AUGUSTA In some ways, Erica Frederick Rock is a typical — albeit nontraditional — college student in Maine. Frederick-Rock, a 36-yearold biology student at the University of Maine at Augusta, has started and stopped college studies three times since she graduated from high school. She is on track to graduate from the University of Maine […]

BANGOR (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a Maine man who’s charged with using a phony Facebook profile to lure a teenager to her death. The judge set aside Wednesday and today to select a jury in the trial of Kyle Dube of Orono. The trial date is scheduled for later […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine district attorney says she’s considering whether manslaughter would apply in this case of a Portland landlord who owned a building where six people died in November. The cause of the fire was deemed accidental. City officials forwarded the case to Cumberland County District Attorney Stephanie Anderson because they believed owner […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The speaker of the Maine House says a new report shows the urgent need for more affordable housing options for seniors. Speaker Mark Eves joined members of the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition and others on Wednesday to press for his proposed $65 million bond to pay for 1,000 units of energy-efficient senior […]

SACO (AP) — Police in a Maine city say a dog thwarted a would-be gas station robber by biting the man twice on the face. Saco Deputy Chief Jeffrey Holland says the man attempted to rob an employee at a Portland Road gas station on Monday afternoon. The employee refused to hand over money and […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine government survey says the average statewide cash price for heating oil climbed 4 cents in the past two weeks after several weeks of declining. The Governor’s Energy Office says the average price was $2.60 a gallon, according to the Feb. 9 survey. The average kerosene price of $3.14 was also […]