A police affidavit provides new information about the evidence that led to a double murder charge against a Benton man.
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Group gathers to show support for Unity College after layoffs, academic shift
The gathering comes after Unity College laid off 15% of its staff and announced that it was looking to sell its main campus at 90 Quaker Hill Road.
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Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News
Lisbon man’s new trial to be held in Belfast
Bartolo Ford was convicted of aggravated attempted murder of Auburn police officers stemming from a 2008 high-speed chase.
Posted inMaine, News
Two Maine men sentenced to prison in federal marijuana conspiracy case
They conspired to illegally manufacture, package and distribute marijuana from a facility in Waldo County, according to the U.S. attorney.
Posted inMaine, News, Schools & Education
Four groups intend to apply for last charter school slot in Maine
Proposals range from a preschool program in public schools to a 700-student middle and high school in Topsham.
Posted inOxford Hills
Oxford, Harrison, Woodstock residents arrested in Knox robbery
KNOX — Five people, including residents of Harrison, Oxford and Woodstock, were arrested Monday night, after a man said they assaulted and robbed him at his home in this Waldo County town. According to a report by WMTW, the incident happened around 10 p.m. Monday on Frye Mountain Road. The man invited a woman he […]
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Questions rasied about Waldo County lawmaker’s re-election bid after arrest, alleged sexual encounter
AUGUSTA — Questions over the shape of a legislative race in Waldo County have arisen after the Democratic candidate, incumbent Rep. Brian Jones of Freedom, was arrested Monday on an indecent conduct charge. Jones is seeking treatment for alcoholism. Jones was arrested Monday night after a state trooper allegedly found him having sex with a […]
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2 dead, 3 hurt in crash in Stockton Springs
STOCKTON SPRINGS — Police have released the names of the two people who died in a weekend car crash in Stockton Springs. The Waldo County Sheriff’s Office says two vehicles struck head-on on U.S. Route 1 about a mile south the Penobscot Narrows Bridge just before 5 p.m. Saturday. Forty-four-year-old Denise Shuck, the driver of […]
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Mt. View softball coach charged with sex assault on student
BELFAST (AP) — A teacher at the Waldo County Technical Center who also coaches softball at an area high school has been charged with sexually assaulting a student. Police allege that 46-year-old Michael Gagnon, of Winslow, an automotive technology instructor at the career training school, assaulted the 17-year-old Belfast High School student when he took […]