MACHIAS — A Danforth couple charged with manufacturing methamphetamine will receive court-appointed attorneys, a Washington County Superior Court judge decided Monday. Justice Robert Murray also set bail Monday for Allen Richardson and Tabbatha Osnoe, whose infant son died Friday morning and whose mobile home was heavily damaged by fire the same morning. Richardson, 39, and […]
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After nearly three decades, the case of Baby Jane Doe still a mystery
FRENCHVILLE — Although a little over 28 years have passed and retired Maine State Police Maj. Charles Love has long since put away his badge and gun, he can still remember the sights and sounds on that December morning after the child he would know only as Baby Jane Doe was born and subsequently abandoned […]
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Bangor man charged with manslaughter in connection with baby’s death
BANGOR — Bangor police detectives have arrested a 25-year-old local man in connection with the death Wednesday of a 5-month-old child in Bangor. Samuel Moore is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of Korbyn Antworth, Bangor police Sgt. Cathy Rumsey said Thursday afternoon in a news release. Moore is currently being held at […]
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Injured Augusta baby out of hospital; father charged
AUGUSTA (AP) — A 6-month-old girl authorities say was left permanently blinded and brain damaged after allegedly being shaken by her father has been released after spending a month in the hospital. The Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1n0VyK8 ) reported that Aleah Peaslee was released from a Portland hospital earlier this week. The girl’s father, 21-year-old Kevin […]
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Farmington woman accused of leaving baby unattended in car
FARMINGTON — A local woman is accused of leaving her 20-month-old child in a locked car in a parking lot for about 20 minutes while she shopped at Walmart on Wilton Road. Officer Justin Blais issued Denise Boulette, 34, of Farmington a court summons on a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child […]
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River Views: Labor Day brings back memories of fair week
“Always Labor Day Weekend” was the Maine State Fair slogan when I was growing up. Those days may be gone, but to anyone who experienced its annual six days of excitement, along with a fair share of education, there were many lasting memories. I researched several years in which the fairgrounds next to the railroad […]
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County sees July baby boom as Brits celebrate royal birth
PRESQUE ISLE — As the U.K. commemorated the royal birth with a 41-gun salute this week, Aroostook County was already reveling in a baby boom of its own. Nine babies were born during the week of July 15, eight of them during a 72-hour window, at A.R. Gould Memorial Hospital in Presque Isle. “For a hospital […]