Bureaucratic error: Driver in bad crash in Oxford County shouldn’t have had a license

Convicted last summer of vehicular manslaughter, Ethan Rioux-Poulios should have been barred from driving for a decade. But an error by the courts and the BMV allowed him to keep his license. On Friday, he critically injured a woman in a police chase that ended in a wreck.

Masks now optional in Oxford Hills School District

School Administrative District 17 directors vote unanimously for immediate change.

Western Maine groundwater levels ‘some of the lowest we’ve ever seen’

At least some part of the region has been in drought conditions since June 2020.

Otisfield man admits to child sex crimes

Jacob Gagne could spend up to seven years in prison for two convictions.

Woodstock man appears in court, denies charges in Friday chase

A prosecutor said Ethan Rioux-Poulios' alleged conduct is "eerily" similar to factors underlying his manslaughter conviction from last year.

Lovell voters elect officers

Seven officials chosen for boards and committees.

Judge Rick Lawrence nominated to be first Black justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

Gov. Janet Mills nominated District Court Judge Rick E. Lawrence to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court and District Attorney Andrew Robinson to the Maine District Court.

Two dead, 2 injured in Hanover crash

Nathaniel Skillin, 36, of Dixfield and Rodger Beaudoin, 55, of Berlin, New Hampshire, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to reports.

Photo: ‘We love the outdoors’

Deputy: Bethel infant saved after exposure to fentanyl

Robert Pilgrim, 38, and Echo Dunn, 27, charged with endangering the welfare of a child after their 7-month-old son was exposed to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine.