Alfred News

ALFRED, Maine -- It took a jury less than four hours to find a man from Limington guilty of murdering his wife.

AUGUSTA, Maine - A grand jury in York County has indicted former Rep. David R. Burns on charges of felony theft in connection with the misuse of public campaign funds during his 2010 campaign.

A York County grand jury has indicted former state Rep. David R. Burns of Alfred for misusing public campaign funds.

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, many caring people lined Route 111 outside the York County Courthouse in Alfred and participated in a peaceful demonstration to encourage the County Commissioners to reinstate funding of the $31,000 to the food pantry of the York County Shelter Programs.

The York County Commissioners recently voted unanimously to not fund the $31,000 request of support for the York County Food Pantry at the shelter in Alfred.

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AUGUSTA, Maine - A York County lawmaker resigned from his House seat on Tuesday, about two months after the Maine Ethics Commission found that he committed multiple violations of the state's clean election law.

David Simpson, 40, of 29 Laudholm Farm Road, Wells was charged with attaching false plates while driving his 1997 Tan Chevy Malibu on Mile Road in Wells.

The York County Commissioners recently voted unanimously to not fund the $31,000 request of support for the York County Food Pantry at the shelter in Alfred.

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Navy Seaman Jonathan R. Patterson, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Illinois.

U.S. Senators Olympia J. Snowe and Susan Collins have announced their nominees to the United States military academies.

ALFRED, Maine - Two members of the three-member Alfred Board of Selectmen say comments and concerns of citizens are calling into question the integrity of the board after the third selectmen, state Rep.