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LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A judge has denied bail for a 76-year-old man charged with fatally slashing a woman in front of her 11-year-old twinsRead More

LISBON, Maine (AP) — Two tourists who became trapped in an elevator accidently called the wrong Lisbon police department for help. Dispatcher Cathy Roy toldRead More

BRANFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman says she found a black widow spider in a package of grapes from the grocery store. The womanRead More

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s high court has rejected a woman’s appeal over her 13-year prison sentence for manslaughter in the death of her infantRead More

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Mosquitoes in multiple Connecticut towns have tested positive for West Nile virus. The Department of Public Health says Tuesday that mosquitoRead More

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — The Bangor Police Department has identified a body recovered from Maine’s Penobscot River. A boater reported finding the body on theRead More

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man who distributed large amounts of marijuana throughout the state has been sentenced to serve six years in prison.Read More

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a man and a woman who tried to skip out on their bill at a restaurantRead More

WYMAN TOWNSHIP, Maine (AP) — Maine officials say a helicopter was dispatched to help rescue a British woman who broke her ankle while hiking onRead More

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A former Connecticut narcotics detective who pleaded guilty to reduced charges in connection with the theft of drugs from his department’sRead More