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11-year-old boy killed in ATV crash in northern Maine, wardens say

An 11-year-old boy was killed when he crashed an all-terrain vehicle while riding on a neighbor’s property in the northern Maine town of Sangerville, wardens said. The neighbor went looking for ...

Maine 18 hours ago

Sweeping gun legislation approved by Maine lawmakers after mass shooting
Maine Apr 17

Maine woman who victims say claimed to be a psychic, Irish heiress faces extradition to UK

Maine April 1, 2024 3:04 pm

Governor calls Maine ‘best place in New England' to watch eclipse, shares safety tips

Maine Gov. Janet Mills held a press conference Monday to promote the state as a top destination for the April 8 total solar eclipse and urge tourists and residents alike to plan ahead so they are able...
Maine March 30, 2024 7:05 pm

Maine man charged with murder in connection to missing person

A 30-year-old Maine man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a missing person’s case. The Maine Department of Public Safety says Joseph Chute, of Leeds, was taken into cust...
Maine March 30, 2024 7:16 am

Maine governor proposes budget revisions to fund housing and child care before April adjournment

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills on Friday unveiled a budget revision that includes additional one-time spending to build more housing for Maine residents, to provide grants to child care providers, and to...
Maine March 29, 2024 2:09 pm

Special Olympics Maine founder accused in lawsuit of grooming, sexually abusing boy

The founder of Special Olympics Maine groomed a 9-year-old boy for sexual abuse that spanned two decades in which he encouraged the victim to accompany him on business trips and provided him with empl...

Maine March 28, 2024 3:08 pm

Maine lawmakers to consider late ‘red flag' proposal after state's deadliest shooting

Maine lawmakers racing toward adjournment are going to consider a so-called “red flag” law allowing family members to petition a judge for temporary removal of guns, thanks to an a 11th-hour bill introduced by the House leader. House Speaker Rachel Talbot Ross, a Democrat, said it’s important to reconsider the previously rejected proposal after a g...
Maine March 28, 2024 3:02 pm

High court rules Maine's ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional

Maine’s highest court has ruled that the state’s longstanding ban on Sunday hunting is constitutional. The court considered a lawsuit that asked whether the ban on hunting game animals such as deer, turkey and moose on Sundays was still necessary. Maine is one of a dwindling number of states that restricts hunting on Sunday. The lawsuit...
Maine March 28, 2024 11:27 am

Skier buried up to his neck following avalanche at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine

A skier at Maine’s Sugarloaf Mountain was buried in snow up to his neck after a 50-foot-wide avalanche last weekend. Nik Krueger told News Center Maine that he was celebrating his 27th birthday with a friend on Sunday and followed another skier down the mountain when suddenly a huge mound of snow let go, falling on the other skier....
Maine March 27, 2024 7:08 pm

Mass. man gets 40 years in prison for fatal attack on domestic partner on Maine beach

A Massachusetts man who beat his domestic partner to death on a beach in Maine was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years in prison. Jeffrey Buchannan had pleaded guilty to murder under a plea agreement. He told police he blacked out before the attack on Rhonda Pattelena, who was bludgeoned with a rock on Short Sands Beach in York on March…
Maine March 27, 2024 7:25 pm

Maine's Cooper Flagg named Gatorade national player of the year

Maine native Cooper Flagg has been named the nation’s top boys high school basketball player for the 2023-24 season. Gatorade announced Wednesday that Flagg, 17, who plays at Montverde Academy in Florida, has been named its 2023-24 Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-9 small forward from Newport, Maine, is committ...
Maine March 27, 2024 2:53 pm

Man dies in house fire in Midcoast Maine

A man died in a house fire in Maine’s Midcoast region on Wednesday morning, accordign to the state fire marshal’s office. Around 7:46 a.m. Wednesday, the St. George Fire Department responded to a house fire on Clark Island Road. While working to extinguish the fire, firefighters found an adult male dead inside the home. The fire marshal...
Maine March 27, 2024 8:25 am

Boy, 11, killed while parking snowmobile in family's Maine garage

An 11-year-old boy crashed a snowmobile and was killed while attempting to park in his family’s garage, game wardens said Tuesday. The boy, who was not wearing a helmet, sped across a field and crashed into a corner of the garage around 7:30 p.m. Monday, said Mark Latti, spokesperson for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Emerge...
Maine March 26, 2024 12:29 pm

New details: Maine commission highlights another missed opportunity before Lewiston shootings

The commission probing Maine’s deadliest mass shooting concluded law enforcement had ample grounds to pursue assault charges against Robert Card for punching a fellow Army reservist in the face six weeks before he killed 18 people in Lewiston. While legal experts and the man he punched concur on that, they say even if charges had been pursued they ...
Farmington March 26, 2024 11:56 am

Maine man wanted in sex assault of a child dies in crash fleeing police

A man being chased by police for allegedly sexually assaulting a child in Farmington, Maine, died on Monday when his car sped over a spike strip and into a tree, police said. Joshua Burdin, a 32-year-old from nearby Strong, Maine, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which took place on South Strong Road in Farmington at about…...
Maine March 26, 2024 8:30 am

Thousands still without power in Maine after Saturday's storm

More than 180,000 residents in Maine’s coastal counties had their power restored, Central Maine Power said Tuesday, following a major weekend storm that unleashed snow and heavy rain across New England. “We continue to make progress in our efforts to restore power to all customers affected by Saturday night’s snow and ice storm,” ...
Maine March 26, 2024 8:03 am

Scammer being held in Maine jail claimed to be psychic, witch, Irish heiress, victims say

She has crisscrossed the country saying she’s an Irish heiress, a psychic and good friends with a movie star in order to run scores of scams, her victims say. But now Marianne Smyth is in a Maine jail awaiting a hearing next month that will decide whether she can be extradited to the United Kingdom over a scam dating...
Maine March 25, 2024 3:14 pm

Man armed with gun prompts shelter in place situation in central Maine

A man with a gun who refused to surrender to police prompted a shelter-in-place order in a neighborhood in Bradford, Maine, on Monday morning. State police said around 9:30 a.m. that they were recommending that people who live on Drake Road shelter in place, but they didn’t say why at the time. Shortly after 10 a.m., they said the...
In Memoriam March 25, 2024 10:05 am

Linda Bean, entrepreneur, GOP activist and granddaughter of LL Bean, has died

Linda L. Bean, a granddaughter of famed outdoor retailer L.L. Bean who became an entrepreneur, philanthropist and conservative activist, has died at age 82.
Maine March 25, 2024 7:50 am

Power restoration in Maine could take days following major weekend storm

Many residents in Maine’s coastal counties are still without power Monday after this past weekend’s storm brought snow and heavy rain through New England, and it could take days for power to be restored. Those counties include Cumberland, York, Lincoln, Waldo, Knox and Sagadahoc, according to Central Maine Power, who said restoration ef...
New England March 22, 2024 1:22 pm

Bird flu is decimating seal colonies. Scientists don't know how to stop it

Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners of the world, disrupting ecosystems and flummoxing scientists who don’t see a clear way to slow the devastating virus.
Maine March 20, 2024 11:15 am

Small plane flipped over by wind gust at Portland airport

A small plane was flipped over by a wind gust Tuesday at an airport in Portland, Maine, according to NBC affiliate News Center Maine. The plane, a single-engine Cessna 172, was unoccupied at Portland International Jetport, when it was overturned by the wind just after 3 p.m. No injuries were reported. The plane was manufactured in 2000 and is owned...

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