The victim, who was confined to a wheelchair, died of blunt force injuries.
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Windjammers celebrate anniversary
ROCKLAND — More than a dozen two- and three-masted windjammers will be on display in Rockland to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Maine’s windjamming cruise industry. The Maine Windjammer Association says the ships will take part in the Parade of Sail past the mile-long Rockland breakwater between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Friday. The windjammers […]
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SNAPSHOT: Over cast
A man fishes on the Kennebec River in Augusta following a brief thunderstorm Thursday. Temperatures moderated into the mid-70s late in the day but are predicted to climb through the rest of the week with a chance of showers.
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HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY: Finding a spot she loves
It wasn’t a lifelong dream for Asia Le to be a goalie. It was more like a process of elimination.
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Veteran care might receive some help
WASHINGTON — A bill in the House authored by Democratic Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine aims to fill a multimillion-dollar shortfall in the federal reimbursement that Maine Veterans’ Homes receives for the cost of caring for disabled veterans.
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Ned’s Place owner to pay $30k restitution
AUGUSTA — The last owner of Ned’s Place, a downtown Winthrop restaurant until March 2007, must pay $30,568 restitution after pleading guilty Wednesday to failing to pay sales and withholding taxes to the state over several years.
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Vote in the works on public works, again
READFIELD — The now-defunct Public Works Department could be on the ballot a second time this summer.
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Hooper, of Winthrop, promoted to Eagle Scout
WINTHROP — Levi Hooper, 16, a student at Winthrop High School and member of Boy Scout Troop 604, was recently awarded the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Mistrial declared in Clemens trial
WASHINGTON — Almost as soon as it began, former baseball star Roger Clemens’ perjury trial ended Thursday — in a mistrial the judge blamed on prosecutors and said a “first-year law student” would have known to avoid.