FARMINGTON — Four people were indicted Wednesday by a Franklin County grand jury on a charge stemming from a methamphetamine operation in Phillips that was broken up July 15. Jason Fowler, 40, of Chesterville, Michael Halle, 45, and Erin Smith, 43, both of Phillips, and Kimberly Webber, 25, of Vienna were each indicted on one […]
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Lewiston has room for more pre-K students
LEWISTON — Four-year-olds are wanted to fill remaining slots for this year’s pre-K classes in Lewiston. As of Wednesday, there were 42 spaces available, Chief Academic Officer Sue Martin said. That’s a lot, Superintendent Bill Webster said. “This is the latest we’ve ever had openings in our pre-K,” he said, adding he hopes to see […]
$10,000 bail ordered for man accused of Christmas stabbing
BANGOR — A local transient charged early Christmas morning with aggravated assault after police say he stabbed a Brewer woman in the wrist had his bail set at $10,000 Friday by District Court Judge Bruce Jordan. “He can’t come up with anywhere near that amount,” Ben Fowler, lawyer for the day, said of Steven Mathis, […]
Florida police ID suspect in 1989 slaying of Lewiston woman
DAYTONA BEACH SHORES — A 24-year-old murder case that left a restaurant server beaten to death has been solved by DNA leading investigators to a killer serving time in prison for a separate murder, police said Thursday. “It’s been quite a day for the city of Daytona Beach Shores. I am still in shock,” said […]
Lewiston man sentenced in federal court on gun charge
A Lewiston man was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to nearly two years in federal prison for being a felon with a firearm. Lewiston police said Daniel Fowler, 35, was seen running along Ash Street, carrying what they believed was a bag with the barrel of a gun sticking out of it […]