Howard V. Williams, 55, in a plea agreement, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. Read More
The fate of a South Portland ordinance that seeks to bar a company from reversing the flow of its 236-mile pipeline to bring oil south from Canada will next head to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court. Read More
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday dismissed a 15-year-old boy's lawsuit alleging that he was illegally incarcerated at the state’s youth prison because the state took four months to find a psychiatric treatment facility for him. Read More
The jury of nine women and one man found that Dr. John J. Hagerty III and the hospital were not negligent in the death of Ashley Dawn Ashby. Read More
Most church choirs take time to catch their breath after the busy Advent and Christmas seasons. That is when Destiny Worship Center’s praise team is just getting warmed up. Read More
Lloyd A. Burnham Jr., 44, admitted that he stole the money and used it to buy drugs while he was living with the victim at his home in Corinna. Read More
True North Theatre’s production of the “The Odd Couple” is a delightful escape for whatever’s ailing Greater Bangor’s theatergoing public. Read More
Christopher Raiche, 28, is charged with production of child pornography and distribution of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Bangor. Read More
Timothy T. Myers, 28, admitted in June to handing written notes that demanded money to tellers at two different banks near the Bangor Mall. Read More
A Bangor man who killed two people nearly two years ago by setting the box truck where they were sleeping on fire was sentenced Tuesday at the Penobscot Judicial Center to life in prison at the end of an emotionally charged two-hour hearing. Read More
Renee Henneberry Clark tried to take out a protection from abuse order against her killer, but it was denied because Philip Clark was her brother-in-law and not a household member. Read More
The four men camped overnight in the refuge on Metinic Island with their families, pitched tents, mowed grass and built a fire, prosecutors said. Read More
Jessica Childs, 39, of Litchfield pleaded guilty in April to one count of wire fraud affecting a financial institution, related to her unauthorized use of a company credit card. Read More
Snow, sleet and ice were falling primarily north of a line running from Dexter to Calais, according to the National Weather Service Read More
Penobscot County is offering two new programs that allow some people facing their first theft or drunken driving charges to avoid jail time by taking a range of classes in different life skills. Read More
A major winter storm will bring snow, sleet and ice into the entire state overnight Saturday and all day Sunday. Read More
A Superior Court judge’s statement that a Catholic priest “inflamed” the course of events that led up to the 2018 shooting death of a 49-year-old Hampden woman could affect whether the Rev. Anthony Cipolle returns to a ministry in Maine. Read More
A Maine game warden pleaded guilty Wednesday to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from a July incident at a Bangor concert during which his attorney said he was under the influence of a great deal of alcohol. Read More
The Hampden man convicted in November of murdering his sister-in-law in the summer of 2018 was sentenced Tuesday to 43 years in prison. Read More
Staff at one of Maine’s two virtual charter schools voted to join a teachers’ union last year, but that election result is in limbo after a challenge to four of the 16 ballots cast. Read More
