trooper shot a town man at the man’s Edinburg Road home after he came at the trooper with a knife while making homicidal and suicidal threats, state police said Tuesday. Trooper Chris Hashey was placed on administrative leave with pay per standard procedure pending the outcome of the Maine Attorney General’s […]