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Orono man enters not guilty pleas in Cable kidnapping, murder
BANGOR, Maine — The Orono man accused of kidnapping and taking the life of a 15-year-old girl from Glenburn and Alton in May pleaded not guilty to both crimes Wednesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center. Kyle Dube, 20, who faces one count each of kidnapping and murder in the death ...
Bangor man facing murder charge in girlfriend’s strangulation pleads not guilty
BANGOR, Maine — A local man accused of strangling his girlfriend during what he described as an altercation at their apartment pleaded not guilty to murder Wednesday in connection with her death. David Coon, 50, is charged with intentional or knowing murder in the May 3 death of Sherry Clifford, ...
Edinburg man shot by state trooper found guilty of criminal threatening
BANGOR, Maine — An Edinburg man who was wielding a knife when he was shot last summer by a Maine State Trooper was found guilty Tuesday of criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon. A jury of five men and seven women deliberated for about four hours at the Penobscot Judicial ...
Bicyclist in Trek Across Maine was drinking water at time of fatal collision with Canadian truck, police say
AUGUSTA, Maine — A bicyclist who died Friday while participating in the Trek Across Maine lost control of his bike while drinking from a water bottle as a tractor-trailer passed him, according to police. David LeClair, 23, of Watertown, Mass., hit his head in the fall from his bike and ...
Bangor police seek suspect with face, hand or groin injuries in Sunday morning mugging
BANGOR, Maine — A man hiding in the dark along Franklin Street early Sunday grabbed a woman by the neck as she was walking by and attempted to pull her down the Kenduskeag Stream Trail, Bangor police Sgt. Rob Angelo said Sunday. “Possibly from the path, a male subject wearing ...
Drug use continues to drive Portland, Bangor rates of violent and property crimes
BANGOR, Maine — It doesn’t matter if you’re in the state’s biggest city or the Queen City — illegal drug use is behind many of the violent and property crimes residents experience, police department leaders in the two communities said Friday. “The majority of our crime happens while [offenders are] ...
Maine military police unit that served in Afghanistan back in Vacationland
BANGOR, Maine — When the 488th Military Police Company arrived Saturday afternoon to the cheers of loved ones left home for a year while they served in Afghanistan, another family — one dressed in blue — stood in the back quietly waiting. Members of the Augusta Police Department, as well ...
Police identify tractor-trailer driver questioned in death of Trek Across Maine bicyclist
HANOVER, Maine — Police have identified the driver of a tractor-trailer that was stopped during the investigation into the fatal collision with a bicyclist from Massachusetts who was participating in the Trek Across Maine on Friday morning. Michel Masse-Defresne, 24, of Quebec, who was carrying corn to Augusta, was stopped ...
Brewer High School gets new bus route with renovations
BREWER, Maine — Brewer High School, which was built in 1958, will soon undergo its eighth face-lift. This time the project includes a new exit connecting the school property to Acme Road. “The proposed new exit from the high school would be from the northwesterly corner of the building to ...
Condition of Farmingdale 2-year-old found facedown in pool upgraded to fair
FARMINGDALE, Maine — A local 2-year-old boy found unresponsive in his family’s above-ground pool on Thursday started breathing on his own on Friday, and was upgraded from critical condition to fair condition on Sunday, a nursing supervisor at Maine Medical Center in Portland said. Cody Campbell — who was not ...
Brewer gathering input to create fresh ‘vision’ of city’s future
BREWER, Maine — The Brewer Comprehensive Plan, developed in 1995, needs an update, so the city’s planning committee is hosting the first of many gatherings on Tuesday seeking public input about what future projects the city should undertake. “What would you like Brewer to look like in 2025,” is the ...
Trek Across Maine cyclist dies in collision with tractor-trailer in Oxford County
HANOVER, Maine — A bicyclist from Massachusetts participating in the Trek Across Maine was killed Friday morning when he was struck by the back end of a tractor-trailer while riding on Route 2. David LeClair, 23, of Watertown, Mass., who was a part of the approximately 140-member athenahealth cycling team, ...
Clifton planners won’t allow public comment during wind farm meeting
CLIFTON, Maine — A Superior Court judge has ordered town planners to reconsider two items — tower heights and sound levels — from its October 2011 approval of Pisgah Mountain wind farm, and the local panel decided Wednesday not to allow public comment during the remand process. The Clifton Planning ...
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Brewer woman saved from dangerously swift water, game warden says
OLD TOWN, Maine — A Brewer woman who went kayaking on Pushaw Stream with her sister Wednesday capsized just before noon and got swept away by fast-moving water that pinned her against a submerged tree branch, a game warden said. Melissa “Missie” McLaughlin, 43, “was submerged from her belly down,” ...
488th Military Police Company out of Maine returns stateside from Afghanistan
AUGUSTA, Maine — The 488th Military Police Company, which was sent to Afghanistan for a year to provide protection to U.S. and allied forces, is back safe on U.S. soil, Peter Rogers, spokesman for the Maine Department of Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management, said Tuesday. “They are stateside,” he said ...
Retired military generals visit Bangor to urge support for Obama’s universal preschool plan
BANGOR, Maine — Investing in early childhood education pays off with more high school graduates and more people prepared to join the military, said three retired generals from Maine who gathered Tuesday to urge support of the president’s plan to provide preschool to the nation’s needy children. Retired U.S. Army ...
Holden charter amendments, local elections, SAD 63 referendum Tuesday
HOLDEN, Maine — Residents on Tuesday will consider eight town charter amendments, select Town Council and school board members and decide — by a thumbs-up or thumbs-down vote — whether to approve the SAD 63 budget, Town Manager John Butts said Monday. Then on Wednesday, residents at the annual town ...
Hampden officer fatally shoots man who pointed gun at him
HAMPDEN, Maine — A police officer who responded to a report of a suicidal man Sunday night fatally shot him when the man pointed a gun at officers, Hampden police Chief Joe Rogers said Monday. Cameron Arrigoni, 21, was shot and killed when he pointed a handgun at Sgt. Chris ...
New Holden paintball facility attracts Cutler eighth-graders, among others
HOLDEN, Maine — Eighth-graders at Bay Ridge Elementary in Cutler raised money for their annual class trip and chose to visit a new paintball course in Holden. “They did a narrative essay on what they wanted to do on the class trip and this was number one,” Darlene Wheeler, Bay ...
Brewer farmers’ market to take EBT cards Saturdays in July
BREWER, Maine — Those with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will be able to use their food stamp cards to purchase items at the farmers’ market in town each Saturday — starting in July — and will get their items for half price. “There are actually three farmers’ markets that ...
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American Lung Association retires number of cyclist killed in Trek Across Maine
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