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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…
A Kenduskeag man faces up to 80 years in prison and $750,000 in fines after he pleaded guilty on Monday…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ben Midgley called on Monday for the immediate removal of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
A Jay man pleaded guilty on Monday in the U.S. District Court in Bangor to distributing narcotics and possessing a…
Two decades ago midcoast fisherman Gary Thorbjornson went to sea and met the fate that befalls too many in his…
A well-known liar from Massachusetts’ biggest legacy rag is actually questioning the honesty of an Irish murder suspect from Maine.…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a convicted felon in Milford on Saturday after he allegedly broke into a car, discharged…
The Maine State Police are actively investigating a homicide in Waldoboro after a local woman was found dead in her…
The former child protective caseworker and Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) employee who drew attention for promoting…
Maine State Police charged a Pennsylvania woman with manslaughter on Sunday after her three-year-old daughter was discovered dead in a…
The Scarborough Police Department slapped an Oakland man with an array of charges after he allegedly stole multiple cars and…
By now, you’ve seen the Axios report that shows Maine’s electricity costs increasing by 36.3% over the last year, in…
A Milford firefighter who pleaded guilty to beating his baby ten years ago has won a seat on the town’s…
The New Hampshire State Police busted two alleged child rapists on Friday as the result of two separate investigations. [RELATED:…
A leading NYC tabloid newspaper is calling out Bowdoin grad Zohran Mamdani for lying on a competing college’s application by…
Public corruption is here. In Maine’s race for Governor, the entire Democrat caucus – Maine’s House Speaker and all Democrat…
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has moved to end a $7 billion Biden-era grant program designed to pay for…
Washington County’s Baileyville School Department voted overwhelmingly at a Tuesday meeting to move towards compliance with federal Title IX antidiscrimination…
Kennebec County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested a 20-year-old woman in Benton after she allegedly shot a 19-year-old man in the neck…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows this week announced the order in which the two statewide referendum questions will appear…
Two recent fatal oceanic accidents – including one in Maine – are raising questions about the degree to which federal…
The Rockland Police Department executed a search warrant on a Second Street residence on Thursday, leading to the arrest of…
A western Massachusetts victim of a brutal assault finally may be able to put the nightmares behind her. Jamie Dodge,…
A South Carolina man is awaiting extradition to Maine after he was arrested on Thursday in New Hampshire for having…
Maine lobstermen, fishing with rope-connected traps since time began, may be forced by “environmentalists” to go high-tech to access waters…
A perp who allegedly walked up to a Westbrook couple and randomly shot them both dead is doing well showing…
Bangor police officers arrested a man early Wednesday morning after he reportedly punched a dog, assaulted its owner, and spat…
Lisbon voters have rejected the town’s proposed school budget of more than $21 million for the second time this year.…
A Rockland minor is facing felony charges following a Tuesday arrest for allegedly assaulting, strangling, and robbing a man as…
Maine’s Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) Benefits Authority announced Thursday that it will be holding a meeting next month…
A Mechanic Falls man who disappeared four decades ago while on a solo worldwide sailing dare will be honored by…
Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies conducted drug raids on two Charleston homes on Tuesday that led to two arrests and the…
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Pennsylvania man in Rangeley Plantation on Wednesday after he was discovered allegedly trafficking…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department busted a trio of alleged drug traffickers on Wednesday when they executed a search warrant…
The Portland Police Department is investigating the city’s second bank robbery within the span of a week after a masked…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has responded to the Trump Administration’s effort to reverse course on the regulation of greenhouse…
The Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) ordered the Piscataquis County Jail to stop taking on new inmates as of Tuesday,…
Former fitness executive Ben Midgley announced his gubernatorial run in Kennebunkport on Tuesday, pledging to commit 100 percent of his…
As speculation grows over possible 2026 Democrat candidates for U.S. senator from Maine, one most-obvious name hardly ever comes up.…
A veteran Maine radio jock says he’ll never forget: ladies and gentlemen, the one, the only, Hulk Hogan… walking into…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Department arrested an Old Town man on Friday for alleged gross sexual assault against a child…
A Brooks man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Tuesday for the 2022 murder of his girlfriend’s father…
Are the robust enrollments rates experienced by Maine’s community colleges over the past few years about to substantially contract? In…
Border Patrol agents from Maine’s Houlton sector busted an illegal alien gang member from Colombia last month who was the…
A Sanford man is in police custody after allegedly driving a truck into an apartment building early Friday morning before…
A leading Maine rabbi is calling a foul on the state’s junior senator for dropping Israeli support based on false…
When Washington, DC super-lawyer Marc Elias gleefully “threaded” a story about Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows telling the U.S.…
A Texas-born former FBI agent has joined the crowd of Democrats seeking to become Maine’s next chief executive officer. Jason…
Many Mainers will likely see the cost of their health insurance increase by double-digits next year in what regulators are…
The chief of Maine’s Capitol Police was arrested Friday after allegedly assaulting a local police officer outside a Hallowell bar,…
Mainers are facing the highest year-over-year energy rate increase in the nation, surging by over a third, according to a…
As the 2025 Fiscal Year came to a close last month, Maine’s General Fund turned out to have a $152.2…
A growing leftist ideology in the Episcopal church may be the reason Russian clergymen – former Episcopalians – are expanding…
The University of Maine System spent nearly $2 million on out-of-state trips, according to recently released 2025 first quarter data,…
The Portland Police Department is searching for a masked bank robber in connection with an apparently successful robbery at a…
Maine’s largest newspaper’s experiment in covering its outlier towns from Portland was apparently doomed from the start. Duh. The Portland…
The Rockland police department’s patrols for drivers operating under the influence (OUI) led to a slew of drug arrests over…
Maine Capitol Police Chief Matthew M. Clancy, 62, of Sidney, was taken to the ground, cuffed and stuffed after biting…
The group behind last fall’s ballot initiative placing new limits on Super PAC contributions has appealed a federal judge’s ruling…
Maine’s version of government-run, taxpayer-financed state media, popularly dubbed “public broadcasting,” will likely have to find a new source of…
Fresh on the heels of blocking The Maine Wire from one of his “public” events, Democrat Senate hopeful Jordan Wood…
Anyone who thinks Augusta is woefully out-of-shape with ballooning state budgets and piddling performance on everything from the quality of…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has joined a coalition of twenty-one Democrat-led states in suing the Trump Administration over a…
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) signed on to co-sponsor a Democrat-led bill late last month that would make it easier for…
A supermarket sale flyer denying Maine customers a discount on a gallon of milk has lit a fire under free-market…
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced a contract awarded to Bath Iron Works on Thursday for the construction of a new…
Maine’s legal cannabis programs prohibit individuals with “disqualifying drug offenses” from becoming licensed business operators in either the adult-use recreational…
Not a good idea to stop on the main road into Acadia or Baxter to bear-watch. No, not because the…
A world-renowned 20th-century sculptor who put Rockland, Maine on the map loved scrounging in trash bins for scrap wood. That’s…
The Brewer Police Department arrested two people in a public park on Tuesday after they were allegedly discovered with drugs…
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced earlier this week that it intends to rescind the 2009 declaration that has…
The Coast Guard is calling for increased mast inspections of commercial wooden sailing ships in the wake of a fatal…