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LOVELL a ' Two men were charged with making threats Wednesday after police were called to a disturbance on Foxboro Road, Maine State Police said.

PARIS a ' A grand jury has indicted a brother and sister on robbery and assault charges against a young man in Brownfield earlier this year.

Both are no strangers to the Valley. Their roots go back to the 1920s when Barker's grandparents used to vacation in the Valley, then moving forward to the 1950s when Barker's mother would take the snow train from Boston and more recently to 1998, when Ostendorf and Barker purchased a cottage in Conway.

Two men denied charges Tuesday that their drunken escapades led them to spray paint graffiti on a neighbor's house in Ludlow.

BROWNFIELD a ' Two women were arrested Tuesday on charges related to an assault last month.

Crews are carrying out emergency repairs to the support footings of the Little Saco River Bridge.

PARIS a ' A judge has ruled that evidence gathered in the case of a fatal hit-and-run accident in Fryeburg is admissible.

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Earlier this summer, my wife and I drove over to Brownfield to catch a show at the Stone Mountain Arts Center.

PARIS a ' The lawyer for an 18-year-old Brownfield woman charged in a fatal accident in March has asked that evidence related to the case be suppressed.

Jeff Brooks, left, and Frank Nudd, right, both from Brownfield, Maine, watch the antique tractor parade at the Raitt Farm in Eliot, Maine, on Saturday, July 25, 2009.

On Friday and Saturday, July 24 and 25, Jonathan's Restaurant in Ogunquit will present nationally renowned comedian Paula Poundstone.

FRYEBURG a ' For the second year, Fryeburg Academy will host the Maine Bike Rally as a focal point for dozens of rides through western Maine and the White Mountains.

Michael Berk, who already pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, faces at least 10 years, and possibly 30 years or more, when U.S. District Judge George Singal sentences him later this year.

Some extra money is coming to the state to help clean up brownfield sites. Those are areas that have been found to be contaminated with hazardous chemicals or pollutants.

During the upcoming field season, from May through November, staff and volunteers from Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District, along with others, will survey and map the infestation of invasive plants in the Saco River area.

An 18-year-old from Brownfield is facing a manslaughter charge in connection with a hit and run crash.

An 18-year-old Brownfield woman has been indicted on a charge of manslaughter in a fatal hit-and-run accident in Fryeburg last month.

Police in Fryeburg continue to investigate last month's deadly hit and run crash involving two young women with very similar names.