Somerset County News

One town had to increase its mill rate by almost 27 percent. Another community raided its savings account.

Thus far in 2008, Maine has seen 20 homicide cases. Among the victims are the Bolduc family, Christopher Bolduc, Blake Mishou, Katie Cabana, Jessica Nichols and Aaron Settipani.

Maine State Police homicide detective Lt. Gary Wright was sitting in the Somerset County Courthouse waiting for a verdict in the murder trial of Shannon Atwood recently when his pager went off.

A Hartland man who threatened his family after a croquet game Monday night remains in Somerset County Jail.

New details emerged Tuesday in the wake of an alleged assault, arson and incident of a barricaded person in Hartland on Monday evening.

What reportedly began as a family game of croquet went awry Monday night when a 16-year-old boy allegedly was assaulted, the family home was set on fire and one man ended up in police custody.

Central Maine Power Tuesday officially launched its plans to build a new transmission line that will pass through 80 Maine towns on its way from Orrington to Newington, N.H. The line is part of a $1.4 billion ...

Shannon Atwood in Somerset County Superior Court in Skowhegan on Wednesday, July 2, 2008, following a verdict of guilty in his trial for the 2006 murder of Cheryl Murdoch.

Jennifer Nickerson-Steward; Assault victim calls herself the one that got away .

When Cheryl Murdoch telephoned her mother in July 2006 and said she was driving from Canaan, Maine, to Tucson, Ariz., with trucker and new boyfriend Shannon Atwood, her mother, Lucille Hoxie of Tucson, ...

Two seasonal camps were burglarized within the past three weeks on Long Falls Dam Road, which intersects with Carriage Road off Route 27, police Chief Scott Nichols said.

Authorities in Somerset County have arrested two teenagers for several car burglaries in Hartland.18 year old David McGregor Jr.

As the state began its parade of witnesses in the Shannon Atwood murder trial Monday, three out of the four who testified had to be cautioned by the judge that they were likely going to incriminate themselves ...

The Somerset County Sheriff's Department is investigating a case of animal cruelty after they received reports of neglected animals living in a home on Landers Street in Bingham.

Starving cats and dogs, along with the decaying carcasses of other animals, have been removed from an unoccupied home in Bingham that officials say was littered with feces and urine.

I admit I lack empathy for lobsters. When it comes to considering their feelings, I tend to categorize the tasty crustaceans with crab grass, black flies, politicians and other lower life forms.

Posted by Cassy Fiano Published: June 3, 2008 - 12:51 PM Somerset County in Maine is getting themselves a new jail, and as such, are leasing out the old jail for anyone interested.

The murder trial of a Canaan man has been postponed again. Shannon Atwood was scheduled to begin his trial today in Somerset County Superior Court, but his attorneys filed a motion to continue, saying more time ...

This appears to be actual news story , even if it is about a publicity stunt: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has sent a proposal to the Somerset County commissioners to lease their jail for the ...

Two local men will vie in the June 10 primary for the Democratic nomination in House District 85.