Maine lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require political communications using images or videos that have been manipulated or altered to include a disclaimer. House lawmakers approved the bill in a largely partisan roll call vote of 73-65, so it will now be sent to the Senate for further consideration. No House Democrats voted against the measure, meanwhile only one Republican voted in favor of it. This reflects the split that emerged earlier this…

A Maine farmhand denied asylum in Ireland has been arrested in the killing and dismemberment of an Irish farmer for whom he had been working.Michael Kelley, 54, was arrested in Ireland last week on a murder charge.Kelley used to live in coastal Waldo County, Maine, just north of Camden, before leaving to seek asylum in Ireland.The former U.S. Army trooper allegedly killed Michael Gaine, a sheep farmer in Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland, last year.Gaine, 56,…

Democrats in Maine’s Legislature put forward a bill that appears to be a thinly veiled attempt to hinder ICE from holding any detainees in the state’s jails under the guise of increasing access to facilities for Maine law enforcement. [RELATED: DHS Slams Sheriff Joyce After “Bush League” Arrest Critique — ICE Pulls Detainees from Cumberland County Jail, HSI Subpoenas I-9 Records…] Sen. Rachel Talbot-Ross (D-Cumberland) sponsored LD 2058, titled “An Act to Require Municipal and…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Maine’s most prominent astronaut is back in space, and she’s in charge. Dr. Jessica Meir, a Caribou native, served as spacecraft commander as NASA and SpaceX launched the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station early Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, sending four crew members to an orbiting lab that has been running well below normal staffing levels. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 5:15 a.m. EST from Cape Canaveral Space…

A Coast Guard cutter that previously patrolled off the coast of Maine just hauled in 13,000 pounds of cocaine, officials said. The 270-foot cutter Seneca and its sister ships seized a total of 200,000 pounds in Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard announced. “Operation Pacific Viper has proven to be a crucial weapon in the fight against foreign drug traffickers and cartels in Latin America and has sent a clear message that we will disrupt,…

A 71-year-old woman was tragically killed on Wednesday after her vehicle was struck while she was parked on the shoulder of Harpswell Island Road. [RELATED: Two Maine DOT Workers Killed After Driver Failed to Stop at a Stop Sign in a Waterville Work Zone…] At around 2:49 p.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department received a report of a crash on Harpswell Island Road in Harpswell, near the intersection with Tower Hill Road. Deputies and the…

A hotly-contested Republican state-senate primary is brewing in the easternmost region of the U.S., along the shores of the Atlantic. The spirited Senate District 6 contest pits term-limited House Minority Leader Billy Bob Faulkingham of Hancock County against former state Rep. Kenneth “Bucket” Davis of Washington County. The majority of votes are in Washington County but Faulkingham is arguing he knows the coast and its peculiarities as well as or better than Davis does. Republican…

It was a tragedy piled on a tragedy is how one Lincoln County resident described the December 27 homicide of a 41-year-old Corinth woman, allegedly at the hands of her 22-year-old son, who until recently lived in Damariscotta and Waldoboro. Penobscot County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Daniel Derosier on Saturday after he fled the trailer where he’d been staying with his birth-mother, Abigail Thomas, lay slain by a gunshot wound. Witnesses told law enforcement Derosier pulled…

PORTLAND, Maine — Crews battled a large fire Friday evening on Commercial Street along Portland’s working waterfront, prompting a third-alarm response at Custom House Wharf, according to the Portland Fire Department. People on Casco Bay Lines ferries saw the flames on Custom House Wharf and called the Portland Fire Department around 5:30 p.m. https://twitter.com/portlandoldport/status/2004709580010369041?s=46 At a press conference Friday night, Deputy Fire Chief John Hendrix said the fire burned primary electrical lines, creating a significant…

Penobscot Sheriff’s deputies responded to two alleged domestic violence incidents on Tuesday in separate towns within one hour of each other. [RELATED: Houlton Man Arrested for Domestic Violence and Distributing Child Porn…] The first of the incidents took place in Orrington when deputies received a 911 call at 9:25 a.m. from a woman living on Fowler Road stating that a man, Winston Harmon, 19, of the Orrington/Holden area, was violating his bail conditions by coming…

Renys’ decision to close its Congress Street store on December 31 marks more than the end of a 15-year run for one of Maine’s most beloved retailers — it underscores a worsening pattern of empty storefronts, declining foot traffic, and stubborn post-pandemic challenges that Portland has yet to effectively address. The closure removes one of the few remaining anchor-style retailers in the downtown corridor and adds another darkened window to a stretch of Congress Street…

Portland’s Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously approved a 30-story tower that would become the tallest building in Maine, clearing the way for a sweeping redevelopment plan in the heart of the Old Port. The proposed high-rise at 45 Union Street, part of the Old Port Square project, would stand about 380 feet tall and include more than 70 residential units, an 88-room hotel, commercial space, and a top-floor restaurant. The project is the first major…

Woodland Pulp of Baileyville has announced it is going dark temporarily due to lack of business and in the face of continuing challenges facing the industry. The company “will pause manufacturing at its Baileyville pulp mill and wood chip plant from late November to mid-December,” a spokesman said. Woodland is Washington County’s largest employer, and the layoffs will apply to about a third of the mill workforce. Spokesman Scott Beal attributed the “extended downtime” to…

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles sharply criticized former Maine CDC Director Nirav Shah’s (D) handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, accusing him of using emergency powers to lock down the state and impose harsh mandates that he said damaged education, health care, and families. Charles’ broadside coincided with Shah’s announcement on Monday that he seeking the Democrat Party’s nomination to run for Governor of Maine. In a statement released by his campaign on social media, Charles…

A Portland attorney has recently been ordered by a Maine Superior Court justice to pay over $1.3 million in damages to one of his former clients, a whopping judgement in a rarely-awarded case of legal malpractice. Stemming from conduct associated with a 2016 personal injury case, Anthony Sineni and The Law Offices of Anthony J. Sineni III, LLC were found to have engaged in “professional negligence” with respect to the responsibilities owed to their client,…