PORTLAND (AP) — The promoter of a popular concert series in Maine is expected to enter a new plea to a domestic violence charge. Court records show 41-year-old Alexander Gray, of Waterfront Concerts, will enter a new plea during a court hearing Friday. The man previously pleaded not guilty in March to a domestic violence […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor and a Democratic senator met to discuss the challenges facing loggers and the state’s logging industry. Gov. Paul LePage attended a logging discussion hosted by Democratic Sen. Troy Jackson in New Canada on Friday afternoon. Jackson, a logger himself, has said Maine loggers and truckers are out of work […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A judge says he’ll decide soon whether a Maine teenager charged with stabbing his parents to death should be tried as an adult. Andrew Balcer’s defense attorney said Thursday there are better services available if Balcer remains at the Maine Youth Center. But prosecutors say he should be tried as an adult […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Attorneys in Maine are reviewing statements given to police by the close friend of a 16-year-old girl whose boyfriend was convicted of her murder in 1992. Attorneys discussed statements made by Gloria Staples in the murder investigation of Jessica Briggs on Wednesday. Staples told investigators Anthony Sanborn was with Briggs at a […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — The owner of two pit bulls that were ordered to be put down for killing a Boston terrier says the dogs got loose and ran off minutes after Maine’s high court upheld the euthanasia order. Winslow police Chief Shawn O’Leary called it “suspicious, to say the least.” The dogs were being kept […]

BIDDEFORD — The Biddeford Police Department has released the names of individuals arrested or cited between Oct. 23 and Oct. 25. • Hailey Savage, 20, of Saco was arrested on charges of operating while under the influence on Kossuth Street on Oct. 23. • Nicholas Baldwin, 27, of Biddeford was summonsed on charges of driving with […]