Sen. Susan Collins (R) heralded the news on Tuesday that Maine’s $48.4 million plan to expand access to broadband internet…
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On Tuesday, Gov. Janet Mills (D) officially certified the results of the statewide referendum election held earlier this month. Following…
A Democrat congresswoman from Maine is among a host of Washington lawmakers trading stocks and bonds amid an effort by…
A South Berwick woman pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a charge of theft of government money after fraudulently stealing over…
Lewiston officials say the city is days away from naming its next police chief, ending a months-long search that began…
Lorna Brackett and Vincent White were last seen drinking together 34 years ago at the USA Lounge in Fairfield. Eight…
A city in Massachusetts has found itself in the spotlight over an ongoing effort to install two statues depicting Catholic…
A federal jury on Tuesday found 45-year-old Lucas Sirois of Rangeley guilty on all charges connected to the operation of…
An 85-year-old Durham man was killed on Tuesday when he was struck by a car while crossing the road to…
Three schools in Gray’s Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 15 went on a ‘lock out’ status for nearly an hour…
Art historians had predicted that a portrait previously owned by a Maine billionaire would sell for $150 million. They were…
WASHINGTON — The Office of Management and Budget has released nearly $4.3 million for the Council of the Inspectors General…
A former two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate, previously convicted of possessing child porn, is now being charged with violating probation by…
A woman ordered by a lower-court judge not to expose her daughter to religion has appealed to the Maine Supreme…
The Maine State Police are investigating a crash that occurred in Pittsfield on Monday, leaving one driver dead. [RELATED: Fatal…
A Florida man and a woman from South Thomaston were arrested by Rockland police on Friday after they were allegedly…
Five Maine school districts are now facing a lawsuit from the Maine Human Rights Commission (MHRC), filed on Monday after…
During the longest-ever government shutdown, which lasted from October 1 to November 12, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District…
Maine will have a host of political primaries next June that should be entertaining,consequential and interrelated. Turnout and demographic differences…
A Bangor physician was subjected to a barrage of verbal threats connected to his race inside Timber Kitchen and Bar…
If the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) truly rules, then Maine GOP gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles can…
Central Maine Power’s ambitious bid for a billion-dollar overhaul of its electric system was abruptly derailed Tuesday when the Maine…
The Portland City Council nixed a proposal by the Portland Police Department to purchase its first drone, dealing a setback…
Maine’s top housing and public health officials issued an extraordinary warning Monday about how a new federal mcap would affect…
A Lebanon, Maine, man was arrested by the New Hampshire State Police on Friday after he allegedly fled from a…
The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating a fatal house fire in Washington County after firefighters discovered a body…
The vast majority of Mainers are pessimistic about the projected impact of artificial intelligence (AI) over the next decade according…
Cumberland County leaders on Monday rejected a proposal that would have ended a federal contract allowing the county jail to…
Trees may be nice at a cemetery, but Southwest Harbor burial bosses are putting their foot down. Their view is,…
A penny for your thought? How about a gift-card for a penny? Grocery chains across the northeast, including in Maine,…
A handful of Republicans are bucking President Donald Trump on bargaining rights for federal workers. Five House Republicans have signed…
With the City of Lewiston facing crises on multiple fronts, from homelessness to gun violence and drug addiction to lingering…
Former Saco Mayor Bill Doyle is one of two candidates vying for the vacant Ward 3 City Council seat in…
U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME) wants the world to know about her decision to vote against the bill allowing the…
A special election is likely on the horizon for Maine House District 94 in Lewiston after longtime Democratic Rep. Kristen…
Former Maine Senate president and 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Garrett Mason filed paperwork with the state to form an…
A long-running and divisive fight over whether the Cumberland County Jail should continue holding Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees is…
Maine’s administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is receiving renewed attention as federal officials enforce stricter data-reporting requirements…
Auburn Republican Laurel Libby will not run for another term in the Maine House next year, she announced Monday morning.…
A sprawling national black-market for renting and selling DoorDash accounts has quietly become one of the most widespread and least…
An 18-year-old from South Portland was arrested Friday after deputies say he placed a false 911 call reporting an active…
Newly elected Ward 5 City Councilor-read elect and current School Committee member Iman Osman is facing increasing scrutiny over his…
A few years back, a man who was then a state representative shared with me a frustration he had about…
Acadia hikers who feel they can’t get high enough without cannabis – despite Cadillac Mountain being the highest point on…
Maine’s Senator Susan Collins (R) announced Friday that she and two other lawmakers led a bipartisan group of senators in…
Maine’s electricity costs have risen faster than those of any other state in the nation, and the trend has become…
A man fell from the roof of a bus onto the Maine Turnpike on Friday after hoisting himself aloft to…
Known for its beautiful foliage, Maine is often a destination during the autumn months for those looking to soak in…
A new report from the Tax Foundation analyzes the burden imposed by states upon their residents, taking into consideration sales…
A 40-foot red spruce from a Portland Housing Authority property will become this year’s Monument Square holiday tree, with crews…
New York just elected a communist, antisemitic, Muslim mayor, and Maine is tipping that way. There is plainly trouble in…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has secured nearly $35 million in federal funding for 20 projects across Maine, her office…
The board of directors at grocery chain Market Basket is locked in a legal dispute with former CEO Arthur T.…
A new federal restriction on commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) is poised to disrupt public transit across southern Maine, leaving Greater…
Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign failed to file his personal financial disclosure with the Secretary of the Senate, a requirement…
Old Thom, a North Atlantic orca known for being the only killer whale regularly sighted in the Gulf of Maine,…
The Houlton Police Department arrested a man on Monday after he allegedly stole cartons of cigarettes from a local smoke…
The Rumford Police Department arrested a convicted felon on Thursday after he allegedly cashed a $6,000 canceled check following over…
Three years after getting fried in a devastating fire, Penobscot McCrum, which has harvested and processed Maine potatoes since 1886,…
Justice John O’Neil declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the high-profile manslaughter case of Aziayh Scott, 24, of Louisiana, who…
While conducting a welfare check on Tuesday, Fairfield police discovered a dead body in a circumstance they termed unusual. [RELATED:…
A coalition of more than twenty states, including Maine, have sued the Trump Administration over its decision to disqualify some…
Sanford Police Chief Eric Small announced he will run as a Republican for a seat in Maine’s State House District…
State Sen. Joe Rafferty, a Democrat from Kennebunk who has represented Maine’s District 34 for the past five years, announced…
Human remains discovered last month in northern Maine have been identified as those of a woman missing since July, authorities…
Conservative activist Nicholas Blanchard, widely known by his online persona “Corn Pop,” has entered the race for the Augusta School…
Mexico tops the list when it comes to burglary – Mexico, Maine that is, according to a new crime survey…
Three former York County Corrections Officers were indicted on November 4 after they allegedly accepted bribes from a prisoner to…
Iman Osman, recently elected to represent Ward 5 on the Lewiston City Council and currently serving on the Lewiston School…
A former York County corrections officer was in a romantic relationship and living with a wanted fugitive and former prisoner…
The dynastic trials seem to be rearing their ugly heads as a Maine prince-in-waiting delicately shadows The King. When Democrat…
Let’s see … Maine needs an economic boost, it’s on the Atlantic coast, it already has a major Coast Guard…
Radically left-wing Senate hopeful Graham Platner is polling far below incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) in a new poll obtained…
The state that supplies 90 percent of the U.S. lobster supply is trying to navigate the waters of an international…
A new grassroots movement calling itself Common Sense for Maine is kicking off its first annual “Tailgate for Common Sense”…
Jordan Wood, a Bristol Democrat who had been seeking to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins in next year’s election,…
Four of the eight Republican candidates for governor marked Veterans Day with a spirited debate Monday night, trading views on…
The deal now making its way from the Senate to the House that will bring an end to the record-long…
The Biddeford Police Department arrested a fugitive wanted on a charge of trafficking of prison contraband after he fled police…
During the first Trump administration, some wondered why the president so proficient at parceling out nicknames insisted on calling the…
The Bangor City Council voted unanimously on Monday to end public comments held remotely via Zoom at its first meeting…
Portland’s City Council on Monday approved an ordinance requiring owners of vacant storefronts in the city’s pedestrian district to register…
Sanford Police Chief Eric Smalls ended his Republican bid for Rep. Chellie Pingree’s (D-Maine) First Congressional District (CD1) House seat…
The day before the crushing defeat of Question One on November 4th— which would have reformed absentee voting and mandated…
Despite dozens of approved projects and strong demand for new housing, several major developments in Portland are stalled as rising…
A dizzingly-expensive art collection that belonged to a cosmetics heir and his Maine widow is expected to fetch a half-billion…
A chimney fire early Monday left a single-family home on Wolff Farm Lane in this York County coastal town as…
Maine will only resettle 50 refugees through the federal refugee program in the 2026 fiscal year after President Donald Trump…
A Saco physical education teacher has cinched his third Guinness World Record, this time for the most high school three-pointers…
In the wake of the October 25, 2023 mass shooting in Lewiston, thousands of Mainers and donors across the country…
Republican attorney and U.S. Marine veteran John Deaton has formally launched a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat currently held…
What began as a string of odd, apparent ATM malfunctions Maine towns turned out to be part of a sophisticated…
Four-term congressman Jared Golden’s (D-Maine) surprise announcement on Wednesday that he would not be seeking re-election drastically altered the high-stakes…
The self-avowed Bowdoin College Palestinian-rights cheerleader grad – now the mayor-elect of America’s biggest city – is getting an attaboy…
Police in Rockland arrested a sex offender from Arkansas on Saturday after he was found sleeping in an unmarked van…
The reports of ballots turning up in unexpected places during elections are often described by officials as isolated and unlikely…
The University of Southern Maine (USM) is hosting what it describes as “the largest campus and community drag show in…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is searching for an alleged scammer who attempted to steal $19,500 from an elderly Maine…
Valerie Adams, a former Assistant District Attorney in Cumberland County, confirmed she will run for District Attorney in 2026, days…
The Wells Police Department is investigating a series of overnight motor-vehicle burglaries in the northern part of town that appear…