‘They never knew the guy, but he was family’

Craig Crosby Staff Writer

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Published
April 22, 2012

‘They never knew the guy, but he was family’

AUGUSTA — His life quickly slipping away, Thomas Malloy hid his face in his hands and slouched out of sight as the buggy taking him to the hospital passed by his home.
Published
April 19, 2012

Break-in nets another arrest

AUGUSTA — A third man suspected of breaking into a Chase Avenue apartment earlier this month and threatening two women with knives and a gun was arrested Wednesday after a brief foot chase, police said.
Published
April 19, 2012

Vandals damage buses, police say

READFIELD — A pair of local men kicked off Kents Hill School grounds for skateboarding responded by causing several thousand dollars in damage to three of the school’s buses, police said.
Published
April 18, 2012

Augusta barbecue turns bloody

AUGUSTA — A family barbecue turned heated Sunday when two men were stabbed with a knife for rebuffing a friend’s request for something to eat, police said.
Published
April 18, 2012

Police hunt suspect after barbecue turns bloody

AUGUSTA — A family barbecue turned heated Sunday when two men were stabbed with a knife for rebuffing a friend’s request for something to eat, police said.
Published
April 14, 2012

Man faces new charges for assault

AUGUSTA — A patient at Riverview Psychiatric Center who attacked a chaplain two years ago is again facing charges, this time in connection with an assault that left four people injured.
Published
April 12, 2012

Oakland man recovering from burns

An Oakland man is recovering from serious burns he suffered Tuesday after a fuel tank exploded near him.
Published
April 12, 2012

Fuel tank blast victim in fair condition

An Oakland man is recovering from serious burns he suffered Tuesday after a fuel tank exploded near him.
Published
April 6, 2012

Corrections cuts threaten intervention program

AUGUSTA — Even as a jail inmate intervention program based in Kennebec County garnered widespread applause Thursday from state corrections officials, a large budget shortfall remains a stumbling block to the popular program’s survival.
Published
April 6, 2012

Car sale helps burglary victim

AUGUSTA — Britany Whitaker shivered Thursday in a stiff wind that blew through the impound lot at Ready Road Service on Riverside Drive.