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A roundup of cases closed Feb. 7-13, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
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The Maine Warden Service warns operators to be careful as traffic will be increasing this vacation week.
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The city of Auburn is throwing a yearlong party, including cake for more than 23,000, to commemorate its 150th birthday.
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For seven decades, the Chapmans have been operating a business at 2 Bridge St., but the pending Bridge Street bridge replacement project will push them off their lot until it's completed.
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In March, the Center for Grieving Children will host a conference that focuses on supporting them.
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Newly released receipts reveal nearly a dozen trips to the president's luxury hotel, part of $170,000 in out-of-state travel by the former Maine governor in recent years.
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The judge in Noah Gaston's murder trial has given the chief medical examiner a month to explain his change of opinion.
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Rosa Slack, a former teacher at the school, files a complaint, saying the district retaliated after she accused them of not adequately backing her up.
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Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.
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The Franklin County Children's Task Force held its annual festival at Mt. Blue High School on Saturday.
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Police say weather conditions likely played a role.
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Over 200 spent Saturday at the recreation area, where they tried cross-country skiing, snowshoeing and fat-tire biking free as a part of Winter Fun Day, while snow-sculpting team The Carvivores built an 8-foot-tall cat and and helped children create a snow lizard.
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While MaineGeneral Health and others have established effective programs to combat the epidemic, health care leaders see new hope in the approaches from Mills' administration.
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Keith Seglar, 30, faces two counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.
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A new regulation means entrants will be able to keep togue in the 23- to 25-inch range, a change that could be a boon to the lake's struggling salmon fishery.
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Steven H. Downs, 44, is arrested in Auburn in the killing of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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Police said DNA evidence linked Stephen H. Downs to a college student's murder.
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Police say the 20-year-old driver, who is a student at St. Joseph's College, is fully cooperating in the investigation into the accident that killed Eileen Garroway, 69.
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Traffic is backed up for several hours and emergency responders work to clear up the scene near mile marker 50.
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Preliminary figures based on Gov. Janet Mills' budget, released Friday, show relief for districts where state funding decreased last year.
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Michael Middleton of Old Orchard Beach is expected to face charges in Maine and New Hampshire.
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The cause of the blaze at the three-story home is undetermined.
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The federally funded program helps low-income families afford home energy costs.
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Waterville area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.
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School officials said icing events have spurred more cancellations than they did in previous decades.
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Gerard Cormier was sentenced on cocaine trafficking and possession charges, but a charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person was dismissed.
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The former Williston West Church was scheduled for an auction Friday, but instead its owner sought bankruptcy protection.
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Angie Clark, 39, of Wilton pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated criminal mischief and reckless conduct for starting a fire that destroyed her boyfriend's house in August 2018 in Farmington.
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Two artists photographed and interviewed shipbuilders about their work for the series, drawing acclaim from Mike Rowe of 'Dirty Jobs' and others.
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A mix-up with fuel delivery prompted the gas pumps to be taken out of service at the Exit 43 Quik Stop on Friday morning in Richmond.
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The governor's order opens the door for state agencies to issue permits that were put in limbo under her predecessor.
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Augusta area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.
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George the moose was brought to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray as a calf in 2004.
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Fuel companies fill up loyal customers tanks for free on Valentines Day.
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Dr. Mark Flomenbaum was fired from an administrative role in Massachusetts in 2007, years before he was hired here.
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Witnesses said it appeared Jessica Vennell had been trying to pass the bus when she struck the back of it, peeling back the hood of her vehicle.
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Thursday night, the RSU 73 board of directors hired Robert Webster as interim superintendent.
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Amy Levasseur drove a friend to New Hampshire twice last year to get the drug.
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Technical high school students from across Maine test their ability to fabricate metal parts – and hone their skills for well-paid jobs.
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Republican Sen. Susan Collins joins Sen. Angus King, an independent, and Democratic Reps. Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden in questioning the wisdom and constitutionality of such a move.
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Christopher A. Hutchinson, 30, was convicted of seaman's manslaughter in the 2014 deaths for taking his vessel out after drinking and taking drugs. His boat capsized in a storm.
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Cliff Wells denies Kennebec County Sheriff Ken Mason's claim the regional dispatch center is underfunded, while Gardiner proposes a solution to keep the center running for 22 communities.
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Ethyn Buotte is charged in the death of Griffyn Smith of Dixfield in 2018.
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The court affirms a lower-court ruling that Portland's Board of Harbor Commissioners did not have enough evidence to justify raised fees to pilot large ships into the harbor.
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Advocates try to raise up to $30 million to dredge and dispose of sediment built up at piers and wharves in Portland and South Portland.
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A public hearing was held Thursday on Rep. Heidi Sampson's bill to require cursive instruction in grades 3-5 of Maine public schools.
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Remaining members of the SAD 75 board are now set to consider new leadership.
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Amy l. Bussard, who was extradited from Oklahoma to Maine, pleads not guilty to two felony charges of unlawful sexual contact with two girls under 12.