Town officials in Gray revealed during a Wednesday meeting of the Zoning Board of Appeals that an applicant to the…
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The superintendent of Lewiston Public Schools issued an announcement on Thursday on the “real fear” among the school community regarding…
The Maine Department of Public Safety, through the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (MEMS), has announced the availability of $1…
A previously convicted felon was arrested Wednesday after Lewiston Police found a firearm in his apartment during a search connected…
An Auburn man who was out on bail conditions stemming from an October arrest on drug trafficking and firearms charges…
The Maine State Police, along with a Maine Marine Patrol dive team, discovered the sunken wreck of a missing fishing…
On Jan. 1, working people across the state of Maine started paying their share of a new one percent tax…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins was one of just two Republicans to join Democrats on Thursday in voting against…
At the opening of their Tuesday meeting, several members of the Portland Board of Public Education responded to “unsettling” comments…
Two Democratic lawmakers escalated their efforts to obtain long-overdue reports on Maine’s cannabis industry on Wednesday, writing a letter to…
A group of Democratic lawmakers have put forward a plan to restructure Maine’s income tax brackets, a proposal that will…
Lawmakers in Augusta will be considering a proposal to establish “hope accounts” for Maine students who either are home-schooled or…
Authorities made six arrests during a Tuesday morning search of a Sanford residence being investigated as the site of suspected…
A Canadian national has pleaded guilty to illegally crossing the border into Maine while in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana.…
A group of Maine Republicans have introduced legislation that would withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact,…
A man armed with a machete was shot and tased by police early Tuesday morning on the Merrymeeting Bridge in…
Sanford Police announced Tuesday morning that they are conducting a joint operation alongside the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and the…
The Maine Gambling Control Unit (MGCU) reported that sportsbooks in the state accepted $52.7 million in bets during December, a…
Maine’s Land Use Planning Commission (LUPC) unveiled new rules on Friday that will impose additional red tape on Maine property…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) told House Republicans that if they can’t support raising taxes as outlined in her budget,…
A group of Republican lawmakers in Maine are hoping to repeal Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) this legislative session. LD 234…
A foreign national from the Ivory Coast is facing possible deportation from the United States after he was sentenced this…
Lewiston Police announced on Thursday that they have arrested a transient man for allegedly possessing child pornography. Police arrested David…
Two tractor trailers crashed on I-95 in York Thursday afternoon, resulting in serious injuries to the driver of one trailer…
Democratic Congressman from Maine’s 2nd District Jared Golden has reintroduced his proposed bill that would implement a universal 10 percent…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows provided an update to the Maine Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee regarding the…
A teen who was the target of a police raid in connection to the “Grand Theft Auto”-style southern Maine drug…
A Buxton man was arrested by South Portland Police on Tuesday in connection to a December shooting incident near the…
Heather Sanborn, Gov. Janet Mills’ pick to serve as Public Advocate for the state, was confirmed by the Maine Legislature’s…
The first person to be charged federally for operating an illegal Chinese-controlled marijuana growing operation in Maine entered a guilty…
Republican leaders say that any Democratic budget that includes tax increases, such as the budget proposal Gov. Janet Mills (D)…
A Portland residence on Eleanor Street was targeted by a second shooting this week, just months after gunfire pierced a…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has again proposed implementing a tax on streaming service subscriptions in Maine that would raise the…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) released her proposed biennial budget Friday, accompanied by a 129-page piece of enacting legislation. Among these…
Maine will be sending two firefighting crews to California to help battle the devastating fires that continue to ravage the…
The state of Maine is staring down a $450 million “structural deficit” for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. “Structural deficit” is…
Last week, Maine Gov. Janet Mills warned of a $118 million gap in MaineCare funding — a shortfall that appears…
New Hampshire’s new Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R) announced during her inaugural speech on Thursday that she would work to ban…
Maine leaders have decided that the state will not be increasing the minimum legal catch size for lobsters this July…
A Portland man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly stole a boat and caused at least $25,000 of damage to…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) proposed a new one-dollar-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes Friday. The tax proposal comes as Mills attempts…
Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Kennebec) has sponsored a bipartisan bill that would grant the Legislature’s Government Oversight Committee (GOC) the right…
A bipartisan bill imposing an “impact fee” on megayachts has been introduced by Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) and co-sponsored by…
The first bill of Maine’s 132nd Legislature is a governor’s bill aimed at implementing the recommendations from the Maine Infrastructure…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has proposed elevating the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) to a cabinet-level department as part of her…
The Mills Administration warned lawmakers Tuesday that Maine’s looming half-a-billion dollar budget shortfall and a $118 million projected MaineCare deficit…
Oral arguments were heard Tuesday in the cases filed by two Maine Christian schools — St. Dominic Academy in Auburn…
After a year in which many Mainers were burdened with skyrocketing property tax bills, state lawmakers are poised to consider…
U.S. Senator from Maine Susan Collins (R) wrapped up the 118th Congress last week without missing a single vote, extending…
Maine lawmakers have officially begun submitting bills for the new legislative session scheduled to begin Wednesday, and among these are…
The Mills administration managed to botch the rollout of their own new Paid Family and Medical Leave program, mistakenly listing…
A consulting firm based in Massachusetts has been awarded a $300,000 taxpayer-funded contract to advise the Maine Public Utilities Commission…
New Hampshire State Police arrested two Massachusetts residents on Tuesday after a traffic stop in Greenland, N.H., after allegedly discovering…
In his State of the City Address Monday evening, Portland Mayor Mark Dion urged the City Council to reconsider the…
The Democratic majority on the Joint Rules Committee voted Monday to preserve the controversial practice of “concept drafts,” brushing aside…
Commissioner of Maine’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Heather Johnson will be stepping down from her position on…
Maine’s Secretary of State received more than 170,000 petition signatures on Monday from a conservative group that is looking to…
A Dominican national residing at a state-funded migrant shelter in Massachusetts was recently identified by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement…
Three people, including two individuals from the State of Georgia, were arrested on drug trafficking charges after a traffic stop…
Maine lawmakers are set to receive a 61 percent higher salary than their predecessors when they reconvene next week. This…
A Dominican national living in the U.S. illegally since crossing the southern border into Texas in early 2023 was arrested…
At its upcoming meeting on Monday, the Portland City Council will consider issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the…
Maine’s Democratic leaders held a press conference in Bath on Thursday to tout the beginning of a new program that…
Beginning Monday, Maine childcare facilities are no longer permitted to use baby gates under most circumstances. Under the new guidance…
Law enforcement seized a large quantity of cocaine, fentanyl, meth and other illegal drugs, as well as seven firearms during…
Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000…
A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and her older sister was injured during an assault on Dennison Street…
As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those…
The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred late Sunday night at an apartment complex. Police responded…
Portland Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Tuesday morning that left a man with non-life threatening injuries. [RELATED:…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is paying a Portland-based nonprofit $90,000 to form a stakeholder…
The Portland Police Department has announced that they responded to a shooting incident late Sunday night, marking the third shooting…
A Dominican national who was arrested on drug trafficking charges after allegedly attempting to hide a bag of crack cocaine…
A Maine legislative committee has been blocked by the state’s highest court from requiring a state agency to turn over…
Some Maine voters will again be asked to go to the ballot box in February to fill a now-vacant seat…
Maine’s unemployment rate has increased slightly since October, rising to 3.1 percent. Despite this, unemployment in Maine still came in…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week that she is establishing a 21-member Artificial Intelligence task force, meant to compile…
The State of Maine is hiring a former professional casino gambling cheat to train the state’s casino inspectors, table game…
The Rockland Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol were involved in a raid at an Asian massage parlor in Rockland…
South Portland Police have identified two suspects they are searching for in relation to a Wednesday afternoon shooting that stemmed…
State House Republicans are joining calls for reform at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) after 145…
Two months after launch and one month after moving to waiting list procedures due to high demand, the Maine State…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of covering both the employer and employee contributions to the…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has named Tarlan Ahmadov, a former refugee coordinator with Catholic Charities Maine, as the first director…
The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred late Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of…
The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at…
An Augusta man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal court in Bangor to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material,…
The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that…
A heavily redacted record obtained after a lengthy legal fight of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine)…
Update: The Lewiston Police Department released the following Facebook post, including images of the alleged suspects, after this story was…
A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by…
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Portland City Council, Board of Public Education Chair Sarah Lentz presented the annual State…
Top Maine Democrats and the Mayor of Lewiston joined President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for a holiday…
The Auburn Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident involving a group of teenagers that occurred Saturday night in…
The former president of a Vermont labor union that represents federal employees has pleaded guilty to a charge of wire…
Two Maine-based political action committees (PACs) and their founder have sued members of the state’s ethics commission and Attorney General…
Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is paying $12,500 to a California-based nonprofit that…
The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) has released an interactive map that…
A Maine man currently serving a 10-year state prison sentence for the sexual abuse of children has pleaded guilty to…
A 19-year-old from Auburn who allegedly caused three car crashes in a single night this September while under the influence…