Police filled the home with tear gas before entering about 9:30 p.m. and found Gatcomb hiding beneath the kitchen sink.
2013
Governor’s second State of the State comes under very different circumstances
With Democrats now in the majority, Gov. LePage needs to win their support to advance his agenda.
Local & State Dispatches
Police: Man struck and killed by train ignored warnings / Assistant coach crashes SUV into college science building / Caution urged on ice after spate of vehicle incidents … and more news from around the state.
LePage ally named director of Maine Republicans
Jason Savage, who ran the governor’s political organization in 2010, has a ‘keen political mind.’
Cause of Super Bowl power outage remains a mystery
The cause of a 34-minute blackout is being investigated, but records show that Superdome officials were worried about a possible outage several months before the big game.
Girls’ Basketball: Deering grinds past South Portland, 33-21
Even while shooting a woeful 9-of-49 from the floor, the Lady Rams played enough defense to carry them to victory.
Veteran who killed ‘American Sniper’ had been in mental hospital
The suspect in the deaths of the ‘Sniper’ author and a friend is on suicide watch in a Texas jail.
Feature obituary: John Stanhope Sr., 92, policeman, Marine, loved to square dance
Mr. Stanhope was a longtime longtime patrolman for the Portland Police Department who rose above many hardships.
Gorham High eyes at least $11 million in renovations
Supporters say the school needs more space to relieve crowding, as well as a layout that improves school security.
Portland reading by inaugural poet fills up quickly
All 1,800 tickets to see Richard Blanco, the Maine poet who read at President Obama’s inauguration, have been distributed.