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Crime & Public Safety

2026

Supreme court vacates Brackett's conviction in murder of Neptune

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has voided the conviction of Kailie Brackett for murdering Kimberly Neptune of Sipayik in April 2022. Brackett had been sentenced to 55 years in prison following a three-day jury trial in Machias in December 2023.

2026

Deliberately set fire destroys St. Stephen apartment building

The RCMP say the fire that destroyed the vacant apartment building at 449 Milltown Boulevard, St. Stephen, was deliberately set. The emergency call to the former Starshine Properties Ltd. building, which had been sold at a tax auction on October 17, came in at 4:05 a.m.

2026

Fire displaces 22, two businesses and community organizations

A fire in St. George put 22 people plus two community organizations and two businesses out of their homes on Sunday, January 4. The emergency call to Granite Court on Main Street came in shortly before 8 a.m., according to Eastern Charlotte Fire Rescue Chief Justin Johnston.

2025

Dike opens floodgates to range of issues; Former dump threatens wells

While Machias residents debate the eventual form a bridge carrying traffic along Route 1 will take, another problem is simmering within a now‑closed landfill just off Broadway.

2025

SkyHope provides comfort to area medical patients

A mixture of philanthropy and cookies provides a lifesaving service for medically needy people in Washington County who require specialized healthcare. The philanthropy comes from an organization called SkyHope and the pilots who donate their aircraft, skills, time and fuel money...

2025

New apartments to help address lack of St. Stephen housing

A private developer plans to start work in January on building a 66‑apartment residential building on the site of the old Border Area Community Arena in St. Stephen.

2025

Since allegedly defrauding VA, man arrested after faking death

A Princeton man who may have defrauded the VA out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability benefits and then faked his death on the St. Croix River to evade law enforcement has been arrested in Missouri.