North Waterboro News

* James Haskell Jr., 37 of North Waterboro, eluding an officer and operating a vehicle without a license Feb.

The following boys and girls recently were born at Goodall Hospital. A son, Omkar Vijay Madiboyne, 7 pounds, 2 ounces, on Feb.

AUGUSTA State Rep. Diane Russell, D-Portland, is launching a campaign Thursday to promote legislation that would regulate and tax marijuana use in Maine.

"This is like entering an area where there are bears, a bunch of big black bears," said Laurel Gingras of Gorham, Maine, as she gazed over the acreage at the Eliot Boat Basin.

* Cassidy A. Bridges, 24, of Oakland, theft by unauthorized taking or transfer March 9 in Monmouth; 180-day jail sentence, with all but 60 days suspended, one year of probation, $450 restitution.