LISBON — Lisbon Historical Society will host guest speaker Merton Ricker, a Lisbon native and member of the Lisbon Historical Society and former teacher in Maine and Japan, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Ricker will discuss Maine’s historical connection with Japan and how it began with the 1889 shipwreck of the Bath-built ship Cheseborough off […]

BELFAST (AP) — A 20-yearold Maine man is going on trial on a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of his friend. Jury selection in the trial of Luke Bryant of Knox begins today in Waldo County Superior Court in Belfast. Testimony is expected to start Tuesday. Prosecutors say Bryant killed 19-year-old Tyler Seaney of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine sheriff ’s department is adding facial recognition software to its investigative toolbox. Beginning today, the Cumberland County Sheriff ’s Department will begin using facial recognition software to determine if people are who say they are. Deputies will be able to take a digital photo of someone and have a computer […]

GREENVILLE (AP) — Maine forest rangers and other emergency response workers were battling a wildfire on top of a mountain near Greenville. The fire covers about 2 acres on top of Big Spencer Mountain, located about 22 miles northeast of Greenville. Maine Forest Service Lt. Jeff Currier told the Bangor Daily News on Sunday that […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Department of Labor is warning veterans of a potential scam targeting their bank accounts. Veterans who have signed up or been approved for the new Veterans Retraining Assistance Program have been specifically affected. The program provides $1,473 monthly stipends to enrolled veterans attending an approved community college or technical school. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A New Hampshire woman is going to prison for 22 months for driving the getaway car during a bank robbery in Maine. Christie Hendrix, 34, of Manchester, N.H., pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Portland. Prosecutors say Hendrix was with 44-year-old Bernie Subocz of Manchester, N.H., […]

PHILLIPS (AP) — Officials say a Maine man has been hospitalized with chest, abdomen and back injuries following an all-terrain vehicle accident in Phillips. The Maine Warden Service says 57-year-old Dennis Hanson Sr. of Phillips was injured Saturday when he went over an embankment while backing up his ATV on a local ATV club trail. […]

MADISON (AP) — A Maine county jail has begun accepting out-of-county inmates after resolving a dispute with the state Board of Corrections over payments for those prisoners. Somerset County jail officials stopped housing out-ofcounty inmates in May because the state had withheld $300,000 in payments to house them. The state’s 2008 jail consolidation law turned […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — Students at a southern Maine high school may have to pay $100 fees to park their cars in the school’s lot. WGME-TV says the Scarborough Board of Education is proposing the policy to help balance the district’s budget. During the past few years, Scarborough has had to cut positions and charge students […]