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Saco man arrested in Old Port assault

by Meredith Goad and Kelley Bouchard May 25, 2019May 25, 2019

Matthew Calvert, 22, is charged with aggravated assault, police say.

Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Public pre-K expansion worthy of support

by Kevin Joyce May 25, 2019May 25, 2019

Legislators should follow the Education Committee’s lead and support making this important program accessible to all of Maine’s early learners.

Maine Crime

Auburn man to serve two years for gas station robbery

by Christopher Williams May 23, 2019May 24, 2019

Ryan Lizotte also is sentenced to serve four years of a previously suspended sentence for burglary and theft.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Buxton man accused of setting car and woods on fire

by Gillian Graham May 23, 2019May 23, 2019

Police say Donovan Sanborn also threatened people with an ax during the incident last week on Old Thompson Road.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Pair suspected of robbing Limerick store at gunpoint arrested in Montana

by Gillian Graham May 23, 2019May 23, 2019

The suspects were caught after driving in Montanta in a car they had taken without permission from Maine.

Nation & World, New England, News

Vermont man guilty of murder in wrong-way crash, jury says

by LISA RATHKE May 22, 2019May 23, 2019

A Vermont jury on Wednesday found a wrong-way driver who claimed he was on a secret mission guilty of murder in the deaths of five teens.

Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Auburn man killed in standoff had amassed stolen guns at home, police say

by Matthew Daigle May 22, 2019May 23, 2019

More details are released on the hours-long standoff Tuesday in Auburn that ended with Steven Case, 29, being killed by a member of the Maine State Police Tactical Team.

Lewiston-Auburn, News

Lewiston man pleads not guilty in Giusti death

by Sun Journal Staff Report May 22, 2019May 22, 2019

LEWISTON — The oldest of a trio of males charged last month in the June 12, 2018, death of Donald Giusti pleaded not guilty in court Wednesday. Pierre Musafiri, 23, was charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly kicking Giusti while he lay badly injured in Knox Street after a confrontation between two groups near Kennedy […]