The shooting took place about six hours after a peaceful rally in front of the detention center, police spokesman Loretta Cool said. Read More
Maritza’s Place serves a variety of Puerto Rican dishes, including daily empanada specials. Read More
Angela Bonacasa has spent much of her career choreographing combat scenes on stage. So it’s fitting that she would take on a role as well known for its physicality as it is for its words or deeds in one of her first acting performances in nearly two decades. Read More
A small plane that crashed in Montville earlier this month, injuring three people, was on its way to carry out a unique mission — dropping candy from above onto excited kids attending a Waldo County summer camp. Read More
We asked readers to submit their best ideas for the "balcony bear" meme, and you didn't disappoint. Here are some of our favorite submissions from readers on our site and social media. Read More
Audible sobs from family, friends and fellow firefighters from Connecticut and Maine followed the last call for Wells Fire Chief Wayne Vetre at his funeral service held Friday morning at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Wells. Read More
A district court judge has still not rendered a decision in the Paras Pizza case, 12 days after he announced he would do so. Read More
The clock is ticking as Portland city leaders scramble to find permanent housing for hundreds of asylum seekers. Read More
George Casey was arrested and charged with three counts of assault, domestic violence terrorizing and refusing to submit to arrest. Read More
The Portland man struck by a car Wednesday night while skateboarding died Friday night, according to Maine Medical Center. Read More
The suspect charged in a home invasion and brutal assault in Bridgton made his first court appearance Friday. Read More
The suspect in a pair of armed robberies Friday in South Portland remains at large after a search by police and a K9 came up empty. Read More
A Superior Court judge has ruled that the city of Belfast did not violate the law when officials amended the city’s land use plan in April 2018 to allow the Nordic Aquafarms project to move forward. Read More
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Friday to add billions of dollars to a dwindling compensation fund for 9/11 workers. Read More
A U.S. service member was killed in Afghanistan on Saturday, a NATO statement said. Read More
"The only way we can make a criminal case is if someone comes down and claims it." Read More
A proposed housing development in Maine's largest city is facing opposition from some residents and open-space advocates. Read More
When Vice President Mike Pence visited a migrant detention center here Friday, he saw nearly 400 men crammed behind caged fences with not enough room for them all to lie down on the concrete ground. Read More
A 214-year-old church where Stephen King once spoke has been the victim of mysterious thefts. Read More
Scattered across the United States is a colorful subculture of motorcyclists with sidecars, and dogs who ride in those sidecars – canine easy riders, occasionally sharing space with a human passenger or another pooch. Read More
