Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) joined survivors and families of victims from the Lewiston mass shooting in calling for…
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Cabot Cove, Maine was actually in California but, as Hollywood producers might say, what’s a few thousand miles among friends?…
Maine is promulgating climate, energy and equity policies that have had an adverse disparate impact on rural Maine and the…
Cumberland County commissioners are sharply divided over whether to continue or end a long-standing contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) reintroduced legislation Thursday aimed at lowering prescription drug costs by speeding…
The Maine Warden Service is offering a $3,000 reward for information leading to the individual who for no known reason…
The South Portland City Council is set to consider a resolve Tuesday night that appears to indirectly encourage opposition to…
Officers from the Bangor Police Department’s bomb squad responded to an alleged bomb threat made on Sunday against a local…
A domestic disturbance in Greenbush on Friday led to two vehicle crashes, including one involving an alleged drunk driver who…
The Auburn Police Department is searching for a “dark-colored pickup truck” after a local resident was startled on Saturday evening…
Former Arizona Congresswoman and current gun control activist Gabby Giffords is looking for late-game donations to convince Mainers to support…
I have studied Maine history my entire adult life and spent 20 years in state government and politics, and it…
Former state health official Dr. Nirav Shah, best known for leading the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention through…
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey determined on Monday that a Topsham police officer acted in justifiable self-defense during a January…
Bill Clarke who has previously run for office in Maine with the U.S. Taxpayers’ Party, is now seeking to challenge…
Republican members of the Maine Legislature’s Appropriations and Taxation Committees on Friday called for a November public hearing to consider…
Maine’s first large-scale AI data center is being planned for the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. Developed by…
The patient still lives, but the prognosis is grim, Maine’s top fiscal official told lawmakers on Friday regarding the federal…
South Portland residents will be asked yet again to approve a multi-million dollar plan to restore the city’s high school’s…
Former state Rep. Genevieve McDonald has resigned as political director from Graham Platner’s U.S. Senate campaign following the release of…
Most of us who won’t be voting in the Democrat primary next year noticed something interesting this week: within 24…
An alleged domestic violence incident in Livermore on Thursday that included gunfire and prompted a response from the Maine State…
Senate Democrats on Thursday voted to block consideration of the fiscal year 2026 Defense Appropriations Bill, prompting sharp criticism from…
A raid in Norridgewock on Wednesday led to the arrest of two repeat offenders and the seizure of cocaine and…
FBI agents arrested a New York man in the Bronx on Wednesday following a months-long investigation into a murder that…
Democrat U.S. Representative from Maine’s Second District Jared Golden urged voters to reject Question 1 at the ballot box this…
As Secretary of State Shenna Bellows—and her gubernatorial campaign—deals with the fallout from a Newburgh woman discovering 250 (unordered) absentee…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has ordered Common Sense for Maine to stop prefilling the party affiliation section on…
A Standish woman was arrested on murder charges on Thursday after she allegedly shot her boyfriend earlier this month. [RELATED:…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows hasn’t provided voters with any new information regarding the discovery of 250 absentee ballots…
Gov. Janet Mills made a campaign stop Thursday morning at Maine Beer Company in Freeport, where brewery co-founder Dan Kleban,…
The Marine veteran-turned-oyster-farmer — a rising Democratic Senate candidate in Maine — once called himself a “communist,” dismissed “all” police…
Maine’s Democratic senatorial primary is revealing a potential split in the party between the established Democrats who urged Gov. Janet…
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins announced her support for the nomination of David St. Pierre, the former Lewiston police chief, to…
Fifty years after being dubbed the “Muhammad Ali Of Sardine Packers,” Maine’s greatest has hooked another title. Rita Willey, 87,…
State fire investigators are examining the cause of a deadly blaze that broke out early Tuesday morning at a single-family…
Mennonites in Dexter are leaving Maine for religious reasons after the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV), headed by Secretary of…
Republican lawmakers in Maine have announced plans to introduce legislation implementing one of the new tax credits created by the…
Maine horror novelist Stephen King, who put his foot in it last month when he falsely criticized conservative Charlie Kirk,…
Pumpkinfest — what has long been a non-political, family-oriented festival of seasonal fun in midcoast towns of Newcastle and Damariscotta…
The “No Kings” movement is returning to Maine this weekend with rallies planned in several cities and towns across the…
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — One day after former President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Turning Point…
The Portland Jetport is now among the several airports nationwide declining to play a video from Department of Homeland Security…
Following a week-long investigation, Cumberland County Sheriff’s deputies found a missing 13-year-old girl from Pownal in a Portland apartment on…
When the late, one-term U.S. Senator Bill Hathaway passed away a little more than a decade ago, Mainers were too…
A South Portland man was issued a criminal summons after the Cumberland County Jail refused to admit him due to…
Residents in Lyman are raising concerns after a steady stream of tractor-trailers are continuing to travel down a road clearly…
An experimental electric-plane manufacturer that chose a midcoast Maine airport to debut cutting-edge technology is falling on hard times both…
President Donald Trump’s widely-celebrated deal to end the Mideast war was built in part on the foundations of defensive work…
Two-term Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills, 77, formally announced her 2026 Senate bid to unseat the incumbent Sen. Susan Collins…
Governor Janet Mills used her Tuesday speech at a rule of law seminar at Hannaford Hall on the University of…
A Portland police officer was forced to use his taser on an armed man on Sunday after he approached officers…
As online and mail-in voter registration came to an end at the close of business Tuesday, Mainers are still able…
Maine’s Gov. Janet Mills (D), who announced her intent to run for the United States Senate Tuesday morning, has officially…
The majority of Maine’s non-charter public schools would not only fail to meet at least one of the higher standards…
Beer brewer and short-lived Democratic Senate candidate Dan Kleban suspended his campaign on Tuesday, just 41 days after it began,…
A Rhode Island married couple was killed on Monday when their small plane crashed near I-195 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, damaging…
By Robert Wessels In light of everything that has unfolded over the past few weeks, including the discoveryof hundreds of…
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida delivered the keynote address Monday at the Freedom and Opportunity Luncheon hosted by the…
A fishing boat built in Boothbay that went missing without a trace nearly 100 years ago has finally been located.…
If Maine’s embattled crustaceans are crawling to Canada, the prevailing reason was always thought to be greenhouse-gas oceanic acidification south…
A routine arrest erupted in gunfire in Turner on Friday evening when a suspect allegedly drew a weapon on county…
BIDDEFORD, Maine— Police arrested a Maine man earlier this week in connection with the death of a 5-week-old baby last…
Cops in Maine’s largest city will be spending more time integrating with its various communities, according to an expanded effort…
The ouster of the Dancing With The Stars hostess from Maine has been selected as one of the popular show’s…
The Rockland Democrat lawmaker whose “affordable housing” reputation quickly went south earlier this year is notably absent from Knox county…
Maine Democrat Rep. Jared Golden issued a lengthy Substack post on Friday morning urging lawmakers in Washington to end the…
The Newburgh Board of Selectmen’s chairman is growing increasingly frustrated over what he describes as a lack of communication and…
The Senate passed a $878 billion defense policy bill late Thursday by a vote of 77 to 20, advancing legislation…
Maine has now become involved in an Oregon lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his Administration over the deployment of…
In a series of breathless reports over the past twenty-four hours, national news outlets ranging from Punchbowl News to the…
Maine’s U.S. Senate race is shaping up to be a defining battle not just for the state but for the…
Scarborough voters will have the chance next month to approve or reject a bond of nearly $130 million to rebuild…
The Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit South is investigating a death in Standish following a call for a disturbance…
Fire investigators have confirmed the identities of two victims in a Sept. 21 apartment fire in Portland and determined the…
The bankruptcy of ModivCare, a Colorado-based transportation company contracted to manage MaineCare’s nonemergency medical transportation program, has thrust one of…
This November’s question 1 has quickly become a polarizing topic in the State of Maine, with those on either side…
Two rallies staged opposite one another in Scarborough on Wednesday highlighted sharply divided views on immigration enforcement in Maine. A…
The Kennebunk High School health teacher who drew public backlash when he posted that he hoped Charlie Kirk would “rest…
Republican gubernatorial candidate David Jones spoke at a Regional School Unit (RSU) 21 board meeting on Tuesday night, where the…
Town officials confirmed Tuesday that no special permits are required for a pair of demonstrations planned in front of Scarborough…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D), who is overseeing the investigation into 250 absentee ballots discovered in an Amazon…
The search for Lewiston’s next police chief continues as City Administrator Brian Kaenrath spoke with more than 30 concerned residents…
Maine Governor Janet Mills (D) has indicated that she will not enact some of the changes made by federal lawmakers…
The Maine State Police discovered human remains on Tuesday while searching for a missing person in Clinton. [RELATED: Portland Police…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins sharply criticized on Monday morning the handling of ballots found improperly delivered to a residence in…
The Thomaston Public Library is “so excited” to host a “drag story time and rainbow crafternoon” event on October 19,…
The New Hampshire State Police arrested a Hampden, Maine, man on Sunday after he allegedly drove 119 mph while intoxicated.…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a man on Friday after he was allegedly found with a “substantial amount” of illegal…
The Unitarian Universalist Church in Belfast, Maine, is set to hold an “All Ages National Coming Out Day” event on…
A Rockland traffic stop on Saturday led to the seizure of fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamines, as well as the arrest…
New Hampshire’s Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte signed two executive orders on Monday aimed at curtailing the influence of foreign adversaries,…
A messy Democratic primary is buoying Republican hopes to flip a purple House seat during the midterms. Maine State Auditor…
Houlton Town Councilor Jon McLaughlin resigned Friday, effective immediately, following the arrest of the town manager last week. In announcing…
Health care entrepreneur Jonathan Bush is expected to jump into the 2026 Maine governor’s race Wednesday in Belfast a move…
Many consumer products containing “forever chemicals” will be pulled from store shelves throughout Maine beginning next year. Included in this…
Northern Light and Anthem have agreed to a thirty-day extension of their contract, almost immediately after their prior contract lapsed,…
The Honest Elections Project, a non-partisan organization dedicated to ensuring election integrity, submitted two Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) requests…
A Southern Maine Community College student has launched a new chapter of Turning Point USA on campus, just weeks after…
A suspect led Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Deputies on a chase across Turner, Lewiston, and Auburn on Tuesday, smashing into police…