HOULTON ( AP) — Jury selection is getting under way for a 21-year-old Maine man charged with murdering two men and a 10-year-old boy two years ago in the northern Maine town of Amity. Thayne Ormsby has pleaded not guilty in the stabbing deaths of 55-year-old Jeffrey Ryan, Ryan’s 10-year-old son Jesse, and 30-year-old Jason […]

FORT KENT ( AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland says a priest who serves a Fort Kent parish has taken a leave of absence pending the results of an investigation launched by the Maine attorney general’s office. Neither the diocese nor the attorney general would say why the Rev. James Nadeau is under […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Police in Old Orchard Beach say they are investigating adult- arranged fights between juveniles at a town park. Police say they know of four fights between juveniles that took place last month at Memorial Park. One involved two high school-age girls wearing boxing gloves. It was watched by about 40 […]

CARIBOU (AP) — Two people have been sentenced for their roles in the drug overdose death of a Caribou woman. Prosecutors say Steven Doughty and Ashley Martin provided the prescription drugs that resulted in the February 2009 death of 29-yearold Tena McGraw. Prosecutors say the 50-yearold Doughty gave a legally prescribed Fentanyl patch to Martin, […]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The tornado hurtled toward the nursing home. Physical therapist Patti Gilroy said she saw the swirling mass barreling down through the back door, after she herded patients into the hallway in the order trained: walkers, wheelchairs, then beds. “It wasn’t like a freight train like everybody says it is,” said Gilroy, […]

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and toward Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests. The likely GOP nominee was set today to take the same Washington stage that the president had used a day earlier to criticize Romney in a speech to newspaper editors in […]

Summonses Hannah Glavin, 20, of 45 MacMillan Drive, Brunswick, March 27, 11:33 p.m., charged with sale and use of drug paraphernalia, on Lower Main Street. Michael Seavey, 59, of 233 Fairfield St., Oakland, March 27, 12:15 p.m., charged with speeding 30 miles per hour or more over the speed limit, on Durham Road and Pownal […]

Arrests Andrew Gilpatric, 40, of 19 Pleasant St., Apt. 10, April 1, 2:12 a.m., charged with violation of conditions of release, unlawful possession of Schedule W drugs and unlawful possession of Schedule Z drugs, on Old Bath Road. Robert Walton, 46, of 36 Christina Drive, March 31, 1:21 am., charged with operating under the influence, […]

BOWDOINHAM — A Bowdoinham man was burned when his shirt caught fire on a propane stove burner Tuesday night, according to the Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Department. Lt. Calvin Temple said the man who was injured lives with his girlfriend in a camper on Wallentine Road. They heat the camper by leaving on the burners of […]

HARPSWELL — The Harpswell Community Nursery School will host its annual open house from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the Kellogg Church, 917 Harpswell Neck Road. Prospective parents are welcome to attend with their children. The school, housed at the Kellogg Church, was founded in the fall of 2003, and is licensed by […]