State
See it. Fix it.
Submit your issues using this form. We’ll contact your city to try and get it fixed. Read more »
Hampden firm pokes holes in traditional boat mooring, leaving room for lobsters, crabs and other sea life
MOUNT DESERT, Maine — The Maine shoreline, which stretches for thousands of miles up and down tidal rivers, around islands and along peninsulas, beaches and bays, is known for the relatively pristine habitat it provides to countless millions of sea creatures and plants. But that hasn’t stopped one businessman from ...
Dental professionals fear proposed bill could make it more difficult for patients to get procedures completed
AUGUSTA, Maine — Dental professionals across the state are watching a bill making its way through the Legislature that they say could decrease the quality of dental care in the state and make it more difficult for patients to get procedures completed. Others, however, argue that LD 1230, An Act ...
LePage not allowed to address legislators as panel works out budget deadline
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Senate chairwoman of the budget-writing committee on Sunday declined to allow Gov. Paul LePage to address the panel about a fast-approaching deadline the Legislature faces so the Department of Health and Human Services doesn’t run out of money for payments to care providers. The exchange between ...
Family of third plane crash victim puts Knox County on notice
OWLS HEAD, Maine — Knox County has received the third notice that it may be sued for up to $2 million as a result of a plane crash at the county’s airport in Owls Head that killed three young men. The claims against the county total $6 million. The latest ...
VIDEO
More than 500 help with ground search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
GLENBURN, Maine — Well over 500 people took to the roadsides, woods and bogs of the Glenburn area Sunday in the search for 15-year-old Nichole Cable, who last was seen a week ago. “Thank you for coming to help find my baby girl. It means the world to me that ...
Production of meth, now easier and more portable, growing in Maine
STANDISH, Maine — Already a dangerously accessible drug, experts say methamphetamines are easier to make than ever before, and because it can now be manufactured quickly and almost anywhere, specialized training to neutralize the toxic, explosive — and portable — chemicals is needed in Maine. “All the stuff you see ...
Prayers or no prayers: The boats must go on for South Bristol eighth-graders
BATH, Maine — Last week South Bristol School canceled its traditional blessing of the fleet after a Washington, D.C.-based organization declared the prayer unconstitutional. But on Friday, controversy was kept at bay as the school’s eighth-graders scrambled to finish building the wooden skiffs with an eye toward the June 14 ...
Eighth-grade boat builders
South Bristol eighth-graders work to finish skiffs in the boat shop at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on Friday. South Bristol students have taken part in boat-building projects at the museum for 16 years.
York man dies in single-vehicle crash
Bangor Daily News on May 19, 2013, at 8:46 a.m.
YORK, Maine — Authorities identified a local man who was pronounced dead at the scene of an accident on Route 91 on Saturday afternoon. Timothy R. Gerald, 48, had been traveling west near Kingsbury Lane when the crash occurred, according to a press release from the York Police Department. The ...
Job openings on the rise as Maine slowly climbs back from recession
Two weeks ago, Pete Waterman spray painted a large plywood sign and propped it on his lawn near a bunch of tractors. “Good help wanted.” “To me, ‘help wanted’ didn’t quite explain what I was looking for,” said Waterman, a fourth-generation dairy farmer in Sabattus. “I wanted to let people ...
Motorist dies in York crash
By Michelle Kingston, Foster's Daily Democrat on May 19, 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
YORK, Maine — One person is reportedly dead after a single-vehicle accident on Route 91 on Saturday. A full-size pickup truck went off the road at approximately 3 p.m. and hit a tree, according to emergency dispatchers. York dispatch said the accident occurred near Kingsbury Lane. It is not known ...
Call put out for ground search volunteers in effort to find missing Glenburn teen
GLENBURN, Maine — As the search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable entered its sixth day Saturday, the Maine Warden Service issued a call for ground search volunteers. Although the warden service initially asked that the public stay away from areas of interest so as not to interfere with K-9 ...
VIDEO
Angus King shares his view of IRS scandal
on May 18, 2013, at 2:05 p.m.
Independent Maine Sen. Angus King talked recently about how the Internal Revenue Services singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny. What do you think of the IRS probe? — Question from BDN reader David Davis “Well, there are really two scandals involved here. … No. 1 ...
The IRS is dealing with more than one scandal, says Angus King
By U.S. Sen. Angus King's office on May 18, 2013, at 2:04 p.m.
Independent Sen. Angus King answers a BDN reader question about his thoughts on the Internal Revenue Services probe.
Feeling lucky? Powerball jackpot could exceed $600 million
By Karen Brooks, Reuters on May 18, 2013, at 1:11 p.m.
AUSTIN, Texas — The Powerball jackpot Saturday night could be even higher than the record $600 million being advertised, possibly rivaling the largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history, a Texas Lottery official said on Saturday. “Oftentimes, the advertised amount is lower than what the actual jackpot ends up being,” said ...
Maine State Police lieutenant not disciplined after gun went off inside
AUGUSTA, Maine — An investigation by a division of the Maine State Police was unable to determine why a lieutenant’s firearm accidentally discharged during a computer training session. Lt. Shawn Currie, commander of the state police commercial vehicle enforcement division, was not disciplined after the Feb. 27 incident. Currie was ...
Connecticut police say missing woman may be headed to Maine
By New Haven Register on May 18, 2013, at 6:15 a.m.
MILFORD, Conn. – Police are looking for a 36-year-old woman who went missing May 5, police said. Police said they received a missing person complaint indicating Jennifer Sullivan has not been seen or heard from since she left home. Sullivan is a white female standing 5 foot 2, weighs 150 ...
Ship owner claims Maine, NH negligent in bridge crash
By Jim Haddadin, Foster's Daily Democrat on May 18, 2013, at 6:03 a.m.
PORTSMOUTH — Transportation officials in Maine and New Hampshire are declining to comment on claims that negligence by the two states played a part in the tanker crash that damaged the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. In April, the states filed a lawsuit against the owners of the Harbour Feature, a ...
Since 1971, seven Maine children reported missing have not been found
BANGOR, Maine — Dozens of children are reported missing every month in the state, but almost all are found or return on their own within a couple of days or even hours, Maine Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday. Only about once a decade does a child go missing ...
LePage: State will run out of money for DHHS bills June 10
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s health and human services commissioner said Friday her department only has enough money to pay its bills through June 10. That’s 20 days before her department’s accounts would be replenished by a new state budget. Commissioner Mary Mayhew included the news in a letter sent Friday ...
Call put out for ground search volunteers in effort to find missing Glenburn teen
More than 500 help with ground search for missing Glenburn teen Nichole Cable
Three indicted in Houlton meth bust, endangering welfare of child
One winning ticket sold in Florida in historic $590.5 million Powerball drawing
Job openings on the rise as Maine slowly climbs back from recession
Jeffrey Nugent says his brother Ted Nugent is wrong on background checks
Maine protects a woman’s right to choose
Funding isn’t everything: Education reform takes innovation, cooperation
Strengthening the schools Maine already has
Emma Libby, 15, overcomes ruling to win Sport-4 race at Speedway 95
Marcus Davis wins mixed martial arts main event at NEF VII
For those who are too fat for Abercrombie and Fitch
Market Basket in Biddeford starts hiring 300 workers
Promise of land brought Theriault family to ‘Acadie’ in 1630s
How do I teach my kids it’s not OK to be bullied, even by family?
