A roundup of cases closed Feb. 7-13, 2019, at courts in Augusta and Waterville.

The Maine Warden Service warns operators to be careful as traffic will be increasing this vacation week.

The city of Auburn is throwing a yearlong party, including cake for more than 23,000, to commemorate its 150th birthday.

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.

In March, the Center for Grieving Children will host a conference that focuses on supporting them.

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.

The judge in Noah Gaston's murder trial has given the chief medical examiner a month to explain his change of opinion.

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.

Physical, strategic and social. No wonder the sport of curling is attracting a hardcore following in Maine.

The Franklin County Children's Task Force held its annual festival at Mt. Blue High School on Saturday.

Police say weather conditions likely played a role.

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.

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.

Keith Seglar, 30, faces two counts of reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon.

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.

Steven H. Downs, 44, is arrested in Auburn in the killing of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

Police said DNA evidence linked Stephen H. Downs to a college student's murder.

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.

Traffic is backed up for several hours and emergency responders work to clear up the scene near mile marker 50.

Preliminary figures based on Gov. Janet Mills' budget, released Friday, show relief for districts where state funding decreased last year.

Michael Middleton of Old Orchard Beach is expected to face charges in Maine and New Hampshire.

The cause of the blaze at the three-story home is undetermined.

The federally funded program helps low-income families afford home energy costs.

Waterville area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.

School officials said icing events have spurred more cancellations than they did in previous decades.

Gerard Cormier was sentenced on cocaine trafficking and possession charges, but a charge of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person was dismissed.

The former Williston West Church was scheduled for an auction Friday, but instead its owner sought bankruptcy protection.

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.

Two artists photographed and interviewed shipbuilders about their work for the series, drawing acclaim from Mike Rowe of 'Dirty Jobs' and others.

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.

The governor's order opens the door for state agencies to issue permits that were put in limbo under her predecessor.

Augusta area police reports for Feb. 15, 2019.

George the moose was brought to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray as a calf in 2004.

Fuel companies fill up loyal customers tanks for free on Valentines Day.

Dr. Mark Flomenbaum was fired from an administrative role in Massachusetts in 2007, years before he was hired here.

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.

Thursday night, the RSU 73 board of directors hired Robert Webster as interim superintendent.

Amy Levasseur drove a friend to New Hampshire twice last year to get the drug.

Technical high school students from across Maine test their ability to fabricate metal parts – and hone their skills for well-paid jobs.

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.

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.

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.

Ethyn Buotte is charged in the death of Griffyn Smith of Dixfield in 2018.

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.

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.

A public hearing was held Thursday on Rep. Heidi Sampson's bill to require cursive instruction in grades 3-5 of Maine public schools.

Remaining members of the SAD 75 board are now set to consider new leadership.

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.