Leeds News

A Leeds man was rescued from the roof of his truck Saturday evening, Feb. 6, after his truck went through thin ice on North Pond.

Maine wardens say a Leeds man had to be rescued from the roof of his pickup truck after his vehicle went through thin ice into a lake in central Maine.

Two Democratic state legislators want to place stricter rules on the gathering of signatures on petitions that send ballot questions to voters.

A horse takes refuge in a shed off of Route 219 in Leeds during Tuesday's snowstorm.

AUGUSTA a ' Leeds Selectman Errol "Abe" Additon was recently appointed to fill a vacancy on the governing board of the Maine Municipal Association.

Agren Appliance & Television and the United Way of Androscoggin County recently presented Pauline Cote of Lewiston with a new high definition television.

AUBURN a ' A Leeds man is expected to spend four years in prison in connection with the kidnapping and robbery of a Livermore Falls man.

AUBURN a ' Attorneys on Monday picked a jury for the upcoming trial of two men accused of kidnapping, assaulting and robbing a Livermore Falls man earlier this year.

LEWISTON a ' Jared Golden looks like most students on the Bates College campus. The only hint that he's a war veteran is his military fatigue backpack.

AUBURN a ' A Leeds man was indicted Thursday on charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash in September that left a Turner man in critical condition.

Small-town government often violates the spirit - if not the letter - of Maine's open meeting law.

We co-chaired the state Appropriations Committee in the 120th Legislature. We both have spent years working with municipal budgets in our respective communities from different perspectives.

A Donald White appears in Androscoggin County Superior Court for motions filed in his kidnapping and robbery case.

Jenna Davis, 10, of Leeds, replaced Hattie Lamb's grave marker, left, in the Fish/Lothrop Cemetery on Route 106 on Leeds.

John Nutting hooks a heifer up to a self-contained milking machine. The cow had been on antibiotics for an infection and her milk has to be thrown away until it tests antibiotic-free. The Maine tier program, a safety net for farmers when dairy prices plummet, is out of money, leaving milk producers nervous about making ends meet this fall.

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AUBURN a ' A Leeds man jailed in connection with a hit-and-run incident that left a man in critical condition is expected to appear in court Tuesday on a felony charge stemming from that incident.

Maine State Police say a 30-year-old Leeds man is wanted for questioning in connection with an incident in that town Sunday night in which a man was run down by a pickup truck in a driveway.

LEEDS a ' Maine State Police detectives were searching Monday night for a driver whose vehicle struck a Turner man in a driveway off Route 219 Sunday night, leaving him critically injured.

Ryan Coyle, 27, of Lewiston, died unexpectedly on Aug. 7. He was born in Lewiston on Aug.