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Top 10: Recapping the top local stories of 2018

Untimely deaths, racial tension, a massive pot raid, a controversial lawyer and restaurants closing and opening were among the top local news stories of the year.

Lewiston brawl injures 5 people Thursday night

Lewiston man who shot someone in the leg gets four years

Man charged with Bridgton stabbing was angry about relationship

Tyle J. Loisel, 18, who faces four felonies, believed a woman who stood him up at a motel then spent the night instead with the man he allegedly stabbed, according to court documents.

Man arrested in Christmas Day stabbing in Bridgton

Police seek to identify driver of car who caused pickup to roll over on Maine Turnpike

The collision occurred Sunday afternoon in the southbound lanes in Biddeford, a state trooper says.

Mainer robbed at gunpoint in Hartland after responding to social media ad, police say

Police say suspects stole cash and fled on foot after an assault and robbery on Brown Road in Hartland.

Butch Weed’s family still waiting for closure 15 years after his killing

Police arrest alleged Norridgewock drug dealer visited by suspect in slaying of Cpl. Cole

The Norridgewock home of Richard Austin, who was arrested Thursday, is where police found Cole's marked police truck after he was shot fatally April 25.