Friday, May 24, 2013
Timothy Joseph Gaudette, 19, of Waterville, recorded himself having sex with a 17-year-old girl and took similar photos with a 13-year-old girl in his apartment in late March, made an initial appearance Friday in Augusta District Court of charges of gross sexual assault.
Uncertainty over the state budget and its local impact is a major reason several Augusta city councilors said Thursday they can’t support the proposed $52.6 million city and school budget and the 6.1 percent tax increase it would bring.
Augusta residents tell City Council budget proposal unaffordable
Rob Ford says the media is out to get him as he addresses a video, whose authenticity has not been verified, that alleged to show him smoking crack cocaine.
Wesley Grose, 28, of Fairfield, has been charged with class D endangering the welfare of a child after his two-year-old son wandered out of his home and into the road Friday morning.
William Hall of Bangor is due to be tried Aug. 26 on charges he threw a man out a window to his death in 2011, but the trial will be postponed unless he is found competent by Aug. 2.
Augusta area Memorial Day ceremonies, parades and a 5k trail race.
The athletic director says a replacement for Tim Whitehead could be announced as early as Tuesday.
J.P. laments the purchases he had already planned based on winning Powerball ... which he did not win.
The University of Maine baseball team heads into an elimination game this afternoon against Stony Brook.
A jury on Friday convicted William E. Blodgett, 21, of Farmingdale, of aggravated assault on the second day of his trial in Kennebec County Superior Court.
Kyle Dube's lawyer cites threats made against his client and concerns about Dube's right to a fair trial.
Newspapers seek to unseal affidavit in Maine girl's murder
MVC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Lisbon boys win again, barely AUGUSTA -- The Hall-Dale boys track and field team vowed to make a run at Lisbon at the Mountain Valley Conference championships Thursday afternoon.
TRAVELIN' MAINE(RS): MONHEGAN is for the birds It’s easy to see why Monhegan Island has attracted so many artists. The island is a series of stunning visual impressions. And when we visited, colorful birds were everywhere, too!
Maine views mixed as Boy Scouts end gay ban
Some called it a positive stand against discrimination, others say the Boy Scouts shouldn't address issues of sexuality.
UK-bound Pakistani plane diverted, two men arrested
Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain.
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