Authorities say the 87-year-old Connecticut man drove in the shoulder next to the high-speed lane before he was stopped in Grafton.
March 2013
Detective arrested in NH hit-and-run that injured 2 teens
A detective sergeant who was working in the Special Investigations Unit in Manchester turned himself in to police Tuesday – four days after two teenage boys were hit from behind.
Lewiston kicks 84 people off welfare rolls
Mayor Robert Macdonald says 50 are being removed for fraud, and the other 34 for not fulfilling obligations like completing job training.
Former legislator sentenced on Waterville gun-threat conviction
Former state Rep. Frederick L. Wintle, 60, of Garland, was sentenced Tuesday to time served and one year of probation, for pulling a gun on a stranger on May 21, 2011, in a Waterville parking lot.
Maine nonprofit agrees to pay $75K for improper billing
Support Solutions improperly billed Medicare and MaineCare for services provided by a program manager who had been excluded from participating in federal health care programs.
Episcopal priest to spend 45 days in jail on drug conviction
The Rev. Stephen Foote, who mailed suboxone to two jail inmates, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor charge of possession of the prescription medication.
Driver in Benton interstate accident hospitalized; four passengers treated, released
Nathan Manning-Harris, 28, of Easton, was in stable condition at a Bangor hospital, and four passengers treated at a Waterville hospital, after a single-car accident on Interstate 95 in Benton Monday evening.
Augusta man charged in November pharmacy robbery
James Rich, 28, has been charged with a November robbery at the Capitol Street CVS pharmacy.
Maine lawmakers spar over tanning ban for minors
The Democratic-backed bill could make Maine the fourth state to prohibit anyone under 18 from indoor tanning.
Maine group delivers messages asking LePage to expand Medicaid
The governor, who’s on vacation, hasn’t decided whether the state should accept the government’s offer of 100 percent funding for three years and 90 percent in the fourth.