BELLEFONTE, Pa. Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky waived his preliminary hearing, a decision that moves him toward a trial on charges of child sex abuse and vacates the possibility that he would face his accusers in court today. Sandusky told reporters as he left the courthouse that he would “ stay the […]

RUMFORD ( AP) — A Maine man is recovering from a stab wound and a Connecticut man is under arrest following a weekend domestic altercation. The mother of 21-year-old Tom Burgess of Rumford tells The Sun-Journal of Lewiston that her son was stabbed in the chest while trying to help a woman friend who was […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The former co-owner of an organic food company in Maine has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for dealing marijuana. Seth Leaf Pruzansky of Durham was also ordered Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland to forfeit a $147,000 car and an under-construction half-million dollar home that prosecutors […]

Funeral set for victim found in storage unit LEWISTON ( AP) — A funeral is planned for a Maine woman whose body was found in a storage unit rented by her former boyfriend nearly 20 years ago. The remains of Kitty Wardell were found in October inside a freezer in the Lewiston storage unit. The […]

AUGUSTA An exotic dancer was unlawfully fired last year because of her race, the Maine Human Rights Commission found Monday. Cecilia Smith of Portland said PT’s Showclub in Portland fired her because she is black. In written documents to the commission, the club said it did not fire Smith because of her race, but because […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine businesses are beginning to feel the impact of a health insurance overhaul law the Legislature passed earlier this year, with some companies seeing premium drops while others seeing their rates rise. While it’s still early to gauge the full effect of the law, some patterns have emerged. Small businesses in rural, […]

AUGUSTA Even before Maine lawmakers begin their review of Medicaid cuts that could leave 65,000 people without coverage, the talk is heating up over Gov. Paul LePage’s plan that’s aimed at avoiding a $220 million state budget shortfall. Repeating his argument that the state faces a fiscal crisis due to unsustainable Medicaid costs, LePage went […]

Arrests Joshua Zachary Thomas, 19, no address listed, Nov. 26, 12:14 p.m., charged with theft by unauthorized taking or transfer and criminal trespass, in Wiscasset. Jesse Lee Vickerson, 31, of 15 Vickerson Hill Road, Freeport, Nov. 24, 9:42 p.m., charged with operating under the influence, on Main Street, Gorham. Charles Clayton Cunningham, 29, no address […]

Wiscasset Primary stages holiday show WISCASSET — Wiscasset Primary School students will perform a winter holiday production that includes music, movement and art at 6 p.m. today in the school’s gym. Among the songs on the program are “ One Day in December,” “ Sleighride,” “Hawaiian Christmas,” and “Rock and Roll Snowman.” The Jingle Cats […]