An octogenarian claiming to be the oldest woman to “thru-hike” the Appalachian Trail sorta kinda didn’t. Like, nothing against being…
Browsing: Maine and New England
The field of U.S. Senate wannabes is growing by leaps and pounds – evidence the latest candidate worried you’re putting…
Maine schools are now showing a “recruitment video” put out by the Maine Office of the Attorney General (AG) aimed…
The state’s shrimp industry, traditionally known almost as much for its sweet delicacy as Maine lobster, is praying for relief…
Houlton residents are up in arms over a new council policy limiting free speech by banning critical comments during town…
The state with already among the highest electric costs nationwide is looking at a massive rate increase by its largest…
In a reversal of a months-long pattern of state government seeking civil legal relief against the Feds, the United States…
A Cape Elizabeth man has agreed to pay a $1,240,500 settlement following allegations that he fraudulently used taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief…
Rockland Police responded to reports of a man under the influence of drugs last week, ultimately leading to the arrest…
Five of the Republican candidates vying for the nomination in next June’s primary to carry the party’s mantle in the…
Portland City Councilor Regina Phillips appeared to acknowledge that she was celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk in response to…
Amid a slew of obscure and symbolic agenda items, such as proclamations recognizing “Diaper Need Awareness Week” and “Hispanic Heritage…
Maine has been found to be one of the worst states for teachers in the entire country. According to a…
A Washington-based Associated Press story is advancing the increasing likelihood that Maine’s term-limited governor is all in for a U.S.…
Federal law enforcement arrested a fugitive and suspected Trinitarios gang member in Massachusetts on Monday after he allegedly fired at…
The Maine State Police arrested a 24-year-old Cornish man on Monday after he allegedly made a credible bomb threat against…
U.S. Border Patrol agents operating out of the Fort Fairfield border station arrested a Chinese illegal alien and alleged scammer…
A leading political analyst is blasting – and trying to figure out – Stephen King for his ill-thought-out false claim…
Maine State Police are investigating a crash involving a horse-drawn wagon and a vehicle in the northern part of the…
South Portland Police arrested a 33-year-old Windham man following an investigation into an 18-month-long string of thefts from the Newbury…
(Unidentified mushroom thief, courtesy of Old Orchard Beach Police Department)
(City of Ellsworth, photo by Main Street Maine)
Two Republican lawmakers in Maine are hoping to expand their authority to investigate the exorbitant fees and lengthy timelines that…
After conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated while peacefully debating on a Utah college campus, Maine’s radical left-wing college students…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputies seized over 85 grams of illegal drugs and made three arrests while searching for a fugitive…
A Maine State Trooper jumped into the Cobbosseecontee Stream at the West Gardiner/Gardiner line on Sunday, attempting to rescue a…
As the UMaine Black Bears kick off their fall football season they’ve got a new form of mascot competition. A…
By Paul Mills As someone who has spent a career protecting the most vulnerable in our community, from the elderly…
The vice principal of the Scarborough High School died in a fiery crash on Saturday after he allegedly fled from…
A Maine District Attorney, elected in large part thanks to $350,000 in spending from left-wing mega donor George Soros, took…
The Portland Press Herald has been outed in a sitcom – emphasis on ‘com’ – about a failing newspaper. “We’re…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a homeless man on Thursday after reports of a string of vehicle burglaries. [RELATED: Vermont…
Three men face aggravated drug trafficking charges following a disturbance in Machias that led to the seizure of suspected fentanyl…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took a Honduran illegal immigrant into custody outside a Portland school on Thursday after Portland…
(from Josh Dunlap’s LinkedIn page)
A pair of lovebirds may be the culprits suspected of vandalizing the sign at Katahdin ‘s uppermost reach. Baxter State…
(Screenshot/Rumble/YouTube/Heather Cox Richardson)
Democrat Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine’s First Congressional District, alongside Republican Sen. Susan Collins, has criticized President Donald Trump’s (R)…
A former campaign worker for a now-deceased Independent Maine U.S. Senate candidate, Max Linn, was found guilty on Thursday of…
Left-wing megadonor and Maine horror author Stephen King sparked national outrage on Thursday after he falsely claimed on X that…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) and New Hampshire’s Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) — a ranking member of the Senate Foreign…
The handler of a Maine state “comfort dog” who died in a hot car earlier this year is facing charges…
Mainers sounded off earlier this week to weigh in on the implementation and administration of the state’s new Paid Family…
President Donald Trump urged Americans outraged over the assassination of Charlie Kirk to respond to the shooting peacefully in honor…
A bitter internacine family food fight is fraying the nerves of drama-weary shoppers wondering whether their favorite supermarket is going…
Maine is set to raise its minimum wage is to $15.10 per hour statewide beginning on January 1 of next…
As the country mourns the horrific assassination of 31-year-old father, husband, and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, some of the teachers…
A little-known disease attacks the body’s neuromuscular system making it difficult for those afflicted by it to get around, but…
Somerset County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a Hartland man on Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant at his home…
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is interviewing staff for a potential U.S. Senate bid, according to a new report. Politico is…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested two people and seized over two kilograms of illegal drugs on Tuesday during…
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, fatally shot Wednesday at an event at Utah Valley University, came to Maine last month to…
The Maine Legislature’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee held a meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the state’s relationship with…
Update: The missing 15-year-old Jason Gilbert, of Garland, has been found and re-united with his family. The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department…
A Southwest Harbor man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Bangor to three child pornography charges after he…
A Windham man died tragically on Tuesday while refueling his boat after the gas fumes ignited, and he was either…
The Windham Police Department arrested an alleged fugitive on Monday after he reportedly fled from officers who tried to initiate…
The small Cessna that crashed last month while trying to land at Bangor International Airport came close to slamming into…
A Winter Harbor fifth-generation lobsterman has been defeated in a humorous, international competition that centers on provoking a voracious, razor-toothed…
Twenty-six Maine high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program, the National Merit Scholarship…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has continued to refuse requests from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to…
Rep. Reagan Paul (R-Winterport) urged the federal government to revoke the four remaining offshore wind leases in the Gulf of…
Camden cops are hoping someone drops a dime on the pink-stained political activist who damaged $175,000 worth of spanking-new parking…
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) executed a nationwide crackdown on the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, they announced on Monday, culminating in…
A former Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) probation officer pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Friday, with a search…
A native and resident of Lubec, Maine was the oldest to die in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,983…
(Congresswoman Chellie Pingree, before the ‘Karen’ haircut)
The Maine Principals’ Association (MPA) filed a motion late last month asking a federal judge to block a subpoena from…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee has spoken out against President Donald Trump’s (R)…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a crackdown on human traffickers on Thursday, expanding the successful Joint Task Force…
Bob Marley gets a good laugh at just about anything he can but apparently Budweiser suits don’t appreciate a good…
An Augusta perp who allegedly blew a Cushing man’s head off with a shotgun wants to exclude from his trial…
Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio (D-Sanford) took to Facebook last month to declare Sanford Police Chief Eric Small, in her words, unfit…
A 76-year-old pilot from New York sustained minor injuries after crashing an airplane into Moosehead Lake in Greenville on Saturday,…
The invasive European green crabs taking a toll on New England lobster breeding grounds pose a double-edged threat to Maine’s…
A new $2.2 billion Bath Iron Works contract for another Arleigh Burke destroyer is giving Russian Navy commanders heart palpitations.…
We are in a nuclear renaissance, whether you like it or not. If you’re skeptical, it’s likely because you’re stuck…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) issued a statement Thursday urging the United States Congress to extend a federal tax credit…
So much for Democrat Gov. Janet Mills’ warning that this summer’s tourism numbers would be a bust due to Trump.…
The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department arrested two juveniles and one adult on Friday in connection with a Bowdoinham burglary that…
The City of Lewiston condemned a building used by the Church of Safe Injection (CoSI) non-profit last Wednesday after police…
By Ray Richardson Bill Diamond’s life was a study in devotion—devotion to family, to his community of Windham, to the…
An elderly Gray woman allegedly smashed her car through a Brunswick tennis gym on Thursday, sped through multiple active courts,…
The Portland City Council has voted to penalize commercial property owners if storefronts are vacant for over six months unless…
A Democratic lawmaker has been summoned by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly violating Maine election law during an…
Maine troopers are marking a century since they lost the second of the state’s police officers to die in the…
Brewer Police Chief Chris Martin appeared on the Q-Point podcast over the weekend to discuss a range of topics, focusing…
A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump Administration must unfreeze billions of dollars in federal funding destined…
A suspect remains at large in Lewiston following a shooting Wednesday night that left a man hospitalized with multiple gunshot…
Half a century for kids. That’s the remarkable run so far for a group of otherwise-tough, leather-vested, tattooed guys -…
An apparently intoxicated Lewiston man allegedly attacked Oxford police officers and a K-9 unit with bear spray on Wednesday morning…
A Polish executive innocently dragged into a viral internet scandal says he now feels the pain of the innocent Kennebunk…
A Tewksbury, Massachusetts, comedian was arrested on Monday after he allegedly crashed his Tesla through a Manchester, New Hampshire, home…
As a new school year begins, many schools throughout Maine have banned students from using their cell phones during the…
Tore it down to go skinny dipping with Snoop Dog
Please, get it right. The Maine Trust for Local News (MTLN) seem not to like Republicans, or at least those…
A group of 100 surviving victims of the October 2023 Lewiston mass shooting and families of the deceased filed suit…
Voters in Portland will be asked this November if they would like to see the city’s minimum wage increase to…
The U.S. Marshal Service arrested two fugitives in Gorham on Tuesday, including a juvenile implicated in a Westbrook shooting incident,…
A Fairfield drug raid on Saturday led to the arrest of two repeat offenders, including a woman who was arrested…