HOULTON ( AP) — A 10-year-old boy who “cowered in fear” and a 30-year-old man who lived down the road were fatally stabbed simply because they happened to be in the home of Thayne Ormsby’s intended victim, a prosecutor told jurors Monday. The defendant went to Jeffrey Ryan’s home in June 2010 intending to kill […]

ORONO (AP) — Two outspoken opponents of samesex marriage visited the University of Maine to speak out against a gay marriage referendum Monday, the same day as the kickoff of the school’s weeklong pride week. Paul Madore and Mike Heath have formed the No Special Rights PAC and are raising money to campaign against November’s […]

OGUNQUIT (AP) — Police have released the name of the Massachusetts man who died after falling into the ocean while walking along some rocks in southern Maine. Authorities say 57-year-old Bruce Brodigan of Somerville, Mass. apparently lost his footing while walking along a seaside path in Ogunquit known as Marginal Way at about 7:30 a.m. […]

WATERVILLE ( AP) — A century-old Waterville printing business is shutting down, another victim of the economy and the evolving marketplace. Co-owner Jim Mitchell says Atkins Printing Service will close later this month after 102 years in business, putting nine people out of work. Jim Mitchell and his brother Peter bought the family business four […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The public can get a better idea of what goes on in the state’s highest court, when the Maine Supreme Judicial Court begins live-streaming oral arguments. Live audio streaming of Supreme Judicial Court arguments begins on Wednesday. Chief Justice Leigh Saufley announced the new service during her State of the Judiciary […]

MASARDIS (AP) — Maine State Police say a tractor trailer truck has collided with a moving train in the northern Maine town of Masardis, knocking one of the cars off the track and spilling a load of logs. The truck driver suffered a minor injury to his hand. No one else was injured. Route 11 […]

SOUTH WINDHAM (AP) — Officials say no one was hurt when a fire swept through a garage on the grounds of the Maine Correction Center in Windham. Judy Plummer of the Maine Department of Corrections says a pickup truck that was being repaired by inmates caught fire Monday. She says the blaze was caused by […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — An Augusta man has been charged with fatally stabbing his roommate in June. In an indictment unsealed Monday, 40-year-old Michael Thomas Young was charged with murder in the death of David Cox. Young called police on June 11 to say Cox was dead in the apartment they shared, but he was […]

BIDDEFORD (AP) — Plans to shut down an unpopular trash-to-energy facility in Biddeford have hit a snag. A bill in the Legislature that would have enabled Casella Waste Systems to sell its Maine Energy Recovery Co. trash plant to the city of Biddeford for $7.5 million is dead for this year. The Senate, without debate, […]