Litchfield fair organizers scramble for donations to help ensure the fair can operate without a hitch Sept. 7-9.
Cops & Courts
Police, crime and courts news from the Portland Press Herald.
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Westbrook police search for missing teenager
Bridget Kelley, 16, is believed to have run away from home Monday, and police are asking for help locating her.
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Coast Guard offers reward in its pursuit of Maine coast’s buoy bell bandits
Four bells and five gongs that help guide mariners in dangerous waters off Maine’s coast have been stolen since last winter.
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Aroostook County man pleads guilty to firearms charges
He admits falsifying paperwork to obtain two AR-15 style rifles for individuals who tried to smuggle them into Canada.
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Brunswick police take three goats from home where they seized 44 dogs
The homeowners have been issued summonses for animal cruelty.
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Protesters arrested at Blaine House in May want to be tried as a group
A New Harbor woman, however, pleads no contest and pays a $100 fine.
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Man killed in New Hampshire police shootout had fled Maine traffic stop in June
Douglas Heath, who was killed by police Monday in Rochester, N.H., led Maine police on a brief chase from Sanford to Lebanon following an attempted traffic stop this past spring.
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To find out why so many Mainers miss jury duty, a judge lets some explain
Men and women called Tuesday by Justice Robert Mullen told him that medical, transportation-related issues and other problems prevented them from reporting for jury duty.
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Man wanted for fleeing Maine State Police dies in shootout with New Hampshire officers
Douglas Heath, 38, who was wanted on several outstanding warrants, crashed a car in Rochester and exchanged gunfire with officers before being fatally shot, the N.H. Attorney General’s Office says.
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N.H. man accused of dumping large load of trash in Fryeburg
He was issued a summons by Maine forest rangers and is due to appear in Bridgton District Court in October.