City health officials say that advising how to avoid an overdose is different from encouraging use.
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Former Topsham police chief faces OUI charge
Timothy Young, 55, was police chief for nine years before leaving the department in May.
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Dangerously strong heroin hits Portland streets
Police issue a warning Friday afternoon and ask the public to help them determine the source of the exceptionally strong batch of the drug.
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Westbrook teacher charged with sexual assault on minor
Police said Derek Hanscom, 32, of Gorham, was charged in connection with incidents that occurred over the past two weeks.
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Police charge man with biting off part of another man’s nose
Portland police say the two men were drinking together in a Brighton Avenue motel room when they got into a fight.
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Maine lawmakers tour state prison in Windham
The visit comes as legislators begin assessing Gov. Paul LePage’s $100 million plan for a new prison.
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Maine-N.H. bridge stuck open, bitter cold may be to blame
A spokesman for the Maine Department of Transportation said crews hoped to have the Sarah Mildred Long bridge return to operation between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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Portland police searching for purse-snatching cyclist
A woman told police she was talking on her cellphone when a man rode up on a bicycle and grabbed her purse off her shoulder.
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Former prosecutor, child porn owner pleads innocent to contempt charges
PORTLAND — The state’s former top drug prosecutor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to contempt of court in connection with charges that he fled the state after learning an appeal of some of the child pornography charges he was convicted on was unsuccessful.
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Sanford pharmacy robbery Maine’s first in 2013
Sanford police are investigating a pharmacy robbery at a Walgreens store on Main Street.