Jody Murphy allegedly stole the money by taking funds from municipal bank deposits, town transfer funds and by adding unauthorized stipends to her own paychecks, said an investigator. Read More
After the brakes failed, the wrecker's driver managed to steer the loaded vehicle a quarter mile in reverse through the heart of Ellsworth at speeds reaching 40 mph. Read More
After a two-day nor’easter dumped more than a foot of snow in Maine, residents across the state started digging themselves out to get ready to go back to school or to work on Thursday. Read More
Wednesday’s forecast is less severe, but up to half a foot of fresh snow will pile onto Tuesday's heavy accumulation. Read More
By late Wednesday, a total of between 14 and 20 inches of snow is expected to fall in eastern and northern Maine, including the Bangor area, with the far northern part of the state projected to get between 8 and 15 inches. Read More
The National Weather Service on Tuesday morning issued a blizzard warning for the entire Maine coast until Wednesday morning, saying winds could gust as high as 55 mph in southern and midcoast Maine, and as high as 45 mph east of Penobscot Bay. Read More
Areas in and around Bangor, Lincoln, Millinocket and Greenville could get 18 to 24 inches of snow between Tuesday morning and early Thursday, the weather service said Monday. Read More
Darrell Crandall, who retired as sheriff last month, previously served as MDEA’s northern commander from around 2008 to 2013. Read More
“Bar Harbor is aware that they cannot legally prohibit cruise ships from visiting,” LePage wrote. Read More
Nathan Tapley, 18, of Bucksport was charged on Friday afternoon with terrorizing after police received word of the threat, Bucksport Police Chief Sean Geagan said. Read More
“We never knew what the big picture of our own industry really looked like.” Read More
“We still have a really strong resource out there. It’s a wild resource, so there will always be variables.” Read More
“Small changes in the track of this storm could have a large impact on wind predictions." Read More
Fifth-year student Michael Allen lived in a house where there was at least a shotgun, Police Chief Glenn Moshier said. Read More
Ellsworth police planned to “have an on-duty officer in and out of our three schools at various times” on Monday in response to Allen’s threat. Read More
Valerie Sulya, 80, Bucksport’s sidewalk superintendent, is a one-woman force for accessibility during the messy winter months Read More
A hazardous weather outlook has been issued by the National Weather Service for northern, central, coastal and Down East Maine. Read More
The Maine Department of Marine Resources said it has shut down the Harrington and Pleasant rivers, including Pleasant Bay, as well as the Skillings River and Taunton Bay in the Frenchman Bay area. Read More
“He told the police, ‘I didn't expect you to catch on to this so fast,'" the prosecutor said. Read More
Maine suddenly finds itself at the heart of a fledgling U.S. industry, as a second company pushes to build a huge land-based aquafarm to feed a growing appetite for Atlantic salmon. Read More
