Oakland News

Firefighters in Waterville are looking for a few good bowlers. It's for a charity bowling event at the end of summer.

A Navy cold case unit is re-examining evidence that could lead to an investigation into the suspicious death of a man who was the third husband of a Georgia woman who has five dead husbands in five states, an agency spokesman said Wednesday.

These roads may experience delays while wind turbine components are being shipped.

The hope is that $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion in federal stimulus money coming to Maine directly through state government will create or preserve up to 15,000 jobs in the state and prevent an even deeper economic downturn later.

OAKLAND : More than 50 school bus drivers from the Midcoast and Central Maine region participated in a skills competition Thursday, April 23, at Messalonskee High School in Oakland.

Spring break is in effect for students, but there is no rest for Maine school bus drivers.

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A Waterville District Court judge agreed on Monday that a boy accused of bringing a gun to his middle school should remain at a secure treatment facility before a June court appearance.

Renewed efforts are being pushed in Florida to re-examine the suspicious death of a man whose widow has five dead husbands and is facing charges in one death in North Carolina.

A 41-year-old Oakland man has been handed an eight-year prison term for a drunken driving accident last fall that took the life of another motorist.

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Police say a 42-year-old motorist escaped injury after driving his car into a slow-moving freight train in Oakland.

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The 14-year-old boy arrested for bringing a loaded gun into Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland last week was in court Monday.

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WALDOBORO : Grayson Donahue Downing was born Feb. 15, 2009, at Penobscot Bay Medical Center in Rockport to Brian and Jasmin Downing of Waldoboro.

An eighth-grade student accused of bringing a loaded handgun to Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland is awaiting a juvenile hearing Monday in Waterville District Court.

A student at Messalonskee Middle School in Oakland was arrested Thursday morning after he was found with a loaded gun.

A Portland native who currently heads the Messalonskee school district in Oakland will be the new superintendent of the Portland School District.

Rather than put it on display, a New York restaurant has decided to release a very large and old lobster into the cold waters off Maine.