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The incident reportedly happened on Wednesday morning according to Lewiston police. WGME 13 says that, Karie Ann Lessard, is being accused of breaking into a Sylvan Avenue, Lewiston apartment early Wednesday morning and then stabbing the woman who lives there. The victim, who is 36 years old, was found by...

Spend a weekend of day of family fun, June 17th & 18th!. Warm weather is finally here, so get out of the house and into the great outdoors with a 2-day event that the whole gang will enjoy!. Saturday, June 17th, from 8am–1pm, Muddy Kids Maine, will be held at...

HARRISON — Gerry Smith’s trip to visit the war memorials in Washington, D.C., and to see Arlington Cemetery, started off with an emotional sendoff from friends and neighbors in his hometown of Harrison. “The first thing I was told to do was be at Portland Jetport no later...

The Foxcroft Academy boys will face defending North tennis titlist Mount Desert Island, while the girls will face reigning Waterville.

Election: Tuesday, June 13, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Harrison Town Office. Write-Ins: There were no announced candidates for the Planning Board (three-year term) and Appeals Board (five-year term), so write-in candidates will be sought. Candidates’ Night: Wednesday, June 7, 6 p.m., Harrison Elementary School. Vern Maxfield will serve as...

The last few years have been really rough for the movie theater industry. Not just because of the pandemic, either. The theaters were having problems before the first positive cases hit the United States. For decades, the price of movie tickets and concessions had steadily increased. But, despite the costs...

In a startling case of assault, a Lewiston woman was left recuperating from a stab wound while the suspected perpetrator found herself behind bars on Thursday. The incident took place on Sylvan Avenue on Wednesday morning, as disclosed by local officials.

Mark Penley shot and killed Heather Bickford and Dana Hill in their South Paris apartment on New Year’s Day in January 2019.

GRAY, Maine — On Tuesday, a middle school student in the Gray-New Gloucester school district was hit by a tractor-trailer. Officials say 13-year-old Nathanial was getting off the bus and crossing Lewiston Road in Gray at his usual stop when he was hit. Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce says...

Election: June 13, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Bridgton Town Hall (North High Street) The race for two seats on the Bridgton Select Board includes incumbents Carrye Castleman-Ross, who completes a one-year term replacing Fred Packard who resigned, and Paul Tworog, who is finishing up a three-year term. They are challenged by Dan Harden and James Kidder.

As bleary-eyed seniors slowly arrived at Alumni Walk on Commencement morning, Bates multimedia producer Theophil Syslo was there, inviting them to pose for slow-motion video portraits. Slow no more! They stepped right up, exhibiting unfiltered excitement and pride as they posed, individually and with friends, in front of a backdrop...

Of the Regular Meeting of the Charter Township of Oxford Board of Trustees held on May 10, 2023 at the. Oxford Township Hall Meeting Room. PRESENT: Supervisor Curtis, Clerk Wright, Treasurer Ferrari, Trustee Charles, Trustee Colvin, Trustee Nold,. Trustee Payne. ABSENT: None. The following actions were taken:. Approved the Agenda...

We all know the classic rhyme, April showers bring May flowers. May also brings an influx of annoying biting insects. For many (most?) people, this leads to feelings ranging from mild annoyance to fully formed rage against the bloodsuckers. Most of us have seen the classic comics naming the mosquito as Maine’s state bird, with the terrifying image of a giant mosquito, dripping blood from its needle-like proboscis.

Early reports described a “green cloud” at the ND Paper mill.

The property comes with a single-room cottage on Lake Anasagunticook and a beach. If privacy is what you’re looking for, Mary Seaman’s got your answer. Known as “The Pond Princess” around Canton, Maine, Seaman is sailing into new real estate territory. That means putting her stone cottage on a tiny artificial island in the middle of Maine’s Lake Anasagunticook (“Canton Lake”) on the market for $425,000. The address is 85 Lake Shore Drive.

Lori-Lynne Wilcox-Robson and Katherine Wood were transported to Maine Medical Center on Wednesday.

“A great, unpretentious, family-style Commencement!” is how a livestream viewer from Santa Fe, N.M., described this year’s Bates graduation ceremony. The 157th gathering of the Bates family dawned bright and blue — soon to be hot, in the 80s — as family, friends, and loved ones began to arrive as early as 5 a.m. to secure seating. Graduates-to-be made their way onto Alumni Walk after 8 a.m., some bleary-eyed, some bushy-tailed, but all ready to step onto the Coram Library Terrace, their Bates diploma awaiting before them.

35-year-old Brandon Staples of Lewiston was taken to a hospital after a lengthy standoff with police and emergency workers in Lewiston Sunday, May 28. Reports say Staples jumped from a house on Cedar Street to a neighboring roof and threw items off the roof, including air conditioning units and bricks.

This year’s Baccalaureate speaker is described as a “mythical wise wizard, like Gandalf the Grey — effusive and emphatically excited.”. That’s only partly why the Class of 2023 chose Christopher Schiff, the college’s reference librarian for music and the arts, as their Baccalaureate speaker. Mostly, it was for another quality described by Rev. Brittany Longsdorf, the college’s multifaith chaplain whose office oversees Baccalaureate.

Jacob Chadbourne has always been a talented athlete, but this year, he has taken on more of a leadership role, Lake Region varsity baseball Coach Andrew Stacy said. “As a senior with his experience, I expected that from him, and his willingness to constantly challenge himself and improve himself as a young man is a nice example to see,” Coach Stacy said.