Caribou News

CARIBOU, Maine a ' The former deputy chief of the Island Falls Fire Department was indicted Friday by the Aroostook County grand jury on a theft charge in connection with the alleged misappropriation of about $10,000 in town funds.

Wind damaged and helped ignite a power pole in Ellsworth, ME Saturday 10 / 31. Damaging wind gusts - some associated with thunderstorms and some not - swept across northern and eastern New England Saturday 10 / 31.

FRYEBURG a ' Arguing cases before the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, three pairs of lawyers had more of an audience at their back than usual: hundreds of students from three high schools.

An outbreak of spruce budworm during the 1970-80s damaged forests and irked landowners and scientists who fought to counter the damage done by the pests.

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ROCKLAND : The tradition of law for the Collins family continued with another generation last week in Knox County Superior Court.

J.C.'s Taekwondo, 141 East Victoria St., will hold a "haunted mansion" from 6-9 p.m. Proceeds to the Amherst and Area Taekwondo Parents Association.

Presque Isle Police have charged Chad Leighton, 29, of Caswell, with two counts of felony terrorizing after they say he called in two bomb threats to Northern Maine Community College.

People walk by a rain-soaked hybrid car last week in Portland. Mainers will vote in November on two tax questions, one of which is to exempt new or leased hybrid and other alternative-energy vehicles from sales tax.

Anti-tax fever, which inspired unsuccessful Maine ballot initiatives in 2004 and 2006, is back again with activists determined to scale back taxes, this time with a pair of questions for the Nov.

A three-car accident on Route 1 led to charges against a 17-year-old driver from Caribou, police said Tuesday.

A federal jury has found a Florida man guilty of refusing to pay more than $30,000 in child support to his now 19-year-old daughter in Maine.

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With cooperative winds and clear skies, the conditions were ripe for a night flight over the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic US.

A New Sweden man faces multiple charges after a car chase Thursday. Edward Dunne, 41, was apprehended after an incident that began just after 9 a.m. Caribou police Officer Jason Matheson said that he was on patrol in the city when he saw a 1988 Dodge Dakota that he believed to be speeding.

Not enough Maine children are getting proper immunization shots, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The radar was on fire last night, with heavy migration across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions.

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Maine said goodbye to a long-time faculty member Thursday.

CARIBOU, Maine a ' A Mars Hill woman was indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury Friday on two charges of gross sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor in connection with an investigation into child pornography on the Internet.

CARIBOU, Maine a ' Sen. Collins is the grand marshal of a big parade in her hometown on Saturday.