A doctor says the actions of Charles D. Miles, who was found not criminally responsible for a 1999 fire that burned down the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds, did not appear to be related to psychosis.
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Posted inCommunity
Turkey trot 5K race or walk set for Nov. 19 in Hallowell
Event hosted by Hall-Dale High’s National Honor Society.
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Posted inMaine, News
Police, firefighters pull man’s body from abandoned well in North Anson
The sheriff’s office identified the victim as Wilbert Bailey and said he had fallen into the well while inspecting it.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
State to pay $1.3 million to Portland in settlement over disputed spending on homeless
The long-running dispute over General Assistance aid for certain shelter costs ends with reimbursement and changes in city billing practices.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Former Skowhegan manager honored with Chamber’s ‘most dignified’ award
Patricia A. Dickey, who worked for 41 years in the Skowhegan Town Office, is this year’s winner of the Whittemore Award.
Posted inNation & World
Southwest Airlines worker killed in Oklahoma airport shooting
A suspect is later found dead in a truck, but flights leaving Oklahoma City are canceled for the day.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Heroin trafficking in Augusta nets New Yorker 30 months behind bars
Police say the sales took place in the back bedroom of an apartment on Middle Street.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Two Farmington women arrested on drug charges during traffic stop
Sherice Pillsbury, 27, and Sarah Copeland, 30, were arrested on Route 27 in Carrabassett Valley for allegedly having prescription pills that didn’t belong to them.
Posted inNation & World
Utah student wounds 5 in stabbing rampage
High school staff members are able to contain the boy, who also stabbed himself in the neck.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
In a first, drug combo shrinks plaque in heart patients’ arteries
Amgen Inc.’s Repatha also drives LDL, or bad cholesterol, down to levels rarely if ever seen in people before.