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Published
February 1, 2019

Judge orders 3 men to pay $262,000 in restitution for setting fire to boathouse

A lobster boat built specifically for a paraplegic lobsterman from Friendship was destroyed in the blaze in Waldoboro in 2012.
Published
January 15, 2019

Massachusetts man in court on charges of causing Camden woman’s lake death

Jonathan Roberts was indicted for the August death of a woman who died in Damariscotta Lake after being struck by Roberts' watercraft.
Published
January 3, 2019

Annulment hearing for Maine woman charged in daughter’s beating death postponed

Despite a plan by attorneys for both Sharon Carrillo, 34, and Julio Carrillo, 52, to annul their marriage, technical questions by the judge delay the process.
Published
January 2, 2019

Maine woman charged in 2018 beating death of daughter seeks to annul marriage

Sharon Carrillo is expected to ask a District Court judge to end her marriage to Julio Carrillo, who also is charged with murder in Marissa Kennedy's slaying, alleging he already was married at the time they wed.
Published
December 17, 2018

Wiscasset man facing charges stemming from 8-hour standoff

Matthew Plummer, 35, was being held at Two Bridges Regional Jail on charges of aggravated assault, criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon and domestic violence terrorizing.
Published
November 27, 2018

Midcoast teacher who won a $1 million education prize is sentenced for shoplifting

Nancie Atwell, who was honored in 2015 for her work at the school she founded in Edgecomb, said in court that a previously undiagnosed mental illness contributed to her compulsion to shoplift.
Published
November 11, 2018

Whatever is in the field may end up in the beer on this Westport Island farm

Farmers Kyle DiPietro and Angie Trombley are growing ingredients and a new enterprise near Wiscasset in what may be the next big craft beer trend in Maine – farm breweries.
Published
August 30, 2018

Wiscasset woman charged with murdering 4-year-old will let a judge decide her fate

Shawna Gatto waives her right to a jury trial, a choice that some defendants make in highly publicized and emotional cases.
Published
August 29, 2018

Wiscasset woman accused of killing girl seeks to have statements to police thrown out

Shawna Gatto argues that she was not properly informed of her Miranda rights before talking about how the 4-year-old died.
Published
June 28, 2018

Lawmakers vote to subpoena DHHS chief after agency no-shows in child death probe

'How dumb are we to take him at his word?' a frustrated senator says of Gov. LePage after his assurances of cooperation with the Legislature's Government Oversight Committee.