U.S. Marshals arrested a Massachusetts murderer in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday after they allegedly found him fleeing with a…
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A Cumberland suds guru is the latest Democrat to announce plans to take on Maine’s senior senator, though the jury’s…
The Saco Police Department arrested a duo of Burlington, Vermont, residents on Friday following a string of vehicle burglaries from…
Two Bangor air-traffic controllers are being recognized for saving a pilot – and innocent civilians on the ground – from…
If your body is resting in the anatomical morgue at Maine’s only medical school, you’re in for a honorarium, albeit…
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled against the Trump Administration’s request to stay an order temporarily halting implementation of…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is “reviewing” a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
A Massachusetts man has been arrested on a murder charge in the violent death of a popular Portland chef who…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Mississippi man in the early morning hours of Labor Day after he allegedly drove…
Houlton Border Patrol agents arrested an armed and armored man who allegedly illegally entered Canada, nearly struck a Canadian official,…
Two New York women died Saturday after a pontoon boat in Eustis flipped over, dumping seven passengers into the water,…
Labor Day weekend 1975, four-year-old Kurt Newton was riding his red tricycle at a northern Maine campground. The blue-eyed, blond-haired…
An enraged motorist brutally attacked a longtime tractor-trailer operator who was on his way home from work on August 27,…
President Donald Trump pledged to award former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom after he…
Bill Diamond, a centrist Democrat Maine statesman and statehouse fixture who fought to protect vulnerable children, has died. The former…
The throng of Suburus headed south on 295 towards Portland yesterday competed with the ordinary exodus of Massholes from Maine…
A Texas woman pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday to charges related to theft from…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (ACF) issued an urgent warning on Thursday about the invasive Japanese Stiltgrass…
The State of Maine is suing preacher John Andrade Jr., 42, of Brunswick, accusing him of violating the Maine Civil…
A suspect in the killing of a Maine chef allegedly asked neighbors to help him move a mannequin just before…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took a semi-pro Maine soccer player from Angola into custody last Wednesday as he…
A Maine man has died while swimming after a boat that was drifting away on a Belgrade pond, the second…
Rep. Jared Golden’s (D-Maine) putative primary challenger, State Auditor Matt Dunlap, poses the incumbent congressman a serious threat, according to…
The New Hampshire woman who killed her husband and two children before taking her own life embezzled over $600,000 from…
A Merrimack, New Hampshire man who claims to be Ukrainian and holds Israeli citizenship was sentenced to probation and community…
A poll obtained The Maine Wire late on Thursday shows Robert “Bobby” Charles currently leading the growing field of Republicans…
A Lewiston juvenile imprisoned in Long Creek, Maine, faced additional charges on Tuesday after he allegedly conspired over the phone…
With the start of a new school year right around the corner, many parents are preparing anew to consider how…
When Maine’s House minority leader isn’t catching Democrats trying to pull a fast one, he’s out in the boat. “It’s…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department found a Plymouth woman dead in the Newport woods on Monday after she had gone…
In a tragic and ironic accident, an eight-year-old girl was struck and killed in Van Buren by an ambulance on…
A massive drug bust in Franklin, New Hampshire, carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, led to the arrests of 27…
A Portland restaurant is mourning its head chef who was suspiciously found dead in a hospital parking lot. Declan Perry,…
Susan Collins is probably used to getting a lot of free advice from various people by now, many of whom…
The Maine Supreme Court has ruled against Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce in their…
A Thomaston man was arrested on Monday after he allegedly tried to run over border patrol agents while they were…
Northern Light Health announced Tuesday that their leadership is now open to engaging in mediation with Anthem Blue Cross Blue…
An Owls Head man will spend no time in jail thanks to a plea agreement after he caused a police…
Convicted pedophile Henry Eichman, 65, of Topsham, was sentenced to an additional 20 years in prison this week on federal…
The heir to the Angus King name and fortune is so generous he’s sharing his tips on wealth with Joe…
A 17-year-old was arrested early Thursday after police said he led officers on a short chase through downtown Lewiston before…
Things are looking up in a small northern Maine town – and residents are outraged. Looking up in two senses.…
The recent string of vehicles crashing into pedestrians continued on Sunday when a Lisbon man allegedly struck a 72-year-old woman…
A contingent of left-wing hecklers banded together to shout at U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) on Tuesday as she headlined…
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The ex-wife of Rep. Holly Eaton (D-Deer Island) pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of criminal mischief after stealing…
A domestic situation involving an armed man on Monday sparked a shelter-in-place order in Bowdoinham from the Sagadahoc County Emergency…
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The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department took to social media on Tuesday to complain about alleged “hate speech” in the comments…
Funny how those empty campaign promises that come back to bite you are made all the more painful when your…
Police arrested a Bangor man on Friday after he allegedly subjected a victim to multiple assaults throughout the day while…
The Rumford Police Department released more information late on Monday regarding two arrests made earlier this month after a high-stakes…
A four-foot lizard is on the run in central Maine, sending chills down the spines of Bangor-area residents. The lizard…
The Maine man discovered dead in a bloody car parked near South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts has been identified. Declan…
A Lewiston man faces charges after he allegedly caused the complete shutdown of one of the two bridges connecting Cape…
Maine’s House and Senate Republicans excoriated Secretary of State Shenna Bellows in a letter last week asking why an Angolan…
The most celebrated jockey in the annals of horseracing lived in Canada — but kept a post-office box in Van…
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…