WINDHAM — A Westbrook tinkerer found himself in hot water Monday as his plan to build his own pontoon boat turned into a weapons-of-mass-destruction alert for local emergency responders.

Elizabeth Polletto, a band teacher at Gray New Gloucester Middle School, is killed following a two-car crash on Route 100 in Gray

Police arrest Roger Walker, 46, on charges of elevated aggravated assault for allegedly stabbing David Grant, 43, of Brunswick.

The Twitter account that poked fun at former Gov. Angus King, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, was suspended Sunday night after King’s campaign complained that tweets from King_Angus could mislead people.

Officials at the Cumberland County Jail have learned that when an inmate snuck out of his cell to have sex with a female inmate two weeks ago, it was not the first time an inmate had slipped the lock on a maximum security cell.

“Everything is dry, brown and dead and just ready to burn.”

A 27-year-old is in critical condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland after the pickup he was driving crashed into a tree and rolled over Thursday night.

State Trooper Michael Cook peers out the side window of a nondescript van rolling along the Maine Turnpike during Thursday morning’s commute.