• Maine January 3, 2024 5:28 pm

    Maine State House among 6 state capitols evacuated due to threats Wednesday

    Maine’s state capitol building in Augusta was evacuated Wednesday due to a threat, part of a wave of similar incidents the same day across the country. The threat came via email to a Maine State House employee, state police said. No explosive devices were found and authorities described the threat as a hoax. After learning of the threat around 1:45…

  • death investigation December 15, 2023 12:41 pm

    Man hit and killed by pickup truck on I-95 in Maine

    A man walking on Interstate 95 in Augusta, Maine, was hit and killed by a pickup truck driving down the highway Friday morning, police said. It wasn’t immediately clear why the man, identified as Matthew Galletta, a 55-year-old from Manchester, Maine, was in the right lane of the highway when he was struck about 5:20 a.m. at mile marker 111….

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