AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta man who stabbed a police dog during a chase, then holed up in a Randolph apartment for several hours, has been sentenced to two years in jail and ordered to pay for the dog’s surgery. Dustin Phillip Smith was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to charges including terrorizing and […]

WATERBORO (AP) — Two York County men charged with stealing an arsenal of 10 guns from a Waterboro home are headed to court. Authorities say 22-year-old Travis Wakefield of Lyman, and 22-year-old Nathan Desfosses of Shapleigh, are scheduled to be arraigned in Biddeford District Court on Friday. Police tell The Portland Press Herald the homeowner […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Fair- Point Communications is ready to move forward with a five-year contract worth $32 million to provide the nextgeneration 911 system. Following two appeals, the Public Utilities Commission awarded the contract for a third time to FairPoint on the day before Thanksgiving, and the window for filing further appeals passed on Wednesday. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The CEO of the American Hockey League team in Portland is free on $500 bail following his arrest for drunken driving. Police say 57-year-old Brian Petrovek was released from the Cumberland County Jail on Wednesday, hours after being charged with operating under the influence. Petrovek is the managing owner and CEO of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Flags are at half-staff in Maine in remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day. Gov. Paul LePage signed a proclamation honoring the sacrifice of those on duty in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Japanese aircraft sank four battleships and damaged four others, and sank or damaged […]

BANGOR (AP) — Gonorrhea cases are going up in Maine. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says Maine recorded 370 cases of the sexually transmitted disease through October this year. That’s up from 272 cases for all of last year and nearly four times the number in 2008. State epidemiologist Dr. Stephen Sears […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — An Augusta man has been sentenced to six years in prison in the stabbing death of his domestic partner, even though he maintains his innocence. Michael Young entered his plea to a manslaughter charge Thursday under the Alford doctrine, meaning he acknowledges there is enough evidence for a conviction. The 41-year-old Young […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The new Democratic president of the Maine Senate wants to smooth relations with the state’s Republican governor over dinner. Senate President Justin Alfond sent Gov. Paul LePage a handwritten note Thursday inviting the governor and his wife to dinner with Alfond and his wife “at a place of your choosing.” Alfond’s office […]

ALFRED (AP) — An Old Orchard Beach man accused of beating and stabbing his grandmother to death in the home they shared, then setting it on fire, has been indicted on murder and arson charges. Derek Poulin, who lived with his 61-year-old grandmother, Patricia Noel, has been in custody since his initial court appearance on […]

AUGUSTA Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he will order more than $35 million in cutbacks to state programs as soon as possible, and took the first step by ordering his department heads to look for places to scale back services. The cuts, which a spokeswoman said will not touch essential services, will affect programs during […]