A local boy who was burned in a house fire Sunday was in critical condition at a Boston hospital Monday.

PARIS — A 56-year-old Maine man is facing charges he sexually assaulted a boy nearly 20 years ago. Kendrick Dorsch of Paris was charged Friday with gross sexual assault on the boy who at the time of the alleged incidents was between 12 and 14 years ago. Paris Police say a woman Dorsch knew wore […]

BRENTWOOD, N.H. — The Texas woman who has agreed to plead guilty to killing her 6-year-old son in New Hampshire and leaving his body on a remote South Berwick road will enter her plea next month. Officials at Rockingham Superior Court say 42-year-old Julianne McCrery’s plea hearing is scheduled for Nov. 4. Sentencing is scheduled […]

PORTLAND — Gov. Paul LePage has declared October as lobster month. LePage has signed a proclamation in recognition of the lobster industry. October represents the peak of the state’s lobster harvest. Dane Somers of the Maine Lobster Promotion Council says while most people equate lobster with the summer months, it’s the autumn months that have […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage says he’ll host a series of job creation workshops in October and November for businesses. LePage announced Monday that the three sessions will be held at Central Maine Community College in Auburn, Husson University in Bangor and Southern Maine Community College in Portland. The Portland gathering will start the series […]

ORONO — An international group that promotes economic policies that have a positive social impact will be in Maine to learn more about the plan to develop offshore wind power. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which has 34 member countries including the United States, is sending a delegation to the University of Maine […]

Details about 13 fires over the past two years could emerge today when Carol Field, the 65-year-old woman from Standish who is charged with setting a string of fires, appears in York County Superior Court to face two arson charges.