Three individuals were arrested Wednesday following a month-long drug investigation in New Gloucester and Lewiston, according to the Maine Drug…
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Democrats on Maine’s Legislative Council voted against a proposed bill that would have outlawed AI-generated child pornography on Thursday as…
Sullivan oysterman Graham Platner enjoys a significant lead over Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) in a heated Senate race despite recent…
Early polling indicates that Mainers are extremely closely divided over both of this November’s referendum questions, according to the latest…
A new analysis by the North Atlantic right whale protectionists actually shows the species thriving, not declining. But as predictable…
The Maine State Police arrested a man in Portland on Friday during a routine traffic stop after he was allegedly…
A 32-year-old man will serve less than two months in jail after sexually assaulting a minor in St. Albans in…
Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has been halted for November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown, leaving…
Former Bears linebacker Dick Butkus, arguably the most notorious animal in NFL history, once described his “goal” when he went…
Chicken magnate Frank Perdue’s marketing genius killed Belfast, Maine as the Chicken Capital of the World – but his magic…
Voters in Washington County are being asked this fall to approve an $11 million bond to help the area fill…
Frustration is reaching a boiling point in Newburgh as local officials say they’ve received no communication from state or federal…
Augusta voters have a chance to reverse the woke agenda and put a conservative majority on their school board, with…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles sharply criticized former Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah’s (D) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing…
The spirit of revival was in abundance when the Cumberland County Republican Committee hosted a community event Tuesday evening to…
Falmouth voters will have the chance next month to weigh in on two local referendum questions — one to repeal…
A Portland attorney has recently been ordered by a Maine Superior Court justice to pay over $1.3 million in damages…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Massachusetts man on Sunday after he allegedly caused a three-car crash when he fell…
Former Republican New Hampshire Sen. John E. Sununu will make another run for his old seat which he held from…
The Norway Police Department arrested a fugitive wanted on domestic violence charges since 2024 on Tuesday following a 12-hour standoff.…
A long-simmering debate in Portland politics has resurfaced as several city councilors continue to decline to stand for the Pledge…
The New Hampshire State Police arrested a California man, Gongping Cheng, 39, of Monterey Park, on Monday after he was…
The Portland Police Department arrested a Biddeford man on drug trafficking charges on Monday following a traffic stop in which…
A New Hampshire woman is facing wrongful voting charges after she was arrested for allegedly requesting an absentee ballot in…
The Fraternal Order of Police, Maine’s largest police union representing more than 1,000 law enforcement officers statewide, announced its formal…
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Planter is once again at the center of a political firestorm after a newly released…
The Kennebec County Sheriff’s Department is working to secure an arrest warrant for a Scarborough man who allegedly stole a…
A Maine parents’ group is working to gather 70,000 signatures in order to put a referendum question on the 2026…
A New Hampshire man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly showed up unannounced at a Lebanon, Maine, home…
Former Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) joined survivors and families of victims from the Lewiston mass shooting in calling for…
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…