Residents of Owls Head, a small town in mid-coast Maine, have seen their property tax bills skyrocket this year. Because…
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The search for an Augusta man who jumped after his dog into the Kennebec River near Bath on Sunday appears…
The Lewiston Police Department announced on Wednesday that they arrested three individuals and seized multiple firearms in recent days as…
A meeting of the seemingly very local Westbrook City Council Facilities and Streets Committee took a surprising turn on Monday…
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One week after the brutal slaying of a Tenants Harbor woman on a pond in Union, what is taking hold…
The Somerset County Sheriff’s Office last week executed a search warrant at a house in Fairfield, resulting in three arrests…
A man has been arrested on aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing a 21-year-old in the neck outside of a…
Paul LePage, former Maine Governor and current frontrunner for the hotly contested 2nd Congressional District (CD2) House seat occupied by…
The sponsors of the upcoming bivalve fest in Yarmouth, Maine are under pressure to come up with some vegetarian options.…
New Maine Energy Law Promises Ratepayer Relief, but Instead Delivers Political Cover for Democrats in the 2026 Midterms. Maine’s ratepayers…
Negotiations between Northern Light and Anthem have reportedly stalled as the expiration date of their current contract quickly approaches at…
Seven Chinese nationals are facing federal charges for allegedly running a multi-million-dollar illegal pot empire hidden in quiet neighborhoods across…
A Lewiston man was arrested last week on multiple counts of possession of sexually explicit material of a child under…
The Maine Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday morning in the lawsuit challenging Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ wording of…
Auburn Republican Rep. Laurel Libby’s lawsuit against Maine Speaker of the House Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) has become moot after her…
The Maine Marine Patrol is searching the Kennebec River for the missing Robert Stolt, 22, of Augusta, who went missing…
Nearly 50 Maine Republican lawmakers on Monday sent a letter to the presidents of the Maine Community College System (MCCS)…
Republican candidate for Governor of Maine Robert “Bobby” Charles issued an early statement on Monday about his fundraising results for…
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A Hampton, New Hampshire man led NH State Police on a multi-town chase, straying into Maine, involving multiple Maine law-enforcement…
JoAnna St. Germain, the Waterville teacher who made international headlines in May for her Facebook posts calling for President Donald…
Louis Sigel, a Kennebec County Democrat has submitted paperwork with the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) to challenge incumbent Congressman Jared…
New Hampshire authorities are investigating a potential murder-suicide that took place on Sunday at a Mexican restaurant in Berlin, just…
The state’s top tourism association official says Maine is on par for a great season – tariffs or no tariffs.…
York County Sheriff’s deputies responded on Saturday to 7 Jackson’s Corner Store at 1486 Alfred Road in Lyman to reports…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fireworks malfunction that injured three crew members during a display at…
The Sanford Police Department on Monday announced five major arrests from last week, including three people arrested at a home…
After Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) professor Carol Lewandowski received significant backlash for providing unprofessional and discriminatory feedback to a…
A vacationing cop repeatedly slugged her firefighter boyfriend in an otherwise-sleepy western Maine town amid a pre-July 4th violent domestic…
Since Thursday, when authorities declared the death of a Tenants Harbor woman on or near a pond in Union to…
America has a real shot at ending its dangerous reliance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for rare earth…
The Portland Press Herald appears to have been erroneously reporting that two of its former staffers would be the first…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) has signed a bill into law creating the Maine Department of Energy Resources, a cabinet-level department…
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a national budget bill that includes many of the key policies of President…
Pretty unusual for a small Maine town to be educating the state’s governor – except if it’s the indigenous-deaf Janet…
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The Lewiston Police Department announced on Thursday that they have launched a new initiative they are calling a crime suppression…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested two men on Tuesday following a raid on a Hancock residence as part…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA), in collaboration with the Winslow Police Department and Maine State Police, arrested two men…
The U.S. Department of Education is reviewing multiple federal grants that would have been released on Tuesday, delaying the release…
With the July 4th holiday on our doorsteps, the legacy media in Maine is celebrating its own brand of independence…
Maine’s increasingly litigious Attorney General (AG) Aaron Frey signed on to yet another lawsuit against the federal government on Monday,…
One of Maine’s largest health care providers has announced that it will be taking steps to reduce costs as it…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey issued a response Friday to the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in the case concerning…
A York Democrat’s bill to expand the administrative process behind Maine’s public school transfer program died between chambers after the…
A professor at Eastern Maine Community College (EMCC) attacked and discriminated against a Christian conservative student for writing an essay…
Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau (D-Biddeford) sputtered his way through a Tuesday end-of-session interview with Matt Gagnon on WGAN, in…
A 68-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly fatally striking a bicyclist with his vehicle and then leaving the scene…
There is no polite way to say this: Democrat income tax increases, which the Maine’s legislature passed in the eleventh…
A Greene man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to federal charges after he was pulled over in Lewiston and found with…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) will avoid making a decision on the controversial sanctuary state bill that passed through the legislature,…
Maine lawmakers unanimously rejected a Democrat-led effort to ban dynamic pricing in restaurants and grocery stores throughout the state. Although…
A 23-year-old Lewiston man has been arrested in Minnesota and transported back to Maine where he has been charged with…
A Bath man was arrested on Saturday after allegedly firing a rifle multiple times in a residential area in Belgrade.…
The Senate narrowly passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” reconciliation spending package on Tuesday with a tie breaking vote…
A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court in Maine on Tuesday for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft after…
Leo Anzivino, Jr., 34, of Teaticket, Massachusetts, is facing charges of healthcare fraud and money laundering for his alleged role…
An Ellsworth man on Monday was sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a conspiracy to traffic drugs from…
The Westbrook Police Department on Tuesday issued a statement responding to allegations that they had used an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated…
Like the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, ths majority of blue state Mainers told pollsters they do not want the…
Political leaders in Maine’s largest municipal welfare magnet have a new idea for pretending that public drug use and urination…
South Portland police say three masked suspects allegedly assaulted and threatened an ATM technician during a robbery at Bank of…
Socialist Portland City Councilor Wes Pelletier on Sunday gave a speech at an event in Monument Square in which he…
Thirty-seven year-old allegations of cocaine abuse have returned to haunt Maine Gov. Janet Mills thanks to a resurfaced U.S. Department…
A retired Special Forces surgeon who earned his medical degree in Maine is running for Texas governor – and vowing…
The Maine Legislature has yet to make a final decision on the proposal requiring the Maine Department of Health and…
The Regional School Unit (RSU) 73 School Board, serving Jay, Livermore, and Livermore Falls, voted on Thursday night to alter…
Last week a traffic stop in Westbrook during a routine patrol led to a significant drug bust on Brackett Street,…
The picturesque seaside town of none other than Camden, Maine is now attracting a new breed of tourists – cops…
Maine’s unemployment rate remained steady in May at 3.4 percent, according to new data from the Maine Department of Labor…
Senate Appropriation Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) supported a motion Saturday night to advance President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” towards…
A midcoast Maine school is trying out a new lesson – disciplining students who step out of line with a…
If only he were able to gnaw through his ankle bracelet, the Liver King could quit the Texas heat for…
18-year-old Divaris Ojani Ruiz of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly opened fire at Hampton Beach,…
Probably the most likable candidate for governor of Maine last time won less than two percent of the vote. Sam…
Officers from the Rockland Police Department arrested Jose Henriquez-Paulino, 24, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Wednesday on drug trafficking charges following…
A China, Maine, man was arrested on Thursday after allegedly assaulting his parents, breaking into their house with a splitting…
A Massachusetts man allegedly led the Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department on a multi-town chase on Wednesday after taking his friend’s…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted against a resolution on Thursday condemning the violent anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) riots in…
By Chief Eric H. Small I’ve worn a badge in Maine for decades, but never have I felt more powerless…
Just when you figured it was safe to go in to the water comes word of not only one, but…
Three Bangor police officers are on leave following a Wednesday officer-involved shooting, after they returned fire at a suspect who…
Maine lawmakers have adjourned for the session without making a decision on a bill that would open the door for…
The former Bowdoin grad who’s on goal to become NYC’s next mayor should be well-equipped to handle the Big Apple’s…
State lawmakers have delayed deciding on a bill that ties the fate of Maine’s unique method of distributing its electoral…
Earlier this month, Maine lawmakers rejected along partisan lines a resolution that would have amended the state’s constitution to require…
New poll findings released on Thursday give former Maine Governor Paul LePage (R) a three-point lead over incumbent U.S. Representative…
Armed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, along with agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), raided the Kobe Ninja…
Maine lawmakers have made a last-minute move putting the brakes on the controversial effort to expand the use of ranked…
Biddeford drivers were delayed and their driving patterns disrupted Thursday when they were forced to find a way around Pomerleau…
A proposed tax hike on Maine’s millionaires designed to increase funding for public pre-K-12 education has been carried over into…
Maine, New Hampshire, and nine other states now have more adults over 65 than minors, based on a Thursday report…
Maine’s House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove an effective gag order and restore the floor speaking privileges of…
After receiving unanimous, bipartisan support, Maine lawmakers have largely reversed course on a series of programs designed to bolster the…
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) voted with a minority of House Democrats against tabling a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump…
The likely next mayor of New York City who has recently tried to deny his alleged anti-semitism left an explosive…
A New York man out on probation for a bank robbery was arrested on drug charges on Monday after the…
Westbrook Police on Monday announced the arrest of a local man, previously charged with stealing from a vehicle and possessing…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) expressed support on Tuesday for a Republican-led effort that would strengthen the state’s existing “Yellow Flag”…