The Waldoboro legislator spearheaded a working group on restoring the state’s struggling whitetail deer herd last fall.
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Jail guard accused of assault due in court
The York County sheriff says the incident happened while an inmate was being removed from a maximum security cell and placed in a restraining chair.
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Police Log
Augusta Wednesday At 5:50 p.m., there was a hit-and-run accident on Pleasant Street. 5:54 p.m., there was a report of a disorderly conduct at a Western Avenue store. 7:18 p.m., Daniel Peter James, 47, of Pittsfield, was arrested after a report of disorderly conduct at a Western Avenue store and charged with disorderly conduct, criminal […]
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Waterville police arrest and complaint logs
Vehicle accident, thefts, criminal trespass
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Woman who starved daughter less restricted
AUGUSTA — A judge is reducing the restrictions on a Bangor woman who starved her 5-year-old daughter to death and claimed she turned up her radio to mask the screams. In 1995 Tonia Kigas Porter, now 46, was committed indefinitely to the then-Augusta Mental Health Institute after being found not guilty of murder by reason […]
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Inmate charged with manslaughter in death
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.