WARREN (AP) — Inmates and officials at the Bolduc Correctional Facility in Warren say a program that allows prisoners to take care of abandoned horses at a nearby farm works wonders for man and animal alike. The animal therapy program is a joint venture between the prisons department and the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man has been sentenced to three years behind bars for robbing a Pittsfield pharmacy while he was on probation for a prior burglary conviction. Michael Klaiber must also serve more than two additional years in jail for violating the terms of his probation, and got three years of probation at […]

VEAZIE — A former Orono High School student is facing felony terrorizing and harassment by electronic communication charges after posting dozens of threatening, anonymous messages on an Internet account of a former classmate she thought was flirting with her boyfriend, according to Veazie police. Although the Bangor Daily News usually does not identify crime victims, […]

WINDSOR (AP) — Authorities say a three-car crash in Windsor sparked by drugs, speed and “erratic operation” has left one person dead and four others injured, including a teenage girl witnesses say tried to grab the steering wheel of a speeding car from an out-of-control driver. Police say a car driven by 28-year-old Madison Martin […]

ELLSWORTH (AP) — A Maine group that takes care of stray and abandoned cats says somebody stole $1,000 it had raised in donations. Forgotten Felines of Maine in Ellsworth said the money was raised last weekend at a craft fair in Brewer. The executive director told WABI-TV that somebody took the money out of a […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Regulations that are believed to impede business growth will be the topic at a public meeting in Portland. The Maine Regulatory Fairness Board is inviting public testimony on regulatory and statutory issues that impact Maine businesses, at its meeting on Friday at the Portland library. The board is holding hearings across the […]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Civil libertarians say they’re asking Maine Republican Party Chairman Charlie Webster to drop his plan to use a post cards mailing to show whether hundreds of people voted fraudulently in the last election. The American Civil Liberties Union of Maine said Friday it’s sending a cease and desist letter to Webster. […]