A 15-year-old girl who had been reported missing and her boyfriend, who’s been charged, were found after Oquossoc store owners tipped off police.
October 2015
Collins to be honored by state chamber at Augusta ceremony
The Maine State Chamber of Commerce will present the U.S. senator with its Alton “Chuck” Cianchette Business Hall of Fame award.
State testing for strain of E. coli that sickened 2 toddlers in Maine
As samples are gathered in the field and lab work is done, one boy is in fair condition but another child has died. Both had visited a fair’s petting zoo.
Pittsfield-based Maine Federation of Farmers’ Markets gets USDA grants
Two grants will help increase access to farmers markets for SNAP recipients and also fund a marketing effort.
Obama apologizes as Doctors Without Borders seeks probe of Afghan hospital bombing
The U.S. military has already vowed to conduct an investigation and says the airstrike was a mistake.
Leeds man homeless after fire destroys house
Larry Hewins lost everything Wednesday when fire swept through his home on River Road in Leeds.
Franklin County re-establishes assistant jail administrator position
Since the Franklin County Jail returned to full service last spring, the influx of prisoners means help is needed to oversee daily jail operations.
LePage administration probe of rights commission went undisclosed for months
The governor created the panel with an executive order issued in April that was just recently made public.
After 6 days, Coast Guard ends search for survivors of El Faro sinking
That leaves the death toll at 33, including four Maine mariners, as the focus shifts to finding the wreckage and the voyage data recorder 15,000 feet below the surface.
Canaan farm makes wishes come true
Dan and Allison Ring to host fundraiser Saturday for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.