James M. McBride, 44, made his first court appearance Wednesday on charges of manslaughter, aggravated operating under the influence of intoxicants and aggravated driving to endanger. Read More
A Superior Court judge last week denied a new trial to a Guilford man serving two life sentences for the 1999 execution-style slayings of his ex-girlfriend and the toddler she was babysitting. Read More
James M. McBride, 44, also was charged with aggravated operating under the influence of intoxicants and aggravated driving to endanger in the accident that killed Mark W. “Billy” Allard, 44, of Glenburn. Read More
The owner of a head shop and hookah lounge in downtown Bangor is scheduled later this month to admit that he took part in a conspiracy to grow and sell pot and trying to hide the cash proceeds from the bank regulators. Read More
A Norridgewock farmer died Thursday when the manure spreader he was repairing fell on him while he was underneath it, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office. Read More
Milton Dysart, his cousin Edward Dysart, and Edward’s son, David Dysart, started Dysart’s Truck Stop in the late 1960s. Read More
Lawton retired in 2008 as director of advertising after working nearly 50 years at the newspaper. Read More
Several thousand people lined Exchange, Central and Main streets to watch Bangor's Memorial Day parade. Read More
The Frankfort Congregational Church is now famous for its summer suppers that feature turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, peas, gravy, jellied cranberry sauce and bread. Read More
A spokesman for the former president said he was hospitalized for low blood pressure and fatigue. Read More
Temperatures are expected only to peak in the low- to mid-60s throughout the day as cloud cover remains heavy. Read More
About half of the University of Maine School of Law's 2018 graduating class were women. Read More
Roger George and his wife, Shirley George, began Memorial Day weekend the same way they have since they were children — by planting flowers on the graves of relatives. Read More
Raymond Bisson, 50, of Gardiner died at the scene, according to Stephen McCausland, spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety. Read More
Four people were injured about 11:30 p.m. Friday when the car they were in left the White School Road in Corinth and struck several trees. Read More
Steven Nygren, 51, of Salem, Massachusetts, also was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Bangor to five years of supervised release and ordered to pay more than $815,000 restitution. Read More
Joseph L. Messier told police his alternate personality is a pedophile, according to court documents. Read More
Maine State Police on Thursday arrested a commercial truck driver who allegedly racked up $1,300 in unpaid Maine Turnpike tolls with theft of services. Read More
A Canadian outfitter and guide convicted of poaching in New Brunswick pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Bangor to illegally importing wildlife. Read More
“This was a very dangerous, very significant high-speed chase,” said Marianne Lynch, assistant district attorney for Penobscot County. Read More
