BANGOR (AP) — A 24-yearold Maine woman is being arraigned for murder in the death of her 2 1/2-year-old daughter. Leanna Norris of Auburn is scheduled to appear today in Penobscot County Superior Court in Bangor. Norris was indicted last week on a murder charge in the death of her daughter, Loh Grenda, whose body […]

LYMAN (AP) — State police say they’ve found the body of a woman who disappeared while swimming in a pond in Lyman. Authorities say divers recovered the body of Jo-Ann LeMieux, 52, from Wadleigh Pond on Thursday evening. They say she was last seen several hours earlier entering the water to go swimming. She did […]

CALAIS (AP) — State police say a shooting in the eastern Maine town of Calais left one man dead and a woman and baby wounded. Police said the shooting Wednesday evening was an act of domestic violence. They said two officers shot and killed Daniel Pinney, 26, shortly after arriving at a home on Main […]

MACHIAS (AP) — Authorities say a 19-year-old man has died in a pickup crash in Big Lake Township in Maine. The Washington County Sheriff ’s office says Ray Sockabasin of Indian Township lost control of the vehicle at about 1:30 a.m. Thursday while traveling north on West Street. The pickup struck several trees before rolling […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage and the union representing about 8,000 state workers reached a tentative contract agreement Wednesday after more than two years of negotiations. The Maine State Employees Association said the two-year agreement is fair and provides both sides with something they wanted. Union general counsel Timothy Belcher said the deal includes […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — More than a dozen schooners are setting sail off Maine for a friendly race from Islesboro to Rockland. The Maine Windjammer Association’s 37 annual Great Schooner Race starts at 11 a.m. today off Islesboro, with the boats expected to arrive in Rockland by mid-afternoon. Fifteen or more schooners are expected for the […]

RICHMOND (AP) — An archaeological dig at the site of the new bridge across the Kennebec River between Richmond and Dresden will be allowed to continue even as construction starts. Archaeologists had feared that their work on two colonial era forts on the Richmond side would be interrupted by construction. Leith Smith of the Maine […]

PHIPPSBURG On June 20, members of Phippsburg American Legion Memorial Post 216 held a dinner and installed their officers for the next two years. The evening started off with plenty of food as family and friends of Post members gathered for the installation ceremony. The Post members were honored to have many fellow legionnaires from […]

The Department of Defense announced the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Army Sgt. Justin R. Rogers, 25, of Barton, N.Y., died June 28, in Bagram, Afghanistan, from a noncombat related incident currently under investigation. He was assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, […]

INDIANAPOLIS — The American Legion — the nation’s largest veterans service organization — has launched a new interactive web page that provides a way for veterans and their families to keep the memories of military sacrifice alive. The new web page — packed with stories, photos and videos, as well as a database — is […]