Cumberland County News

CAPE ELIZABETH : James Bump, 19, one of the 10 seniors who broke into Cape Elizabeth High School in March and signed a good-behavior contract in May, pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of criminal mischief, ...

One person was killed and several others injured in a Sunday afternoon crash that involved seven motorcycles on Route 114 in Naples near the River Road intersection.

BELFAST : Police Chief Jeff Trafton has recommended that Dan Fitzpatrick II of Brooks, 30, be the new patrolman for the police department.

Freeport, Maine - Celebrations of Independence, freedom and fun will be the order of the day in Freeport with a wide variety of festivities from early morning into the brightly lit evening.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department has arrested two men and a woman for a holdup at a hair salon in Standish last week.

Does anyone pay rent anymore in the city of Portland? As a landlord with 2 rental units, I find that every applicant has one of the following: RAC, Section 8, BRAP , or Shelter Plus Care.

STANDISH : Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputies have identified a potential suspect, but no arrests have been made, after an unsuccessful armed robbery at a hair salon in Standish Thursday.

The Cumberland County Sheriff's Department told News 8 that there has been an armed robbery in Standish.

Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputies are investigating a holdup at a hair salon in Standish, during which one shot was fired.

Police are hunting for a gunman who fired a shot during an attempted holdup at a hair salon in Standish but left empty-handed. The Cumberland County Sheriff's Office says a man wearing blue shorts and pink ...

A Portland woman has pleaded not guilty to murdering her husband with a butcher knife.

State prosecutors said they have offered a plea deal to a Portland man accused of chasing an armed robber from his apartment and then shooting and killing him.

A ballot recount from a Cumberland County commission race in the June 10 primaries has been suspended after the candidate seeking the recount agreed to accept the earlier results.

The Truro Daily News Transcontinental Media AMHERST - Larry Merlin Barclay, 58, of 378 Crowes Mills Rd., Onslow, was sentenced to a conditional discharge following six months probation with reporting and ...

Gov. John Baldacci says he remains confident FairPoint is up to the task of providing telephone service in Maine once initial glitches are overcome, but some state lawmakers already are planning a legislative ...

A third 911 emergency phone system malfunction has left public safety officials, technicians and FairPoint Communications frustrated and puzzled.

AUGUSTA : The state's school consolidation law is not affecting all of Maine equally, with 35 of the proposed 80 districts statewide asking for a state exemption that would not require a vote at the ballot box ...

The following arrests were recorded at the Oxford County Jail: Allen E. Westberry Jr., 46, of Norway, June 2, violation of bail conditions, no bail listed as of June 6, Norway Police Department.

Voters approved a $15 million budget at their annual town meeting this week, adding a few thousand dollars more to the budget than what officials had proposed.

A longtime partner at a prestigious Portland law firm pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing nearly $300,000 from clients and the firm as part of an agreement in which the state recommended that he serve 21 2 years ...