BANGOR — While autopsies on the three bodies found inside a charred vehicle early Monday morning are conducted in Augusta to determine the cause of death and the identity of the victims, Bangor police are working to identify a person seen in a surveillance camera running away from the burning car. “We’re trying to determine […]

BELGRADE — Representatives from Pan Am Railways, state officials and town residents will meet in North Belgrade Community Center on Tuesday evening to discuss a fee some residents knew nothing about. In February, Dick Bickford received a letter in the mail from Pan Am, stating that he owed fees associated with the railroad crossing that […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A legislative committee has questions about a plan to terminate a van pool that program that serves about 250 commuters on 27 routes across Maine. The Government Oversight Committee on Tuesday was to hear a request for a review of the state Transportation Department’s plan to end the GoMaine program, which is […]

BANGOR (AP) — A 41-year-old transient accused of fatally stabbing another man during a fight in May has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. Jason Alan Trickett was ordered held on $50,000 bail at his arraignment Monday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. He has been held, unable to make bail, since his arrest in June. Trickett […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A New York City native with an Ivy League pedigree and decades of experience running museums has been named the new director of the Maine State Museum in Augusta. The chairman of the Maine State Museum Commission said in a statement Monday that 62-year-old Bernard Fishman has been named to succeed Joseph […]

SKOWHEGAN (AP) — Maine public health officials say the number of confirmed whooping cough cases in the state continues to grow as the age of those affected also rises. Dr. Sheila Pinette, director of the Maine Center for Disease Control, says most cases early this year were in children, but now an increasing number of […]

BANGOR (AP) — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which launched attack ads against independent Angus King, is hosting several events in Maine in support of King’s GOP opponent, Charlie Summers. The chamber’s national political director, Rob Engstrom, is appearing at events Tuesday on Summers’ behalf in Bangor, Lewiston and Biddeford. The chamber spent more than […]

A person is visible on video surveillance images taken from Automatic Distributors, employee Gary Shaw said. “They did see one person running away,” he said at about 10:10 a.m. Shaw stepped out of the building to see Bangor’s three mobile crime units moving into the business’s parking lot. He said he saw the store’s video […]