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Skowhegan police are investigating a serious motorcycle accident that happened Tuesday afternoon... A man was attempting to pass another vehicle on the Waterville Road when the bike's brakes suddenly locked up, ...

IN ANSON, Sunday at 7:57 a.m., Troy Walther, 25, of Anson, arrested on a charge of violation of bail conditions and held without bail.

IN OAKLAND, Wednesday at 1:58 p.m., police investigated a reported drug offense on Center Street.

IN WATERVILLE, Wednesday at 4:50 a.m., Jamie Lynn Charity, 28, of Winslow was arrested on Halifax Street on a charge of assault.

Work on a bridge spanning Norridgewock Stream on Pope Road is scheduled to begin Monday, but the road may not be closed in that area just yet.

Joanne Gorey has a purpose for the 30 goats she keeps on her 10-acre farm in Anson.

One town had to increase its mill rate by almost 27 percent. Another community raided its savings account.

The Mid Summer Classic, a mainstay of the New England harness scene during the 1980s and 1990s, will experience a rebirth on Friday as Scarborough Downs reinstates the $20,000 Invitational Pace as a vehicle to ...

Michael Gallagher, superintendent of schools for SADs 53 and 59, has requested guidance from the Maine Department of Education regarding the recent vote by SAD 59 residents not to consolidate with SAD 53.

LINCOLNVILLE : Lincolnville selectmen will consider circulating a request for proposals from investment banks to help keep a $1 million fund thriving when they convene tonight for a regularly scheduled meeting.

"Unless a referendum is well-founded, it's a very large waste of taxpayers' money"

Voting season is under way in Maine, but few people seem to have taken notice. Under a new state law, voters are going to the polls this spring to cast ballots on their local school budgets. via Boston.com

The gates swung open on Friday afternoon, April 11, the crowds arrived and the cavernous grandstand at Scarborough Downs came to life once again as the 2008 harness racing season celebrated opening day in the ... via Hoof Beats

"The Dead River and the Kennebec up by The Forks are open water. Usually, there are 6-feet ice chunks tossed along the sides. None are there"

As the snow continues to pile up, water flows into basements and ice encases trees, state officials are carefully monitoring snow and water levels with an eye toward spring flooding. via Bangor Daily News

"I knew I wasn't in danger. It was in the ell. I wasn't going to leave my home"

Wood stove ashes set too close to a house on Anson Valley Road on Friday caused minor damage to an ell. via Sun-Journal

A former high school assistant principal awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a minor. via Sun-Journal

"Male teachers can't stay in the profession. You can't even look at these people the wrong way."

The Carrabec High School administrator accused of unlawful sexual contact with a minor has stepped down as minister of an evangelical church. via Free Republic

The assistant principal and athletic director at Carrabec High School has been charged with unlawful sexual contact and sexual abuse of a minor. via WLBZ

Cooler conversation You know you're in Maine when you drive really slowly to work in a snowstorm, spend the next two hours chewing the fat with co-workers about how you actually made it to work, then leave work ... via Village Soup