Newport News

A man from Newport accused of killing his father and assaulting his mother has pleaded not guilty.

The man accused of murdering his father and assaulting his mother in Newport last year entered pleas of not guilty and not criminally responsible by reason of insanity at his arraignment in Bangor Monday.

Newport Emergency Medical Technician Amanda Chretien greets Kylee Farnham with a kiss as her mother Sheila Davis, holds her at their Newport home Friday, Feb.

A 19-year-old Pittsfield man is accused of stealing a blue Ford van from town on Friday, then crashing the vehicle in Newport, said Newport Police Chief Leonard Macdaid.

Firefighters retreat after cooling off a propane tank that was shooting flames into the air at the rear of Ireland Auction and Retail on Exeter Road in Corinna on Monday.

Newport police say gas pump drive-offs 'a real problem' Sharon Kiley Mack The fueling equivalent of "dine and dash" is becoming more and more frequent in central Maine, particularly at gas stations along Interstate 95 or busy tourist routes.

Any way you look at it, Zimbabwe and central Maine could hardly be farther apart.

A Milton, Vt., man who died Thursday as a result of injuries he received the previous morning when leaving Interstate 95 in Newport raised the number of fatalities on Maine roads in 2009 to 157, authorities said.

Two people were indicted on murder charges by the Penobscot County Grand Jury. Perley Goodrich, Jr., 45, was re-indicted for killing his 76-year-old father, Perley Goodrich, Sr.

Interest rates are likely to rise to 6 percent by the end of 2010, predicted Amy Crews Cutts, ... Offers There are no Offers at this time.

Plenty of businesses run Christmastime benefit events in which they collect cans of nonperishable food or presents for the children of parents in need.

Arnold Shorey, the assistant superintendent of RSU 19 in Newport, is switching titles and schools in July.

A A A Sympathy is extended to the family and friends of Jackie Berry of Unity who passed away Wednesday.A Cards of sympathy may be sent to her daughter, Kelly Heaberlin 140 Durham Bridge Rd Newport Maine 04953.A Jackie was very active in our American Legion Auxiliary .A She made quilts and helped where needed.A She enjoyed convention, her and Wilma ...

Crews from Plymouth, Newport, Detroit, Etna, Dixmont and Carmel fought to get the fire under control.

Fire crews from more than half a dozen Penobscot County communities converged on Carmel Thursday night to battle a fire at a two-family residence on Hampden Road, also known as Route 69.

Newport police are investigating an incident Sunday night that witnesses first said was a drive-by shooting before recanting their statements and admitting the shooting was accidental.

The New England Fishery Management Council finalized scallop fishery management measures for 2010 at a meeting held Nov.

A Maine school counselor wants a state board to toss out a complaint filed against him because he appeared in a television commercial opposing gay marriage.

NEWPORT, Maine a ' Newport Fire Department crews fought two structure fires in less than 12 hours Sunday and Monday.

A local man who eluded a massive police manhunt for more than three days was recognized by a waitress as he drank coffee at a truck stop early Friday, and local police arrested him without incident.