The father of a Bangor man who drowned in the Kenduskeag Stream while fleeing police in March has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Bangor Police Department and four of its officers. Read More
James Knott invented a marine wire mesh called Aquamesh in 1980 that's now used in 85 percent of all lobster traps in North America. Read More
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services “will take prompt action” to comply with a law requiring that it restore its staff of public health nurses, according to a lawyer defending the department against a lawsuit for its failure to implement the 2017 law. Read More
C21 Investments said it terminated the deal with businessman Kevin Dean because of a law modifying rules for recreational marijuana in Maine. Read More
The cancellation of President Donald Trump's Veterans Day parade came swiftly when senior White House and Pentagon leaders saw the estimated $92 million price tag play out in public, setting off a chaotic volley of tweets and accusations between the president and the mayor of the nation's capital. Read More
The school is 30,000 square feet larger than the one it's replacing. Read More
Troopers say they found the woman on the roof of the house. Read More
A computer virus might have stolen personal information from some 42,000 people associated with Eastern Maine Community College of Bangor. Read More
Both suspects were transported to York County Jail. Their bail has been set at $10,000 cash each. Read More
Three Maine organizations will receive federal money to study and respond to stranded marine mammals on beaches in the wake of a rash of seal deaths. Read More
A Maine lawyer facing disbarment over sexual abuse claims said during a hearing Friday that he wants to be elected district attorney, in part, to qualify for government benefits and then get the treatment he needs for “mental health problems.” Read More
“[Our] society has become polarized, the Congress largely dysfunctional,” George Mitchell said. Read More
It is unclear whether Mona Bector was fired or resigned after less than three months on the job, and the city isn’t saying what happened. Read More
A dump truck hit a Maine Turnpike overpass Friday morning after the truck’s dump body became elevated and struck the bridge. Read More
It's going on all weekend long with balloon launches around 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. all three days. Read More
“The amount of money taken would pay in-state tuition for 29 students and tuition and room and board for 12 students.” Read More
The driver of a pickup truck towing a camper on Route 1 fell asleep and went off the road, slowing traffic at the Nobleboro-Waldoboro line for about an hour the afternoon of Thursday, Aug. 16. Read More
“Anything we ask him to do, he has done.” Read More
Three people who were canoeing between Thomas Point and Howard Point early Friday morning were rescued after their canoes capsized. Read More
The Maine Forest Service is searching for the person or people responsible for dumping a large amount of trash in Fryeburg. Read More
President Donald Trump said Friday he had canceled plans for a Veterans Day military parade, citing the "ridiculously high" price tag — a day after U.S. officials said the November event could cost $92 million, more than three times the price first suggested by the White House. Read More
The truck came to a rest on the east side of Route 1 in Newcastle along the embankment, spilling its load of approximately 35 barrels of baitfish onto the ground. Read More
Bucksport's tilted tower, the Corporal Cole 5K and Elvis Con: Here's what you need to know for Friday. Read More
The owner was inspired to go into business in part by the story of her family's survival of the Holocaust in Poland. Read More
