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  • Maine Senate passes early-voting bill but more votes needed in House

    The Maine Senate passed a measure Tuesday that would establish a system of true early voting in Maine. However, the proposal must gain more votes in the House of Representatives before it heads to the state's voters for approval. The bill, L.D. 156, sponsored by Rep. Michael Shaw, D-Standish, would change the Maine Constitution to give cities and towns the option to allow in-person voting ...

  • Man charged in death of missing Maine teenager

    BANGOR, Maine -; A 20-year-old Maine man has been charged with murder in the death of a 15-year-old girl who was last seen more than a week ago, when she went to meet someone she befriended ...

  • 2 lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church

    - Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but failed to stop it. In complaints in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and Frederick Conroy say the late Father James Vallely abused them from approximately 1976 through approximately 1979, when they were altar boys at St. Michael's ...

  • Remains found in woods could be missing Maine girl

    This undated photo provided by the Penobscot County Sheriffs Department shows Nichole Cable, a 15-year-old girl who was last seen over the weekend outside her Glenburn, Maine home. Officials said Friday that they want anyone who may have seen a black Ford Ranger pickup or similar truck near Nichole Cable's home between 8 p.m. Sunday and 2 a.m. Monday to contact ...

  • Bruschi elected to Patriots team Hall of Fame

    The team announced Tuesday that the linebacker and three-time Super Bowl champion will be inducted along with broadcaster Gil Santos at a ceremony Aug. ...


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Movie Review

Two Girls and a Guy

James Toback's "Two Girls and a Guy" is a thoroughly cynical look at modern romance and the general state of contemporary interaction between human beings. Although the film ends on an arguably positive note -- suggesting that the immature, selfish brats with whom the audience has spent the last two hours might have the possibility of redemption in the form of belated maturity -- the majority of t ... ...

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  • Gov. LePage Eliminate Maines income tax

    The Republican governor said Monday that if re-elected he would make eliminating the state income tax a goal. He also acknowledged that it would be difficult if the Legislature remains controlled by ...

  • State determines OOB employee retaliated against

    AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - The Maine Human Rights Commission has found that a former Old Orchard Beach town employee suffered discrimination and retaliation for reporting financial ...

  • Elite getting incentives for Metro Airport flights

    BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Baton Rouge Metro Airport will give a standard incentive package to Elite Airways when the company begins flying out of the market in ...

  • Defendant freed in Lewiston barbecue fork stabbing case

    - A Lewiston man facing up to 30 years in prison for allegedly stabbing his friend in the chest with a barbecue fork has been freed after the victim refused to testify against him in court. In a move that surprised the entire courtroom, Vincent Turner on Monday invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Authorities say the 42-year-old Turner was stabbed in the chest by ...

  • 3 indicted in northern Maine on meth lab charges

    - Three northern Maine residents have been indicted on charges of making the highly addictive drug methamphetamine. Jammie Dickinson and Kyle Stewart, of Houlton, and Crystal Dehahn of Hodgdon are charged with drug trafficking and endangering the welfare of a child. WABI-TV reported that Dehahn is the widow of Jason Dehahn, one of the victims in a 2010 triple murder in the small town of Amity. ...

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