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Androscoggin County, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Crime, News

Durham man admits to gun crime

by Christopher Williams August 21, 2024August 22, 2024

A search of Richard Leblond’s home turned up more than a dozen guns.

Election 2024, Maine, News, Politics

Gov. Janet Mills tells ‘Veep’ star Julia Louis-Dreyfus that Harris can ‘call on us’

by Daniel Kool August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

The ‘Seinfeld’ actor hosted Maine’s governor and the nation’s 7 other female Democratic governors for a panel discussion on the value and role of women in politics.

Advertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills

Boil water notice lifted in West Paris

by Evan W. Houk August 21, 2024August 22, 2024

Elevated copper levels have been detected but pose no “immediate risk,” according to an Aug. 14 public notice.

Maine, Nation / World, The Bethel Citizen

Meet the West Paris doctor who was an eyewitness to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination

by Rose Lincoln August 21, 2024August 24, 2024

Dr. Octavious Yates returned to West Paris, opened his medical office and practiced for 33 years.

Bethel, Maine Crime, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley

Oxford County arrest log: Aug. 21, 2024

August 21, 2024

• Norman F. Alleano, 29, transient in Norway, on two charges of failure to appear after bailed, 7:32 p.m. Monday, Aug. 19, at 19 Greenleaf Ave., Norway, by Mexico Police Department. • David R. Ames Jr. 48, of 246 Eddie Kahkonen Road, Norway, on a charge of violation of condition of release and unlawful possession […]

Maine, Maine Crime, News, Politics

‘No easy fix’ to Maine’s indigent defense crisis, director tells lawmakers

by Emily Allen August 21, 2024August 21, 2024

The executive director of the Maine Commission on Public Defense Services tells the Government Oversight Committee that defendants in over 860 criminal cases need an attorney.

Business, Franklin, News, The Franklin Journal

Gifford’s Ice Cream in Farmington permanently closes ‘with a heavy heart’

by Leo Goddard August 21, 2024August 22, 2024

FARMINGTON — Gifford’s Ice Cream announced the permanent closure of its Farmington shop Wednesday morning with a post on Facebook. In the post, the company expressed their sorrow over this loss of their second-ever store that opened in 1982. The location was flooded with mud and water when the Sandy River rose and covered lower […]