Alfred News

ALFRED, Maine -- Testimony in a hearing for a New Hampshire man's bid for a new trial is winding down at the York County courthouse.

Goodall Library is located at 952 Main Street and can be reached at 324-4714. Visit the library online at www.lbgoodall.org . Registration begins on Monday, June 11, for Goodall Library's Summer Reading Club .

Marie Reed Brown, 66, died Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home, after a courageous battle with cancer.

Alfred, Maine - A young man from Biddeford facing manslaughter and aggravated OUI charges for a crash that killed his friend entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment this morning.

ALFRED, Maine -- With summer right around the corner, emergency officials in Maine are reminding people about the dangers of severe weather and the need to be prepared.

The following area people were indicted by a York County grand jury this month in Superior Court in Alfred.

After more than five years on the Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center campus, the state's Women's Reentry Center is moving south to the York County Jail in Alfred.

The following information was provided by the Sanford Police Department. MONDAY, MAY 14 Derek Albert Gerrish, 22, 7 North St., Apt.

I recently attended an event at which Joan Sylvester, the director of the York County Community Shelter, spoke.

A number of residents from the greater Sanford Area collected their degrees when the University of Maine at Farmington held its commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12.

Sanford Junior High School nurse Anne Garnsey is operating a program in which members of the community can donate food that she can put into backpacks for students to take home and eat during the weekends.

ALFRED, Maine -- A second attempt by convicted killer Jason Twardus to get a new trial continued in York County Superior Court Friday.

Gordon Collins-Faunce is scheduled to appear in court today to be charged in the death of his infant son, a crime that has generated questions among child welfare advocates about whether warning signs of abuse in the household were ignored.

Goodall Library is located at 952 Main Street and can be reached at 324-4714. Visit the library online at www.lbgoodall.org . Goodall Library is now offering two preschool story time sessions .

ALFRED, Maine -- The court documents describing two month-old Ethan Henderson's injuries describe a father who became overwhelmed with his screaming baby, and lost control.

ALFRED, Maine - The Maine Attorney General's office says they have upgraded the charges against a man accused of killing his infant son.

Kevin Marchant, of West Newfield, is hoping to earn his Eagle Scout badge on Tuesday, May 8. For his Eagle Badge project, Marchant has set up the GPS coordinates for Newfield and its surrounding towns in order to help Life Flight helicopters land in available fields in the area.

Sanford Junior High School nurse Anne Garnsey is operating a program in which members of the community can donate food that she can put into backpacks for students to take home and eat during the weekends.

Lawyers for a New Hampshire man convicted of strangling his former fiancee in her Maine home are asking for a retrial based on what they say is evidence that suggests someone else was responsible for her death.