A Cape Elizabeth man has agreed to pay a $1,240,500 settlement following allegations that he fraudulently used taxpayer-funded COVID-19 relief…
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Rockland Police responded to reports of a man under the influence of drugs last week, ultimately leading to the arrest…
Five of the Republican candidates vying for the nomination in next June’s primary to carry the party’s mantle in the…
Portland City Councilor Regina Phillips appeared to acknowledge that she was celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk in response to…
Federal law enforcement arrested a fugitive and suspected Trinitarios gang member in Massachusetts on Monday after he allegedly fired at…
The Maine State Police arrested a 24-year-old Cornish man on Monday after he allegedly made a credible bomb threat against…
U.S. Border Patrol agents operating out of the Fort Fairfield border station arrested a Chinese illegal alien and alleged scammer…
A leading political analyst is blasting – and trying to figure out – Stephen King for his ill-thought-out false claim…
Maine State Police are investigating a crash involving a horse-drawn wagon and a vehicle in the northern part of the…
A Maine State Trooper jumped into the Cobbosseecontee Stream at the West Gardiner/Gardiner line on Sunday, attempting to rescue a…
As the UMaine Black Bears kick off their fall football season they’ve got a new form of mascot competition. A…
By Paul Mills As someone who has spent a career protecting the most vulnerable in our community, from the elderly…
The Maine Young Democrats (MYD) have rejected a proposed joint statement with the Maine Young Republicans (MYR) condemning political violence…
The vice principal of the Scarborough High School died in a fiery crash on Saturday after he allegedly fled from…
A Maine District Attorney, elected in large part thanks to $350,000 in spending from left-wing mega donor George Soros, took…
The Westbrook Police Department arrested a homeless man on Thursday after reports of a string of vehicle burglaries. [RELATED: Vermont…
A former campaign worker for a now-deceased Independent Maine U.S. Senate candidate, Max Linn, was found guilty on Thursday of…
Left-wing megadonor and Maine horror author Stephen King sparked national outrage on Thursday after he falsely claimed on X that…
Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) and New Hampshire’s Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D) — a ranking member of the Senate Foreign…
The handler of a Maine state “comfort dog” who died in a hot car earlier this year is facing charges…
Mainers sounded off earlier this week to weigh in on the implementation and administration of the state’s new Paid Family…
President Donald Trump urged Americans outraged over the assassination of Charlie Kirk to respond to the shooting peacefully in honor…
Maine is set to raise its minimum wage is to $15.10 per hour statewide beginning on January 1 of next…
As the country mourns the horrific assassination of 31-year-old father, husband, and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, some of the teachers…
A little-known disease attacks the body’s neuromuscular system making it difficult for those afflicted by it to get around, but…
Somerset County Sheriff’s deputies fatally shot a Hartland man on Wednesday morning while executing a search warrant at his home…
Democrat Gov. Janet Mills is interviewing staff for a potential U.S. Senate bid, according to a new report. Politico is…
The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency (MDEA) arrested two people and seized over two kilograms of illegal drugs on Tuesday during…
Update: The missing 15-year-old Jason Gilbert, of Garland, has been found and re-united with his family. The Penobscot Sheriff’s Department…
A Southwest Harbor man pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Bangor to three child pornography charges after he…
A Windham man died tragically on Tuesday while refueling his boat after the gas fumes ignited, and he was either…
The Windham Police Department arrested an alleged fugitive on Monday after he reportedly fled from officers who tried to initiate…
UPDATE: Charlie Kirk tragically passed away after he was shot during his Utah event. President Donald Trump issued a statement…
The small Cessna that crashed last month while trying to land at Bangor International Airport came close to slamming into…
Bangor City Council Chair Cara Pelletier, who also serves as the city’s mayor, resigned from her position on Tuesday, citing…
Twenty-six Maine high school seniors have been named semifinalists in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program, the National Merit Scholarship…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has continued to refuse requests from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to…
The Department of Homeland Security has confirmed that the individuals it had detained while a deranged transgender activist attempted to…
Camden cops are hoping someone drops a dime on the pink-stained political activist who damaged $175,000 worth of spanking-new parking…
A former Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) probation officer pleaded guilty to child pornography charges on Friday, with a search…
A native and resident of Lubec, Maine was the oldest to die in the 9/11 terrorist attacks that killed 2,983…
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a crackdown on human traffickers on Thursday, expanding the successful Joint Task Force…
Rep. Anne-Marie Mastraccio (D-Sanford) took to Facebook last month to declare Sanford Police Chief Eric Small, in her words, unfit…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is considering blocking those identifying as transgender from buying firearms after a trans-identifying male opened…
By Ray Richardson Bill Diamond’s life was a study in devotion—devotion to family, to his community of Windham, to the…
An elderly Gray woman allegedly smashed her car through a Brunswick tennis gym on Thursday, sped through multiple active courts,…
A Democratic lawmaker has been summoned by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office for allegedly violating Maine election law during an…
A suspect remains at large in Lewiston following a shooting Wednesday night that left a man hospitalized with multiple gunshot…
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed the largest-ever seizure of methamphetamine precursor chemicals in Texas this week. The chemicals were…
Half a century for kids. That’s the remarkable run so far for a group of otherwise-tough, leather-vested, tattooed guys -…
An apparently intoxicated Lewiston man allegedly attacked Oxford police officers and a K-9 unit with bear spray on Wednesday morning…
Tore it down to go skinny dipping with Snoop Dog
The U.S. Marshal Service arrested two fugitives in Gorham on Tuesday, including a juvenile implicated in a Westbrook shooting incident,…
A Fairfield drug raid on Saturday led to the arrest of two repeat offenders, including a woman who was arrested…
U.S. Marshals arrested a Massachusetts murderer in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Thursday after they allegedly found him fleeing with a…
A Cumberland suds guru is the latest Democrat to announce plans to take on Maine’s senior senator, though the jury’s…
The Saco Police Department arrested a duo of Burlington, Vermont, residents on Friday following a string of vehicle burglaries from…
Two Bangor air-traffic controllers are being recognized for saving a pilot – and innocent civilians on the ground – from…
UK cops cuffed and stuffed Irish comedy writer – and Maine trans critic -Graham Linehan earlier this week for posting…
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is “reviewing” a letter from the U.S. Department of Health and Human…
A Massachusetts man has been arrested on a murder charge in the violent death of a popular Portland chef who…
The Bangor Police Department arrested a Mississippi man in the early morning hours of Labor Day after he allegedly drove…
After the publication of this article, the Maine Housing Authority responded to a request for comment from The Maine Wire.…
Houlton Border Patrol agents arrested an armed and armored man who allegedly illegally entered Canada, nearly struck a Canadian official,…
Two New York women died Saturday after a pontoon boat in Eustis flipped over, dumping seven passengers into the water,…
A Texas woman pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Portland on Thursday to charges related to theft from…
The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry (ACF) issued an urgent warning on Thursday about the invasive Japanese Stiltgrass…
The State of Maine is suing preacher John Andrade Jr., 42, of Brunswick, accusing him of violating the Maine Civil…
A suspect in the killing of a Maine chef allegedly asked neighbors to help him move a mannequin just before…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents took a semi-pro Maine soccer player from Angola into custody last Wednesday as he…
A Maine man has died while swimming after a boat that was drifting away on a Belgrade pond, the second…
Rep. Jared Golden’s (D-Maine) putative primary challenger, State Auditor Matt Dunlap, poses the incumbent congressman a serious threat, according to…
The New Hampshire woman who killed her husband and two children before taking her own life embezzled over $600,000 from…
With schools across America preparing to re-open their doors for another academic year, most parents are feeling pessimistic about the…
With the start of a new school year right around the corner, many parents are preparing anew to consider how…
The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Department found a Plymouth woman dead in the Newport woods on Monday after she had gone…
In a tragic and ironic accident, an eight-year-old girl was struck and killed in Van Buren by an ambulance on…
A massive drug bust in Franklin, New Hampshire, carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, led to the arrests of 27…
A Portland restaurant is mourning its head chef who was suspiciously found dead in a hospital parking lot. Declan Perry,…
Susan Collins is probably used to getting a lot of free advice from various people by now, many of whom…
The Maine Supreme Court has ruled against Bath Iron Works (BIW) and the Maine State Chamber of Commerce in their…
Things are looking up in a small northern Maine town – and residents are outraged. Looking up in two senses.…
The recent string of vehicles crashing into pedestrians continued on Sunday when a Lisbon man allegedly struck a 72-year-old woman…
A contingent of left-wing hecklers banded together to shout at U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) on Tuesday as she headlined…
The ex-wife of Rep. Holly Eaton (D-Deer Island) pleaded guilty on Thursday to two counts of criminal mischief after stealing…
A domestic situation involving an armed man on Monday sparked a shelter-in-place order in Bowdoinham from the Sagadahoc County Emergency…
Gov. Janet Mills (D-Maine) issued a statement on Sunday celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day, but made no mention of peace -…
A new Pine Tree State Poll from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center sought to discern Mainers’ opinions on…
Law enforcement records obtained by the Maine Wire paint a startling picture of life and crime in Lewiston, Maine’s second-largest…
Is the Maine Trust for Local News staff, threatening to expand its union, preparing for a ‘strike’ if it doesn’t…
In the sort of cross-river rivalry known best perhaps to citizens of Lewiston and Auburn, there has long been ‘brewing’…
A judge issued a temporary ruling Wednesday that the State of Texas cannot require the Ten Commandments to be displayed…
The FBI took to X on Monday to celebrate the conviction of a Lewiston man who pleaded guilty on Thursday…
A 9-year-old Vassalboro videographer became an overnight worldwide internet sensation with spectacular footage he took of a fatal Bangor plane…
An out-of-state company that was previously awarded a multi-million contract by the State of Maine to provide transportation to MaineCare…
The FBI raided Trump critic John Bolton’s home at dawn Friday, reportedly in search of secret government documents that the…
A Camden attorney is facing a felony charge for possessing sexually-explicit material, officials said on Thursday. Thomas Karod, 56, was…
Portland Mayor Mark Dion has denied claims that the City agreed to cooperate with federal ICE agents in order to…
Mainers have until August 26 to submit statements for inclusion in the 2025 Citizens’ Guide to the Referendum Election, the…
Chinese-born U.S. Navy sailor Jinchao Wei, 25, was convicted on Wednesday of acting as a spy for the Chinese Communist…