Advocates for Voter ID laws in Maine will mark a significant milestone on Monday with the submission of over 170,000…
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A 16-year-old girl was shot in the leg and her older sister was injured during an assault on Dennison Street…
As many as 40 percent of the noncitizens present in Maine, including those who entered the U.S. illegally and those…
The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred late Sunday night at an apartment complex. Police responded…
Portland Police are investigating a shooting that occurred early Tuesday morning that left a man with non-life threatening injuries. [RELATED:…
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Maine CDC) is paying a Portland-based nonprofit $90,000 to form a stakeholder…
The Portland Police Department has announced that they responded to a shooting incident late Sunday night, marking the third shooting…
A Dominican national who was arrested on drug trafficking charges after allegedly attempting to hide a bag of crack cocaine…
A Maine legislative committee has been blocked by the state’s highest court from requiring a state agency to turn over…
Some Maine voters will again be asked to go to the ballot box in February to fill a now-vacant seat…
Maine’s unemployment rate has increased slightly since October, rising to 3.1 percent. Despite this, unemployment in Maine still came in…
Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week that she is establishing a 21-member Artificial Intelligence task force, meant to compile…
The State of Maine is hiring a former professional casino gambling cheat to train the state’s casino inspectors, table game…
The Rockland Police Department and U.S. Border Patrol were involved in a raid at an Asian massage parlor in Rockland…
South Portland Police have identified two suspects they are searching for in relation to a Wednesday afternoon shooting that stemmed…
State House Republicans are joining calls for reform at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) after 145…
Two months after launch and one month after moving to waiting list procedures due to high demand, the Maine State…
The Cape Elizabeth Town Council voted unanimously Monday in favor of covering both the employer and employee contributions to the…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills has named Tarlan Ahmadov, a former refugee coordinator with Catholic Charities Maine, as the first director…
The South Portland Police Department is investigating a shooting incident that occurred late Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of…
The Ellsworth City Council suggested at a Monday meeting that it might eliminate the ability for citizens to comment at…
An Augusta man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal court in Bangor to distributing and possessing child sexual abuse material,…
The City of Portland’s lobbyist the to Maine Legislature admitted during a Tuesday meeting with the city’s elected officials that…
A heavily redacted record obtained after a lengthy legal fight of Maine’s Freedom of Access Act. Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine)…
Update: The Lewiston Police Department released the following Facebook post, including images of the alleged suspects, after this story was…
A total of 30 inmates at Cumberland County Jail have booking records that indicate that they were either arrested by…
At Monday evening’s meeting of the Portland City Council, Board of Public Education Chair Sarah Lentz presented the annual State…
Top Maine Democrats and the Mayor of Lewiston joined President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden for a holiday…
The Auburn Police Department is investigating a shots fired incident involving a group of teenagers that occurred Saturday night in…
The former president of a Vermont labor union that represents federal employees has pleaded guilty to a charge of wire…
Two Maine-based political action committees (PACs) and their founder have sued members of the state’s ethics commission and Attorney General…
Maine Governor Janet Mills’ Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) is paying $12,500 to a California-based nonprofit that…
The Maine Permanent Commission on the Status of Racial, Indigenous & Tribal Populations (PCRITP) has released an interactive map that…
A Maine man currently serving a 10-year state prison sentence for the sexual abuse of children has pleaded guilty to…
A 19-year-old from Auburn who allegedly caused three car crashes in a single night this September while under the influence…
An illegal alien who was charged with assault for the second time in a span of four months after being…
In a unanimous decision, the Maine Legislative Council on Tuesday voted to approve a pay raise for Secretary of State…
Electricity Maine is set to begin sending out payments to eligible customers as part of a settlement reached with the…
After holding its inaugural meeting last week, the Portland City Council on Monday held a workshop to discuss and identify…
The controversial satanic holiday display erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord was found destroyed Tuesday morning, just…
An man formerly of Presque Isle, Maine, was sentenced to six years in prison this week for the possession of…
The City of Portland has issued a request for grant applications in order to find partner organizations to launch a…
A new trend sweeping Maine schools has parents concerned about the lack of transparency surrounding medical treatments — including sex-change…
The man who was arrested last week in connection to a late November murder in Portland has a lengthy criminal…
The Satanic Temple of New Hampshire and Vermont (TST) installed a satanic holiday display outside the New Hampshire State Capitol…
Lisa DeSisto, CEO and publisher of the Maine Trust for Local News, has stepped down — marking the second resignation…
The FBI arrested far-left Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson on Friday on corruption charges for allegedly funneling taxpayer funds…
The State of Maine’s Office of Tourism has awarded a $165,000 grant to a black travel influencer as part of…
A Wednesday stabbing at Portland’s Munjoy South Apartments left a 56-year-old man in critical condition, police announced on Thursday. Portland…
An illegal alien who has been deported from the United States at least seven times and who has five felony…
A 21-year-old driving without a license led Portland Police on a high-speed chase Wednesday before being apprehended and found in…
Following the swearing in of the 132nd Maine State Legislature on Wednesday, Sen. Rick Bennett (R-Oxford) was set to introduce…
A Westbrook man who had an eight-hour standoff with police after they responded to his residence over a report of…
A Mexican national who was previously deported from the United States again faces deportation after being sentenced for illegal reentry…
Portland Police announced on Wednesday that they have arrested a suspect for murder in connection to an ongoing investigation into…
The University of Maine (UMaine) has denied Calvary Chapel Belfast’s appeal of the institution’s decision to sell the former Hutchinson…
Ranked choice voting has recently taken center stage following the November 5 election, during which a number of critical state,…
The Maine State Housing Authority announced this past Wednesday that the agency had awarded $12.8 million worth of state and…
Maine’s state racial equity commission has entered into a taxpayer-funded $7,000 contract with a Waterville-based company to sponsor educational walking…
The South Portland City Council unanimously approved the creation of a new Tax Increment Financing District (TIF District) and thirty…
The Mills administration has made a $50,000 taxpayer-funded purchase of larger size nursing bras that they say will help support…
A Saturday recount revealed that Bar Harbor residents rejected an updated cruise ship disembarkation ordinance by just 65 votes, upholding…
The State of Maine reached a settlement Tuesday with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in a lawsuit over…
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Border Czar, Tom Homan, issued a stark warning on Tuesday to any Democratic officials obstructing…
A federal judge in Bangor has ruled against five Maine lobstermen who sued Maine Department of Marine Fisheries (MDMR) Commissioner…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) will take over as the head of the extremely influential Senate Appropriations Committee after Republicans…
An Auburn man who was the subject of the months-long in investigation into suspecting drug dealing activities was arrested Wednesday…
Just a week before Thanksgiving, the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) demanded that a longtime Somerset County…
A Maine Republican lawmaker who a week before election day turned himself in to police over an alleged aggravated assault…
Criminal illegal migrants continue to be apprehended in Massachusetts as the state’s Democratic leaders make clear their opposition to President-elect…
At a Tuesday meeting of the Portland Board of Public Education, at-large member and Board Chair Sarah Lentz claimed that…
The Maine Department of Economic and Community Development has awarded $260,000 to a coalition of Maine-based defense contractors and educational…
Socialist Portland City Councilor Kate Sykes’ proposal for a task force to study how city might utilize a new “social…
The Mills administration has allocated funds to extend pediatric behavioral health programs run by MaineHealth for an additional year that…
A Portland man who was previously convicted for the possession of child pornography has been sentenced to 12 years in…
Five additional suspects have been arrested by Portland Police in recent days in connection to a July shooting on Forest…
Republicans and Democrats in the Massachusetts State House united on Thursday to support a bill that State Auditor Diana DiZoglio…
At the start of this year, Democratic Congressman Jared Golden (ME-02) signed onto a letter urging the Biden administration to…
The illegal alien who in April caused a fatal car crash on I-95 in April, leaving an Albion woman dead…
A longtime resident of Portland’s Bayside neighborhood who says she was the victim of a brutal mugging is warning women…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R) made it known during a campaign stop in Vassalboro Friday that she intends to seek…
The Maine Secretary of State on Monday continued with a series of recounts in races for the State Legislature that…
Sanford City Clerk Sue Cote told the City Council during their meeting last Tuesday that the Nov. 5 election, the…
The York County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the owner of an 8-foot Boa constrictor a deputy found on the…
A Scarborough man who was found passed out in his car at a Portland gas station was arrested after the…
Maine’s Second Congressional District is headed for a recount that could last weeks after incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden…
In response to President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of a decorated military veteran and best-selling author to head the Department of…
A traffic stop Wednesday afternoon in Topsham led to the arrest of a an illegal alien on felony drug trafficking…
The Maine Secretary of State’s Office announced Thursday that recounts have been scheduled in nine races for seats in the…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled against a motion filed by several anonymous men seeking to keep their identities…
A Maine resident, who asked to remain anonymous, finally received a response to a Feb. 2024 request for public records…
A Maine man who allegedly confronted and shot at Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies with a firearm outside of a residence…
The Maine Secretary of State’s office responded Wednesday to inquiries from media, party officials, elected representatives, and political professionals about…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has granted nearly half a million dollars to a Lewiston-based nonprofit…
The Bayside neighborhood in Portland has accounted for nearly a third of the city’s arrests and about 40 percent of…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced on Tuesday that a Portland woman has been found guilty of charge of theft…
In a statement issued following former President Donald Trump’s resounding victory over Vice President Kamala Harris last week, the executive…
Four suspects were arrested on drug charges last week after the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office found approximately $40,000 in methamphetamine,…
Nearly 60 percent of Portland voters supported a measure Tuesday allowing local emergency wage provisions to go into effect only…
Voters in Bar Harbor narrowly rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have overturned a 2022 ordinance capping the number of…