Manchester News

Just minutes before he graduated from Kents Hill School, Zach Boylan struggled to express what the experience has meant to him.

Ricky Allen Lane said Wednesday that an opiate drug addiction led him to take part in a dozen crimes in nine days, including an armed home invasion in Manchester.

CHAIN OF PONDS, Maine -- Friday marks National Missing Children's Day, a time when law enforcement reminds parents to educate their children about child abduction, and tries to raise awareness about missing children's cases.

A Belgrade woman is being held in the Kennebec County jail on $10,000 cash bail after she allegedly tried to drive away from a sheriff's deputy and dragged him with her vehicle.

Amanda Bechard, 26, chats with journalists on Thursday afternoon while authorities investigate explosives found in an apartment on Gage Street in Augusta.

Area residents and those passing through the city may have a place to stock up on fireworks in time for their Fourth of July celebrations.

A city man was arrested Thursday on a charge of criminal use of explosives as authorities searched his Gage Street apartment and later detonated explosive material allegedly found inside.

Phair, 60, of Manchester, has been head of the regional technical education center in Augusta, which takes students from eight surrounding school systems, for the last eight years.

Councilors have decided against holding a referendum vote on a proposal to ban the retail sale and use of fireworks within city limits.