Four people are facing trafficking and possession charges after police and drug agents raided homes in Winthrop and Monmouth on Thursday.
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Mercier’s murder trial to include remarks
SKOWHEGAN — A search by police in 1980 of a pickup truck owned by Jay Mercier and statements made by him to police investigators that year, and later in 2010 and 2011, will be admissible when the Industry man goes on trial for murder.
Convicted man charged with OUI
AUGUSTA — In 1988, Timothy J. Sharkey pleaded guilty to criminal homicide for being behind the wheel in a fatal crash on Old Brunswick Road in Bath.
Moscow should get out of the school district now
The School Administrative District 13 school board is planning on closing both the Quimby and Moscow schools, then building a multi-million dollar expansion to the high school to house all the kids there. The high school was designed to hold more than 300 children. Why build an extension?
State IDs 3 suspects in Winslow fire bombings
For three consecutive mornings beginning Tuesday, homemade fire bombs were ignited near Winslow schools.
AMY CALDER: Farewell to the ‘Cross Man’
John Lewis was laid to rest Friday in a peaceful cemetery off Grove Street, just inches from the mother he loved dearly.
ALLEN AFIELD: Small brooks producing brookies midsummer
Typical, small Maine trout brooks see little angler traffic, even in spring, but that rule proves doubly true in July and August, when folks turn their attention striped bass in tidal water or black bass in lakes and ponds.
Supreme Court plunges us into the abyss
“And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
Public hearing on courthouse could include vote
AUGUSTA — The expansion of the Kennebec County Courthouse — essentially a new building with a connector to the second story of the existing courthouse — will be the topic of a public hearing Tuesday by the city Planning Board.
Lost treasure darkens bride’s happy day
WINSLOW — On what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, Windsor bride Sara Norton, 31, lost a piece of family history.