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  • Published
    May 25, 2012

    Roadside fire probe ongoing

    AUGUSTA — State investigators continue to look into dozens of roadside fires that broke out in three different communities this week.

  • Published
    May 24, 2012

    Debate about jail crowding put on hold

    AUGUSTA — County officials who gathered at the State House on Wednesday expecting a debate over a recent decision by two jails to quit taking inmates from other counties will have to wait at least another week.

  • Published
    May 24, 2012

    Overflow inmate solution will take time

    AUGUSTA — County officials who gathered at the State House on Wednesday expecting a debate over a recent decision by two jails to quit taking inmates from other counties will have to wait at least another week.

  • Published
    May 23, 2012

    Belgrade woman arrested after allegedly dragging cop

    BELGRADE — A Belgrade woman living on the lam the past three years was arrested Tuesday after dragging a sheriff’s deputy a short distance with her car, police said.

  • Published
    May 23, 2012

    Deputy dragged by fleeing suspect’s car

    BELGRADE — A Belgrade woman living on the lam the past three years was arrested Tuesday after dragging a sheriff’s deputy a short distance with her car, police said.

  • Published
    May 22, 2012

    Police seek suspect in Vassalboro break-in

    VASSALBORO — Police are looking for a man they say injured an Oak Grove Road woman during a break-in on her property Monday.

  • Published
    May 22, 2012

    Police seek man after break-in

    VASSALBORO — Police are looking for a man they say injured an Oak Grove Road woman during a break-in on her property Monday.

  • Published
    May 21, 2012

    Big bang theory: Fireworks heating up

    MONMOUTH — Jay Blais punches up a video on the computer pad and a small grin creases his face. It’s a bit slow at first, the hiss of the fuse igniting firecrackers that release a puff of smoke.

  • Published
    May 20, 2012

    Monmouth searches for answers should it leave RSU 2

    MONMOUTH — Ending a relationship is almost always painful, but it remains to be seen just how much it would hurt for the community to break up with Regional School Unit 2.

  • Published
    May 17, 2012

    Statewide impact expected

    AUGUSTA — The Somerset County Jail’s recent decision to no longer board inmates from other counties may end up testing the resolve of state officials to force their will upon counties, and the counties’ will to fight back.