Kelly Hinkle of Columbia Falls has a novel way of celebrating the end of a hard fishing season – by…
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The Livermore Falls Police Department arrested three New York men on Monday and seized significant quantities of drugs after responding…
A Friendship lobsterman drove his boat at two other fishermen, threatening to cut a third mariner’s throat, police say. Chad…
The parent company of the Maine Trust for Local News has failed to file timely proof of its 501(c)3 nonprofit…
The City of Lewiston is preparing to vote next week on whether to approve an artificial intelligence data center at…
Regional School Unit (RSU) 10’s new Mountain Valley Community School will have a co-ed locker room when it opens in…
A Massachusetts federal judge has ruled against the Trump Administration in a case concerning their plan to end billions of…
Penobscot Sheriff’s deputies responded to two alleged domestic violence incidents on Tuesday in separate towns within one hour of each…
Portland Public Health is expanding targeted outreach efforts after state health officials reported a sharp increase in new HIV diagnoses…
The top lobbyist for Maine’s lobstering community is again challenging claims the supply is being “overfished.” After a recent meeting…
A routine stop at a fast-food restaurant turned into a question of policy and principle this week after an Augusta…
The top editor of the largest paper in northcentral Maine apparently feels forced to let you know their staff knows…
An incarcerated sex offender incurred an additional charge of witness tampering on Wednesday after he allegedly smuggled a letter out…
A Portland cable and internet-service provider is laying off 176 workers from its call center, transitioning their work to other…
A Democrat U.S. Senate contender from Maine is suddenly showing off a new suit, while taking a dig at a…
A Florida man was sentenced to two years in prison in the U.S. District Court in Bangor on Friday following…
The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) announced on Wednesday a number of Subway sandwich shop locations throughout the state will…
Just when you thought a young Mainer might be catching a break, The Establishment struck back with a new poll…
A citizen’s initiative aimed at ending the sale and production of recreational cannabis in Maine can now begin collecting signatures…
Dustin Duren, sentenced to 45 years Thursday for blowing off his girlfriend’s head, apparently is quite satisfied with his fate.…
The Houlton Police Department arrested a man late last month after he was allegedly found distributing child pornography. [RELATED: Houlton…
Renys’ decision to close its Congress Street store on December 31 marks more than the end of a 15-year run…
York deputies arrested two wanted thieves in Lebanon on Wednesday after one was found hiding in a residence and the…
The Trump Administration has rolled out TrumpCard.gov, a new federal portal outlining the structure of the high-dollar immigration initiative known…
The Rockland Police Department arrested an Arkansas sex offender on Sunday for failing to comply with sex offender registration, less…
The nomination of Judge Andrew Benson to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine cleared a major hurdle…
Critics abound, and they always will. They should. Pursuing truth is a high calling. Our Founders urged us to test…
A New York City man has admitted he carried out a years-long scheme that combined mortgage fraud and an illegal…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R) and Angus King (I) of Maine on Wednesday announced their nominees to the…
The Sanford Police Department arrested an alleged robber on Sunday who reportedly stole from a Springvale 7-Eleven gas station six…
The Brunswick Police Department busted two alleged poachers on Monday after they were discovered with two dead deer early in…
Regional School Unit (RSU) 9 school board member Griffin Mayhew, 26, representing Wilton, died unexpectedly on Monday, just months after…
Regional School Unit 24 voted Tuesday night to reaffirm its policy requiring students to use bathrooms and compete on sports…
Sen. Susan Collins (R) and Sen. Angus King (I) announced Tuesday that ten Maine organizations will be receiving a combined…
The political firestorm surrounding Gateway Community Services, the Somali-run nonprofit accused of defrauding Maine’s Medicaid system, is rapidly escalating, and…
Bharat Awasarmol, 49, residing in New Jersey, pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to fraud charges related to a…
Two out-of-state investment companies that are buying up trailer parks are among six nationwide under congressional scrutiny. The Joint Economic…
Australia has become the first country in the world to impose a nationwide ban blocking children under 16 from using…
Current Maine State Auditor Matt Dunlap, now running for the Second Congressional District House seat soon to be vacated by…
Portland’s Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a 30-story tower that would become the tallest building in Maine, clearing the…
A new wave of fake federal agents is sweeping Maine, which now leads all U.S. states in scammer border cops…
U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has reached out to members of the Trump Administration urging them to provide relief to…
By Owen McCarthy I grew up in a trailer in Patten, the son of a logger and a lunch lady.…
A tip about a suspicious vehicle led Old Orchard Beach police to a significant drug bust Saturday afternoon. Police officers…
Bangor hooligans were out in force to whine about the cost of preserving freedom on the eve U.S. remembering its…
State Sen. Matthew Harrington (R) is demanding immediate transparency from Gov. Janet Mills (D) after what he describes as a…
A man is facing kidnapping charges after a high-speed chase through New Hampshire. State troopers attempted a traffic stop Saturday…
A Westbrook man who allegedly murdered his neighbor is denying the charge. James Fowler, 48, pleaded not guilty Monday in…
An Androscoggin County man has been charged in connection with shooting and killing a cat, police said. Jake Cyr, 34,…
Multiple national news outlets published reports on Monday citing whistle-blower allegations about fraud and corruption by the Maine-based Gateway Community…
A Maine man who admitted to gunning down a Westbrook couple as their children watched from the backseat has been…
Five people were arrested Thursday in connection with a months-long drug trafficking investigation in Livermore Falls, the Maine Drug Enforcement…
An Iraqi national living unlawfully in the United States was arrested in Ellsworth after federal agents say he attempted to…
President Donald Trump scored another major political victory Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Texas to move forward with…
Just three weeks after receiving one of France’s highest military honors, a decorated WWII veteran from Maine has died. Shay,…
Children in town of Hallowell, on the Western bank of the Kennebec River, are asking Maine Governor Janet Mills for…
In what authorities are calling a brazen and costly theft, a Falmouth oyster farmer has lost years of work and…
A political firestorm in Lewiston is intensifying as Councilor-elect Iman Osman, now indicted on theft-related charges, insists he will take…
The Paris Police Department arrested an alleged homeless burglar on Wednesday, who had been arrested and released twice in November.…
The Rockland Police Department arrested a South Thomaston man on Tuesday after officers allegedly saw him hiding drug paraphernalia during…
A Lewiston man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for illegally possessing a firearm, adding yet another…
Four members of the Lewiston School Committee on Thursday called for Ward 5 representative Iman Osman to resign following his…
The U.S. House of Representatives acted to combat the influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on American schools on…
Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows has joined eleven of her counterparts in sending a letter to the Department of…
President Donald Trump took action on Wednesday to repeal the burdensome fuel standards imposed by the Biden Administration that, according…
A suspect accused of placing two pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2021, is in federal custody…
Democrat Senate hopeful Graham Platner has weathered the news about his tattoo and past Reddit posts, as a new poll…
Lewiston, Maine, once stood as a monument to American resilience, a booming mill city powered by the Androscoggin River, strengthened…
An early-morning fire at the former Noble Barbeque building on Forest Avenue brought a full Portland Fire Department response Wednesday,…
More than 500 Portland-area high school students walked out of class Wednesday and marched through the city’s downtown in a…
The Florida boat that flipped killing a Maine couple and their friend was going as fast as 80 mph at…
Portland Public Schools Superintendent Ryan Scallon issued a forceful statement Wednesday denouncing President Donald Trump’s recent comments about Somali immigrants,…
With temperatures expected to plunge into dangerous territory beginning Thursday, Portland officials will activate the city’s winter warming center, a…
A Portland man accused of stabbing his roommate to death has pushed his bail hearing into next year after refusing…
A Lewiston city councilor is sharply criticizing the city’s School Committee after it voted last Monday to block an investigation…
Two Bangor residents were arrested on Monday after they allegedly fled the scene of a drunk driving crash. [RELATED: Brunswick…
The owner of a York driving academy is facing assault and disorderly-conduct charges, police said. Stephen Graziano, a driving instructor…
Trump administration officials said Tuesday they will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting…
Residents in Lyman say tractor-trailers continue to travel down Route 35 southbound despite the road being clearly closed as crews…
Three people with connections to Maine were killed over the weekend in a high-speed boating crash in the Florida Keys,…
Maine lawmakers have scheduled a work session for a bipartisan bill that would subject state agencies to zero-based budgeting once…
Nearly $40 million in long-awaited home heating aid is finally headed to Maine after the Department of Health and Human…
Maine leaders are sounding alarms over a federal effort to tighten commercial driver’s license rules, but their warnings focus on…
The Trump administration’s sharp escalation of immigration enforcement is creating new uncertainty across Maine’s immigrant and refugee communities, recent reports…
It is now a national news story, even in the liberal media: a massive Somali-linked welfare fraud scandal. This troubling…
An 81-year-old man from Kennebunk was seriously injured Tuesday evening when the Ford F-150 he was driving went veering off…
Hard to believe a tiny nut-gathering beast can still disrupt life in the 21st century, even to the point of…
Portland ushered in the holiday season Friday night as crowds filled Monument Square for the city’s annual tree-lighting ceremony. The…
ICE agents were allegedly spotted on the University of Maine Farmington Campus last week, inspiring taxpayer-funded professors to attempt recording…
Scarborough police are searching for a man who robbed the Chase Bank on Hannaford Drive Wednesday afternoon before fleeing in…
A trio of squatters fled from an abandoned home in Augusta on Saturday after it caught fire, authorities say. [RELATED:…
Hancock County Commissioners have approved a four-day workweek for county employees but agreed to keep operating hours unchanged to preserve…
A Calais city worker says he has no plans to resign from the city council despite voters deciding he should.…
A 78-year-old woman breathed a well-deserved sigh of relief after summiting Mount Katahdin in Maine on November 21. Or, maybe,…
The New Hampshire State Police arrested a Massachusetts fugitive wanted by the U.S. Marshals on Tuesday after he allegedly slammed…
The State of Maine has joined a coalition of 20 other states in suing the U.S. Department of Housing and…
A Jay man was sentenced to four years in prison on Tuesday after selling drugs to a confidential informant and…
A former director of the state forestry division who also served on two Maine city councils is being remembered for…
The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department received an unusual call on Tuesday when they were asked for assistance with an unexploded…
Portland officials are launching a community survey aimed at gathering broad public input on city programs and services, inviting residents…