GREENE — A Buckfield man, caught after a chase through three counties Wednesday, was arrested on drug charges after police said they recovered more than a kilogram of cocaine and $20,000 in cash. Joshua Morin, 32, was charged with aggravated drug trafficking and was being held on $100,000 bail Thursday at the Androscoggin County Jail. […]

Gov. Janet Mills signed an executive order Thursday to expand Medicaid, fulfilling a campaign vow that ends the long delays imposed by the fervent opposition of her Republican predecessor, Paul LePage. More than 70,000 Mainers will be eligible for MaineCare health insurance under the expansion. Mills, who had promised to act on “day one” of […]

RUMFORD — A Peru man has been charged in connection with the deaths of a couple inside their apartment in South Paris on New Year’s Day. Maine State Police on Thursday night arrested Mark Penley, 49, on two counts of murder in the deaths of Heather Bickford and Dana Hill, both 31. Penley is the […]

Paul LePage’s last-minute pardon as governor of a former Republican lawmaker from Dresdenfor a drug trafficking conviction 35 years ago went against the recommendation of his own board on executive clemency. In fact, the board didn’t even schedule a public hearing before rejecting the pardon request of Jeffrey Pierce, which makes LePage’s decision even more unusual, […]