AUGUSTA — Firefighters were called to the Kennebec River on Monday when a teenager out for a swim got swept downriver.

AUGUSTA — A Windsor man was ordered Monday to serve an extra four months behind bars for failing to report to jail on time and a separate charge of assaulting a jail officer.

YARMOUTH — Erv Bickford loved old trucks — the look, the sound, the feel of them.

AUGUSTA (AP) — Transportation department crews are hitting the road this week to kick off the state’s annual effort to paint stripes on highways throughout the state.

SAN DIEGO — The mother of James Holmes had no idea her son was believed to be the gunman who killed a dozen people in a Colorado theater until she was contacted hours after the tragedy at her San Diego home by a reporter, the family’s lawyer said Monday.

AUGUSTA — Four people were sentenced last week in separate hearings in Kennebec County Superior Court:

FARMINGTON — The following cases were closed from June 10-July 14, 2012, in Franklin County Superior Court.

PORTLAND — A civilian laborer set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early, Navy investigators said Monday.

WATERVILLE –The City Council will again consider whether to build a new police station at Colby Circle instead of at Head of Falls at a special meeting tonight.