Robert Burton led police on the longest manhunt in state history after killing a former girlfriend who was sleeping with a gun to protect herself from him.
September 2018
Posted inMaine, Politics
Sen. Collins blasts vulgar messages, threats, insults over Kavanaugh nomination
The Maine senator, feeling the heat in the intense battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s U.S. Supreme Court nomination, calls out callers who resort to obscenity.
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Posted inThe Maine Forecast
Maine advised of high surf as Hurricane Florence targets the Carolinas
Hurricane Florence is producing long-period swell that is starting to reach the coast of Maine.
Posted inBusiness, Maine
Maine PUC seeks public testimony on NECEC project
The Public Utilities Commission will hold public witness hearings Friday in Farmington and The Forks about the proposed power line.
Posted inMaine
Is Winthrop willing to spend $100,000 to save 1 home?
The Maranacook Lake dam project will include work to stabilize the stream bank on the property of Patricia and Tom Heiss.
Posted inMaine, Politics
Sen. King says he’ll vote ‘no’ on Kavanaugh’s nomination for Supreme Court
Maine’s independent U.S. senator cites 5 reasons for his decision, and says the ‘stakes are too high’ to support President Trump’s nominee.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, Maine Crime
New Yorker sentenced to 23 months in Augusta drug conspiracy case
Alex Brumfield’s federal term is to be concurrent with his state sentence.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Maine singer Rick Charette, who gave kids ‘I Love Mud,’ is ready to retire
The beloved entertainer, whose songs are known to generations, won’t be performing in schools anymore, but you’ll still see him at some events.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Maine
Dana Wilde: In fall, the beauty in an ending
Nowadays we cherish the clear autumn chill and the color in the trees, but it wasn’t always the case, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
One of Apple’s 3 new iPhones is its biggest and most expensive yet
The company hopes the iPhone XS Max feeds consumers’ appetite for increasingly larger screens as they rely on smartphones to watch and record video and to take photos.