Nearly 4 decades after infant died in gravel pit, mother of ‘Baby Jane Doe’ to serve 6 years in prison

Lee Ann Daigle, 59, pleaded guilty to manslaughter but maintains that she thought her baby was stillborn when she gave birth in Frenchville in December 1985.

Latest lawsuit against Portland diocese names former Frenchville priest

A baby died outside in the cold in 1985. Now police say her mother’s to blame

Maine State Police have charged Lee Ann Daigle with murder in the death of Baby Jane Doe. They say genealogical DNA identified her as the newborn's mother. But her daughter says that she blocked out memory of the traumatic event and didn't know she was pregnant until she gave birth.

Portland bookstore joins effort to replace books lost in Frenchville school fire

The book drive is part of a statewide effort involving Maine authors, bookstores and literary groups to replace 9,500 books lost in a blaze last month.

Fire destroys elementary school in Aroostook County

The school in Frenchville, recognized in 2018 as a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education, is a total loss just weeks before classes are scheduled to start.