An 18-year-old from South Portland was arrested Friday after deputies say he placed a false 911 call reporting an active…
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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…
Governor Janet Mills (D) said Sunday she expects full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to begin Monday, condemning what…
A closely watched race for an at-large seat on the Westbrook City Council is headed for a recount after a…
A Portland mother is aghast that officials in Maine’s largest immigrant city are now accusing concerned parents of overreacting to…
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In the wake of a top-level staffing exodus in recent weeks, U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) is doubling down…
Governor Janet Mills (D) has directed the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to issue full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Maine School Administrative District (MSAD) 54, encompassing Skowhegan and surrounding towns, held an event for Maine’s “Seventh Annual Day of…
A senior prosecutor has departed the Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office amid allegations of internal conflict and concerns about workplace…
A King Middle School student on the way to school in Portland was attacked Thursday by a stranger, the second…
The nation’s first-ever transgender-identifying state lawmaker, a former New Hampshire Democratic representative for Nashua, pleaded guilty this week to the…
The headlines back then were: Mississippi became the 20th state, the Erie Canal’s construction began, and James Monroe was sworn…
Maine’s Sen. Susan Collins (R) has asked U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to provide disaster assistance to…
A Lewiston man with an extensive criminal history pleaded guilty on Thursday to a manslaughter charge after a 2023 shooting…
Woodland Pulp of Baileyville has announced it is going dark temporarily due to lack of business and in the face…
The Maine State Housing Authority announced Wednesday that an initial round of Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) payments will be…
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey blocked legislation that would withhold lawmakers’ paychecks until the government shutdown ends. Republican Florida Sen.…
U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner (D) held a town hall at the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath Thursday evening,…
A Cape Elizabeth man was arrested Wednesday after police say he fired a gun at a repossession agent who was…
Lewiston police arrested a 19-year-old on Tuesday after he allegedly fired a gun from a parking lot in a mixed…
U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at protecting American specialty crop farmers…
California voters have approved Proposition 50, a redistricting measure that temporarily removes congressional map-drawing authority from the state’s independent redistricting…
Conservatives picked up an additional seat on the Augusta City Council election on Tuesday after a newcomer defeated the incumbent…
The U.S. Marshal Service apprehended an alleged New York murderer on Tuesday after he was found riding an electric scooter…
After many months of negotiations, Northern Light and Anthem have finally agreed upon a new contract, allowing patients to continue…
Police in Paris, Maine, arrested two alleged drug abusers on Monday while enforcing a writ of possession to remove squatters…
State Rep. Tiffany D. Roberts (D-South Berwick) launched her campaign for Maine’s First District Congressional seat in her home town…
By Paul T. McCarrier Maine’s October 27 recall of Yani vape cartridges wasn’t a fluke—it was a warning. The Office…
The public health and safety threat posed by discarded needles used most likely for intravenous drug use has been a…
Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that voters delivered a clear rebuke to proposed changes to Maine’s absentee voting laws, rejecting…
Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) will not seek re-election in the upcoming 2026 midterm elections, he announced on Wednesday, citing increased…
Maine litigator Joshua Dunlap has been confirmed to the U.S .Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, becoming the only…
State Rep. Tiffany Roberts (D-South Berwick) has formally filed paperwork to run for Maine’s First Congressional District, setting up a…
Falmouth residents have narrowly rejected an effort to repeal the town’s new pesticide and fertilizer ordinance, with about 55 percent…
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member and transgender-identifying male Wil Theime, who goes by Ramona, secured victory in the…
Lucas Sirois, the Franklin County businessman accused of leading a multimillion-dollar marijuana conspiracy in western Maine, is now facing new…
Liberal candidates dominated in Augusta’s school board election on Tuesday, retaining two seats and gaining a third previously held by…
There was a ray of hope for Maine conservatives amid a string of failures at the voting booth on Tuesday,…
Biddeford voters have approved the formation of a charter commission, signaling support for a formal review of the city’s governing…
For the second year in a row, voters in Kennebunkport rejected a proposal to construct a new town hall, defeating…
Two contenders emerged victorious Tuesday in the only contested race of the season for the Sanford City Council, as voters…