Kenneth Ora Byron, 65, of St. Albans, and his former wife, Ann Marie Byron, 45, of Dexter, were taken to Somerset County jail Friday on charges they both violated protection from abuse orders against each other.
August 2013
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RSU 11 to seek voters’ OK on natural-gas conversion for Gardiner schools
Regional School Unit 11 will ask residents later this month if they can spend additional state money to convert Gardiner Area High School, Gardiner Regional Middle School and Laura E. Richard Elementary to natural gas.
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RSU 12 budget meeting set for Monday
Regional School Unit 12’s regional budget meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at Whitefield Elementary School.
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Overthinking the smart meter menace
That little yellow box on the side of J.P. Devine’s house is trouble brewing— for someone else.
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Obama rejects boycott of Olympics in Russia
In a Friday news conference, the President says U.S. athletes should not be penalized by strained relationship between nations.
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Augusta stabbing suspect ordered held on $15,000 bail
Constance Jean Marie Mason, 19, accused of stabbing William D. Foster Jr., 58, of Augusta on Wednesday, made her initial court appearance on Friday.
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Fireworks-laden truck flips on I-95 in Sidney, clogs traffic
A pickup truck carrying fireworks for a show set for Friday night at Camp Matoaka in Smithfield overturned just after 4 p.m. Friday on Interstate 95, slowing northbound traffic in that area for more than an hour.
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MDOT seeking Augusta’s OK for $10.5M fleet maintenance facility off Leighton Road
The state Department of Transportation has ambitious plans to consolidate much of its fleet maintenance operations on a single site off Leighton Road in Augusta.
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Driver who hit Biddeford cyclists charged with manslaughter, driving drunk
The parents of the driver, David Labonte, say they believed their son had stopped drinking.
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Obama says he’ll urge changes to Patriot Act
Trying to curtail the federal government’s ability to spy on Americans marks a turnaround for the president, who has downplayed the scope of such programs.