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 […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A toddler who disappeared from her father’s home in December in Waterville is turning 2 years old. The family of Ayla Reynolds will mark the occasion with balloons and birthday cake during a vigil today for the missing girl in Portland’s Monument Square. The event is being sponsored by the family of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine finance officials say the state has an additional $14.3 million in state revenues for 2012 caused by a delay in reconciling an account managed by the Maine Revenue Service. Officials said Tuesday that the error was found during a review of month-end account balances in March. H. Sawin Millett Jr., commissioner […]

WINTER HARBOR (AP) — The widow of a Maine lobsterman is suing another lobsterman for a 2010 boat collision that killed her husband. Frank Jordan, of Winter Harbor, died after his boat was struck by a lobster boat operated by 38-year-old Phil Torrey. The Bangor Daily News says the Coast Guard is also seeking a […]

BANGOR (AP) — A Bangor woman has pleaded not guilty to murder in the stabbing death of her boyfriend. Gail Judd, 53, was indicted by a grand jury on March 28 for intentional or knowing murder in the death of 47- year- old Michael Drouin. Drouin was found dead on her bedroom floor on Feb. […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — The Maine House has voted to override Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of a bill that seeks to resume MaineCare services to special needs children in the schools. Representatives voted 124-16 Tuesday afternoon to override the governor’s veto. The bill awaited Senate action. The measure directs state agencies to come up with […]

WHITING ( AP) — Maine State Police say a man was killed by a falling tree while he was working on a wood lot in the town of Whiting. Troopers said the body of 66-year-old Edward Dinsmore of Lubec was found Monday evening. Dinsmore had been cutting trees during the afternoon off the Barney Field […]

PORTLAND ( AP) — The Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine is “bursting at the seams” and needs to expand, but first must find a suitable site and raise money. Barbee Gilman, president of the museum’s board, says a commercial real estate broker sent out a “request for information” on Tuesday to landowners and other […]