A man demanded pills, suggested he had a weapon and fled.
Craig Crosby
Update: Smoke sends Winthrop middle-schoolers to high school
WINTHROP — The middle school was evacuated this morning when an electrical short in the ventilation system sent smoke wafting into a teachers’ room.
Giving thanks by giving back the goal at Gardiner holiday dinner
GARDINER — Raymond and Marlene Lausier cradled their plates of turkey, stuffing and potato as they made their way slowly to their table at the back of the room. They stopped briefly along the way to catch up with a friend they had not seen since last year. Raymond left to get their drinks; Marlene, to get their pies.
Dresden blaze destroys firefighter’s home on Thursday
DRESDEN—A local firefighter and his wife were left homeless Thanksgiving Day when their Middle Road house was leveled by fire.
Fire destroys Richmond garage
A Rokell Farm Road garage housing a pickup and tools was destroyed by fire Tuesday evening.
Warden Service: Hunters in fatal accident were shooting at same deer
Killed was Gerard Parent, 49, of Wales. He was shot by Christopher Austin, 41, of Andrews Road in Wales.
Federal agents hunt former prosecutor, child porn convict who slipped monitoring bracelet
Hours after learning his appeal of child porn charges failed and he was likely headed back to prison, Maine’s former top drug prosecutor cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and fled.
Ex-Maine prosecutor now a fugitive from justice
James Cameron, convicted on child porn charges, cut off his electronic monitor and disappeared Wednesday, and is being hunted by the U.S. Marshals Service.
Two Windsor crash victims still recovering
At least two of the four people injured in a fatal three-car crash in Windsor Thursday remained hospitalized on Friday.
Police charge Waterville, Augusta men with trying to sell stolen tools
AUGUSTA — Two men have been charged in connection with this week’s burglary of a contractor’s trailer that left a local builder scrambling to replace tools worth thousands of dollars.