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Published
July 4, 2019

State police identify skeletal remains found in Greenfield

Although a final determination is still pending, police say they believe a 60-year-old man died on his own property.
Published
May 2, 2019

Searchers find body of missing Hermon man

Ryan Messer, 25, was last seen riding his bicycle on April 14 in Herman.
Published
February 25, 2019

As snowmobile deaths in Maine climb to 7, wardens warn riders to slow down

A Massachusetts man has died from injuries suffered Feb. 22, and a Lee man is killed over the weekend.
Published
February 23, 2019

Massachusetts man, 55, critically injured in snowmobile crash

He was riding with a group in Penobscot County when the accident occurred, and the Maine Warden Service says an Auburn woman broke her leg in a crash in Bridgton.
Published
January 19, 2019

One of 2 victims identified in fatal Orrington house fire

Two men and a woman escaped the blaze in the Penobscot County town, the State Fire Marshal's Office says.
Published
January 18, 2019

Somerset County woman killed in highway crash in Carmel

Kathryn Hallett, 66, of Cambridge was a passenger in a truck driven by her husband that skidded out of control in snowy conditions on Interstate 95, Maine State Police say.
Published
January 15, 2019

Man charged with murder in shooting death of girlfriend in Penobscot County

Dwight Osgood Jr., 37, was arrested Tuesday, one day after the body of Kary Dill, 35, was found at their home in Clifton, Maine State Police say.
Published
January 13, 2019

Maine State Police investigate death of man in Penobscot County

A 51-year-old transient died after a physical altercation was reported at a home in Alton, a state police spokesman says.
Published
January 7, 2019

Two suspected meth labs found in Maine, one of them after a death on Indian Island

Penobscot Nation Police discovered a lab Saturday when responding to a report of a death on the island near Old Town; the other lab was found Sunday in Bucksport.
Published
December 11, 2018

High court upholds murder conviction of killer who led Maine’s longest manhunt

Robert Burton, who challenged decisions of the presiding justice in his appeal, was convicted by a jury in October 2017 of murdering his girlfriend, Stephanie Gebo, having shot her in the back three times.