AUGUSTA ( AP) — Four community transit services in Maine are getting free buses from a New York county. The Maine Department of Transportation says a fleet of 14 buses rolled into the state Tuesday from the Westchester County Public Works and Transportation Department in New York. They range in years from 2002 to 2008 […]

YORK (AP) — Authorities have arrested a New Hampshire woman accused of helping with a bank robbery in Maine. Police say 33- year- old Christie Hendrix of Manchester, N.H., is charged with aiding and abetting armed robbery of the Savings Bank of Maine in York on Nov. 23. Police on Tuesday would not provide details […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Portland man with a history of mental illness has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for stabbing an acquaintance and trying to cut up the body. Under an agreement with prosecutors, Shawn Garland pleaded guilty to murder in November in the killing of 58- year-old Richard Meyers in Garland’s apartment. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A state lawmaker who was paid by a political action committee for writing a blog says she did nothing wrong. Sen. Cynthia Dill of Cape Elizabeth says the disclosure by political blog Dirigo Blue that she was paid $4,000 in 2011 indicates Maine’s campaign disclosure laws are working. Dill writes a blog […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — A Maine state trooper cited for drunken driving by a fellow trooper has pleaded guilty. A judge on Tuesday fined Robin Parker $500 and suspended his driver’s license for 90 days. The Department of Public Safety also suspended him for two months without pay and demoted him from sergeant to trooper. […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine Labor Department says the state’s December unemployment rate was 7 percent, unchanged from the November figure. Labor Commissioner Robert Winglass said Tuesday the preliminary 7 percent figure for December is also lower than the 7.5 percent rate a year earlier. The number of unemployed totaled 48,700, down 3,800 from […]

TOPSHAM Topsham police continue to investigate a burglary at Rusty’s neighborhood grocery store in which a thief absconded with cash and cigarettes. Lt. Christopher Lewis said the incident was reported to police at 6:41 a.m. Thursday by someone who stopped at the store, located at 2 Tedford Road, and noticed that a front window had […]

Arrests Jeffrey S. Gilbert, 23, of West Farmington, Jan. 14, 11:34 a.m., charged with shoplifting, on Main Street. Shannon L. Rainey, 31, of Windsor, Jan. 14, 8:08 p.m., charged with disorderly conduct, obstructing government administration, refusing to sign summons, and sale and use of drug paraphernalia, on Main Street.

Arrest Ralph H. Gannon, 50, of 32 Sky-Hy Drive, Jan. 18, 11:41 p.m., charged on Rumford District Court warrants for failure to appear and for failure to pay a fine, on Sky-Hy Drive. Summonses Jessica Lynn Balch, 34, of 23 Fairview Drive, Lisbon, Jan. 14, 3:39 p.m., charged with operating after suspension, on Lewiston Road. […]

TOPSHAM Topsham police arrested a Topsham woman Jan. 17 after she was allegedly caught stealing shoes from Renys. Lisa J. Work, 24, of 51 Bridge St., was arrested at 4: 16 p. m. on Jan. 17 and charged with Class E theft. According to Officer Peter Kaminski’s public access report regarding the incident, Work put […]