The most celebrated jockey in the annals of horseracing lived in Canada — but kept a post-office box in Van…
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Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a statement on Sunday celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day, but made no mention of peace -…
A new Pine Tree State Poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center sought to discern Mainers’ opinions on…
The landscape is littered with self-described political wannabes thinking they can take on the party elites to win the big,…
Law enforcement records obtained by the Maine Wire paint a startling picture of life and crime in Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest…
Is the Maine Trust for Local News staff, threatening to expand its union, preparing for a ‘strike’ if it doesn’t…
In the sort of cross-river rivalry known best perhaps to citizens of Lewiston and Auburn, there has long been ‘brewing’…
The FBI took to X on Monday to celebrate the conviction of a Lewiston man who pleaded guilty on Thursday…
An illegal alien from Mexico was sentenced in the U.S. District Court in Portland to ten months in prison on…
A Kansas City, Missouri, elementary school teacher charged with child pornography production on Wednesday reportedly told investigators that his “dark…
Angolan illegal aliens struck and killed two pedestrians in Maine last week. In both instances, they were legally sanctioned to…
Peter Velanzon took citizen activism to a new level this year when he appealed to the Maine State Legislature for…
A 9-year-old Vassalboro videographer became an overnight worldwide internet sensation with spectacular footage he took of a fatal Bangor plane…
The public has now been shut out – literally – from updates on the status of a teenaged suspected campground…
If you’re still worried that your Maine lobster will feel pain when you toss it into boiling water, relax. Now…
An out-of-state company that was previously awarded a multi-million contract by the State of Maine to provide transportation to MaineCare…
Arden Shaw, 52, will spend three years behind bars after he was sentenced on Thursday for stealing federal U.S. Border…
Twelve years ago — after jurors convicted him of gruesomely murdering his girlfriend — Ted Jaime told them, “I am…
An Auburn man who kidnapped and raped a 13-year-old girl in 2022 before attempting to murder her will now spend…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed that not one, but two illegal aliens from Angola killed pedestrians in Maine…
Mosquitoes in Portland tested positive for the West Nile Virus, the Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) announced on Thursday,…
A Camden attorney is facing a felony charge for possessing sexually-explicit material, officials said on Thursday. Thomas Karod, 56, was…
Portland Mayor Mark Dion has denied claims that the City agreed to cooperate with federal ICE agents in order to…
Mainers have until August 26 to submit statements for inclusion in the 2025 Citizens’ Guide to the Referendum Election, the…
With less than two weeks to go until kids across Maine go back to school, law enforcement and some educators…
Maine’s unemployment rate for July came in at 3.2 percent, roughly one percentage below the regional average for New England.…
An online petition has been launched urging prosecutors to charge a teen murder suspect as an adult. The petition sponsored…
Autopsy results for a New Hampshire family found dead in their home on Monday revealed that the mother likely killed…
The Piscataquis Sheriff’s Department asked the local community for information on Wednesday regarding the theft of solar panels in Parkman.…
The FBI arrested a Chinese national on Tuesday night as part of a sting operation after he allegedly tried to…
Famed “Hot Mics” host Billy Bush has announced a new iteration of his podcast – “Morning Mics” – coming live…
Debate in the Texas House of Representatives kicked off Wednesday on the Republican-backed redistricting plan as Democratic lawmakers returned to…
A new invasive species of tick native to China and other countries in the region was discovered in Maine for…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Congolese man living in Westbrook and serving as a pastor in South Portland…
The New Hampshire State Police are investigating a grizzly scene after troopers and local police discovered two adults and two…
The owners of Maine’s largest financially-challenged paper have a new headache on their hands – an expansionist union. The staffers…
Maine Governor Janet Mills and her administration have refused to follow President Donald Trump’s executive order interpreting Title IX to…
Houlton Border Patrol Agents operating out of the Fort Fairfield Station recently apprehended a Sudanese illegal alien who ignored a…
Jeff Bezos wants a piece of rural Gorham – but the natives aren’t buying it. Amazon got the council’s green…
The United States Coast Guard has paused plans to remove navigation buoys from the Gulf of Maine and the Atlantic…
Democrat Boston Mayor Michelle Wu featured a live mariachi band before her press conference about the Trump administration’s targeting of…
Maine has joined a coalition of twenty other Democrat-led states in suing the Trump Administration over its latest effort to…
The passenger in the illegal-alien-driven vehicle that killed a woman in Lewiston on Friday was also an illegal immigrant from…
The Autism Society of Maine (ASM), a non-profit, dismissed board member Nicholas Pike, 29, on Monday after an inquiry by…
The Hallowell Police Department arrested and charged a Mexican citizen who had overstayed his visa in connection with an alleged…
Former Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Nirav Shah, who headed the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response, told the…
The Rangeley Police Department arrested a 14-year-old boy on Monday in connection with a Fire Marshal’s Office investigation into multiple…
Edward S. Pocock III may be the first optimistic, “post-apocalyptic” town manager ever hired in Maine. Or anywhere for that…
A Glenburn man told cops his demons told him to “just do it, kill her, put her out of her…
An immigration judge granted voluntary departure for former Old Orchard Beach police officer John Luke Evans, who was arrested by…
A 40-year-old oyster farmer from Sullivan announced on Tuesday that he will seek the Democrat nomination to challenge U.S. Senator…
The Portland Police Department responded on Friday to a third bank robbery in the city this month, leading to the…
Northern Light, one of Maine’s largest health care systems, said that it has ended talks with Anthem Blue Cross Blue…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a homeless man on Friday and allegedly discovered illegal drugs in his possession after he…
A highly educated military attorney from a small New Hampshire town told a jury he “loved being outdoors” growing up.…
Veterans needing a friend and pups wanting hugs can be matches made in heaven. “With a goal of ending veteran…
Three suspects remain at large and armed with “AR-15 style” rifles and handguns after a group of five suspects allegedly…
A veteran Sebago hunter who gave chase to a suspected killer Friday in Windham – and nearly took him down…
Novartis, a New Jersey pharmaceutical company, has sued the State of Maine over new regulations imposed earlier this year on…
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The Bangor Police Department issued a lengthy statement on Thursday, referencing the 2002 science fiction movie Minority Report while addressing…
A Republican state senator’s unprompted proposal for western Canadian provinces to join the U.S. is drawing sharp rebukes from liberals…
It’s scarier even than a great white shark because there’s not even a hint of a warning. You never see…
If you’re in the Midcoast region and you’re looking for some family-friendly fun this Saturday afternoon, you might check out…
China’s economy showed signs of weakening in July, with Beijing openly acknowledging that U.S. tariffs are taking a toll, multiple…
The Acting U.S. Attorney in Vermont will seek the death penalty for the woman accused of the January murder of…
The chair of the Anson Board of Selectmen, Arnold P. Luce, 68, resigned from his post after he allegedly assaulted…
Dexter’s Town Council considered an ordinance on Thursday evening that would bar private school employees or parents operating homeschool co-ops…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department executed a warrant at a Skowhegan residence as part of an ongoing drug investigation on…
A couple who has been trying to buy an historic Camden storefront says they’re caught in the middle of a…
Imagine the gossip at Roger Goodell’s oceanside Prout’s Neck palace’s summer cocktail parties. Is the NFL commissioner sitting in a…
The Sanford Police Department is seeking community assistance in identifying a man who allegedly used fraud to steal $7,000 from…
Lily Janelle, born 40 years ago in a Frenchville gravel pit and abandoned, now has a marked grave, thanks to…
A deputy fire chief at the Gilead Volunteer Fire Department was arrested last Friday after he allegedly set his own…
One candidate for governor of Maine was recently in the peculiar position of having to ask another about the role…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is urging welfare recipients to take security precautions after a wave of…
A Dexter man is facing felony assault charges after he was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly abusing his seven-month-old infant,…
A campground where a Tenants Harbor woman was recently murdered had seen a lot of police activity prior to the…
Waterville police arrested a Liberty man last Friday after he allegedly robbed a shoe store. [RELATED: Westbrook Bank Robber Nabbed…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested two people while executing search warrants in Patten as part of an ongoing drug…
Lewiston Police officers seized fentanyl and cocaine while executing a search warrant on Tuesday, and arrested two people, including a…
The Lincoln County Administrator plans to reject Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds rather than work with Immigration and Customs…
A fire chief in a popular southern Maine beach town says five surfers nearly died after ignoring orders to keep…
A 19-year-old from Bingham will spend the next 24 years in prison after he pleaded guilty last Thursday to three…
The Milford firefighter who was once convicted of assaulting his baby has resigned from the school board just two days…
The mainstream gubernatorial hopefuls better watch their hind quarters – the fangs are now out in Maine’s hottest political race.…
Despite being the oldest state in America, Maine has in recent years been surprisingly tolerant of young candidates seeking election…
Bowdoin College is among the more than thirty institutes of higher education that are facing a class action lawsuit over…
A Hooksett, New Hampshire man was seriously injured early Tuesday morning when he crashed while allegedly fleeing police after almost…
Federal authorities filed charges against thirteen people on Tuesday in a takedown of a Dominican-Republic based fraud operation targeting elderly…
Mobilus In Mobili/Wikimedia Commons – “Linking Together: March to Save Our Care” Rally at the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2017
Two big-name Bushes are coming to the aid of their cousin, who’s toying with seeking Maine’s GOP gubernatorial nomination. Former…
The First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston has found that Maine’s law prohibiting foreign governments — and companies owned…
Tuesday, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows formally rejected the federal Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request for access to the…
A guy convicted of trying to choke to death the mother of his children got a bad break during sentencing,…
A Portland man allegedly sparked a police standoff on Monday after threatening his landlord, neighbors, and other bystanders with an…
Maine Secretary of State and Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Shenna Bellows assured a Maine-based news outlet aimed at African immigrants that…
An Ellsworth man may spend over seven years in prison after he was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday…
A Greenville, New Hampshire man received a federal indictment last week after allegedly robbing a bank while on federal supervised…
Maine released its annual Child Welfare Report for 2024 last month, which details changes the state asserts it has achieved…