Andrew Seamon, 50, of Augusta, is telling the Maine Supreme Judicial Court that his statements to a detective should have been suppressed because he was vulnerable.
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Riverview patient committed for 1969 killing in Portland seeks release
In arguments Tuesday before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, an attorney for Donald Beauchene, 73, said he hasn’t been violent in nearly 40 years and should be let out of a state psychiatric hospital.
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Kennebec County jail expansion project nears completion
County officials say the new housing unit will allow more inmates to be housed here, saving money on boarding them in other county jails.
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Augusta Food Bank planning for move to Mount Vernon Avenue
The proposed two-story, 4,100 square-foot new building would be on a vacant, 1.3-acre lot that was donated to the food bank by local resident Norman Pomerleau.
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Augusta woman who embezzled $400K from pulp & paper group ordered to keep paying restitution
Wendy L. Gagne, 43, has been ordered to pay $200 a month toward the balance of $352,082, after she was convicted in 2002 of writing hundreds of checks to herself and recorded them as being sent to vendors.
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About 350 University of Maine at Augusta graduates expected to attend Saturday’s graduation
James Conneely will preside over the ceremony about six weeks before his tenure as president comes to end following his resignation last month.
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Maine’s highest court to hear Viles, Hoover cases this week in Augusta
Several local, high-profile cases will be heard by the Maine Supreme Judicial Court starting Tuesday.
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Former Statler Mill site in Augusta draws no response from housing developers
Mayor David Rollins expressed confidence that the 20-acre property, acquired by the city for nonpayment of taxes in 2009, will be developed at some point.
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Augusta councilors reject proposal to delay relicensing of quarrying, blasting operations
Councilors voted 4-3 to reject the proposal, the latest action in a long-standing debate and dispute over blasting in McGee’s pit off West River Road.
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Heavy rain could lead to Kennebec River flooding, weather service says
A flood watch is in effect for parts of Maine and New Hampshire from 8 p.m. Friday until Saturday afternoon.