In April, the District Attorney’s Office for Androscoggin, Oxford, and Franklin counties will stop prosecuting traffic tickets, leaving local police departments to pursue their own cases.
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Government shutdown cited as factor in decline of Maine home sales
Home sales fell by 13 percent in January, while the median sale price remained the same compared with a year earlier.
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Winter weather complicates commutes, causes closures in central Maine
Communities in Maine woke up to a sheet of snow that closed courts, municipal offices and schools.
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Pregnant woman killed in western Maine snowmobile crash
Elizabeth Abelson of Gloucester, Mass., died Saturday after losing control on a trail in Oxford County.
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Massachusetts man charged with stealing handgun, rifle from Maine state trooper
James Burns, 23, is accused of taking the firearms from the trooper’s cruiser in Norway last June.
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Woman who was ‘financial officer’ of Maine heroin ring sentenced to prison
Officials say Briana Thayer, who will serve 4 years of a 6-year sentence, was the ‘financial officer’ for a ring that smuggled $3.2 million worth of heroin into Oxford County before their arrests in 2015.
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Register of deeds to continue preservation work, merger
Oxford County Register of Deeds Cherri Crockett said one of her goals is to continue informing residents about the purpose and duties of the registry. She said that when she was running for office, people would her for that information.
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Murder suspect stalked couple killed in South Paris, state police say
Mark Penley of Peru sneaked into the apartment of Heather Bickford and Dana Hill six months earlier but decided not to shoot them, police say in an affidavit.
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Peru double-murder suspect denied bail
Heather Bickford and Dana Hill, both 31, were shot to death by Mark Penley, 49, of Peru, state police say.
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Central Maine business briefs
Dana Curtis to head mortgage originations for Northeast Bank throughout central, western, southern Maine.