Maine has lost 15 local police departments since the turn of the century. That’s changed the face of rural policing. A Bangor Daily News analysis of 25 years of law enforcement employment data found that 15 police departments in the state have disbanded or merged with another since 2000. The trend dates back at least […]
Forty-nine of Maine’s 101 municipal police departments operated with 10 or fewer full time officers in 2024. That includes Ashland.
An electric heater likely caused a Thursday fire involving a privately owned ambulance in which someone was living, Caribou fire officials said. The owner had returned from errands to find the vehicle on fire, Caribou Fire and Ambulance Capt. Scott Dow said Friday. “Someone was living in it and had turned it into a camper,” […]
Foster has acted as a single-man bullpen for communities in need of a stopgap.
He came to Maine in 1978, when he was stationed at Loring Air Force Base in Limestone.
“Like so many communities, drugs, unemployment and crime plague this area,” he said.
The Town of Fort Fairfield is proud to announce that Police Chief Matthew Cummings was officially sworn in as president of the Maine Chiefs of Police Association.
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In no race in the state’s modern memory have the candidates so heavily wielded their roots to lure voters.
Mark and Gloria Goughan started their potato farm with Mark’s dad in 1978. Now, almost 50 years later, Mark and Gloria’s three daughters are taking on their legacy.
