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AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine Gov. John Baldacci has signed a bill to bolster the state's law against animal cruelty.
 
PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Presque Isle police were searching over the weekend for two men who reportedly robbed the Budget Traveler Hotel at gunpoint early Saturday morning.
 
AUGUSTA — An intelligence note obtained by The Associated Press is warning police officials that an anti-government group's call to remove dozens of sitting governors may encourage others to act out violently.
 
ELLSWORTH, Maine — Police in Hancock County are warning people that apparent scam artists are using Machias Savings Bank in an attempt to gather personal financial information about Maine residents.
 
NEWPORT, Maine — The search for a man who robbed a TD Bank branch Wednesday on Main Street continued Thursday without an arrest, though Police Chief Leonard Macdaid said he’s confident that tips pouring in from the public will advance the investigation.
 
Retired Bangor Police Department Drug Abuse Resistance Education Officer Dan Frazell wants parents, guardians and other adults to know that "locally, for the first time in a long time," he will be making his presentation, "How the Media is Killing Our Children."
 
MILLINOCKET, Maine — Police Chief Donald Bolduc won’t be resigning after all, Town Manager Eugene Conlogue said Wednesday.
 
LINCOLN, Maine — Officer Patti McLaughlin is the town’s newest police sergeant.
McLaughlin began her new job on March 22 after being reviewed during an interview conducted by Police Chief Scott Minckler and town Assessor Ruth Birtz, who was filling in for Town Manager Lisa Goodwin. Goodwin was off, dealing with a death in her family, Minckler said.
 
HOULTON, Maine — A 14-year-old boy faces burglary and theft charges Monday morning after police received reports of more than two dozen vehicle burglaries or attempted burglaries in the community

Police have identified the man whose decomposed body was found one week ago in the Piscataquis River near the Howland Dam as a Guilford resident who went missing last fall.