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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, Mark LaFlamme
Mark LaFlamme: Justin Butterfield’s dark night of the soul
I’ve been covering crime in the Lewiston-Auburn area for nearly 30 years now, but I’ll tell you this. There have been very few stories so shocking and so downright ugly over those years that they’ve kept me up at night. But this one did. The killing at a quiet little trailer park in Poland stuck […]
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime, News
Poland man to seek insanity defense in brother’s Thanksgiving Day murder
Judge Tammy Ham-Thompson ordered a mental evaluation to determine whether Justin Butterfield, 34, is competent to stand trial on the murder charge.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Local & State, Maine Crime
A tale of two Justins: Poland murder suspect described as a loving father, brother whom the mental health system failed
Friends of Justin Butterfield say he was in and out of mental health facilities for years prior to the Poland man being charged with killing his oldest brother Thursday morning.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Maine Crime
Man charged with murder after body found at Poland trailer home, police say
Justin Butterfield, 34, of 14 Poplar Drive in Poland charged after body was discovered Thursday morning at trailer where he lived, police say. Family and friends say they have been trying for years to get help for Butterfield. Killed Thursday morning was 38-year-old Gabe Damour.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Schools & Education
Poland Community School slammed by sickness
POLAND — Poland Community School canceled its popular Friendsgiving event Tuesday because so many students were ill officials thought it wasn’t safe to proceed. In a message to families, Principal Brandi Comeau said “an enormous number of students” were home ill Monday and “a large number” of others had to be sent home during the […]
Posted inConnections
Poland campaign demonstrates acts of kindness
Students in the Poland Before and After School Care Program have created a Kindness Tree to show that it’s the little gestures and small kindnesses that people give and receive regularly that make their world a happy place. Using colorful hand prints, they have listed acts of kindness — ones received and ones conducted. For […]
Posted in175th anniversary, bPlus
‘Cold-blooded and atrocious’ murder in Poland transfixed community
The death of Mary Knight in Poland in 1856 became the talk of the nation and led authorities to put her husband behind bars.
Posted inAndroscoggin County, Election 2022, Lewiston-Auburn
Recounts slated for two Auburn legislative races and one in Windham
Officials to review ballots in state Senate race between Eric Brakey and Bettyann Sheats.
Posted inAndroscoggin County
Poland Select Board sets Nov. 29 workshop to discuss Middle Range and Upper Range ponds
The purpose of the workshop is to identify issues regarding the ponds and create a plan to address them.