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A massive industrial fire at a potato processing plant in Maine last week has been ruled accidental, the state fire marshal’s office said Wednesday. The Penobscot McCrum plant in Belfast, Maine, a facility which contains tanks full of ammonia, caught fire around 3:30 a.m. on March 24, prompting the response of a hazmat team in addition to the local fire…

Nearby residents were either evacuated or told to shelter in place due to hazardous conditions.

A huge fire is burning at the Penobscot McCrum plant in Belfast, Maine, on Thursday.

A massive industrial fire at a potato processing plant in Maine has forced the evacuation of the area surrounding the complex Thursday morning. The Penobscot McCrum plant in Belfast, Maine, a facility which contains tanks full of ammonia, caught fire early Thursday morning around 3:30 a.m., prompting the response of a hazmat team in addition to the local fire department….

The Oscar Nominations are out! The Best Picture List contains some expected nods like Licorice Pizza and The Power of the Dog, but one actress who was an odds-on favorite was left out of the Best Actress category. Derek Zagami has it all.

Hopes that a few of last year’s biggest box-office hits, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” and “No Time to Die,” might join the best-picture Oscar race were dealt a blow Thursday when several of Hollywood’s top guilds announced their film nominations.

What movies should you see now that the holidays are over? From Ben Affleck in The Tender Bar, shot in Boston, to Belfast, Red Rocket and more, DJ Bean breaks it all down.

The initiative combines industry and academia, and will look to establish projects from 2022.

Kenneth Branagh’s semi-autobiographical “Belfast,” a black-and-white family drama about the Northern Ireland city in the tumult of the late 1960s, on Saturday won the Toronto International Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award, a telling indicator of Academy Awards chances

The massive bathtub rubber ducky that appeared all of a sudden in Belfast, Maine, last week disappeared Saturday evening, after becoming a hit both on the harbor and on the internet.

The massive rubbery ducky that was parked in the harbor in Belfast, Maine, went missing over the weekend, leaving onlookers who’d come to see the viral sensation from “The Land of Misfit Toys” disappointed.

Call it public art, a bit of whimsy or simply funny, but a giant rubber duck has mysteriously appeared in the busy harbor of Belfast, Maine. The funny fowl, anchored in the water between a pedestrian bridge and the town landing, is big enough to make to make two people and a raft look small. According to the city’s...

This giant, rubber duck appeared in the harbor in Belfast, Maine — and no one seems to know why.

Police say a 9-year-old boy is dead following an incident involving a tow truck in Belfast, Maine. Emergency crews responded Monday afternoon to a parking lot where the boy was injured. He was taken to Waldo County General Hospital where he died. Police declined to provide additional details about the incident, and the boy’s name was not immediately released....

Police in Maine are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy who died after a family member brought him to a hospital in Belfast. Police have not released the name of the child or family members. The Bangor Daily News reports the state police’s major crimes unit is investigating the death, which happened in Stockton Springs. Police have also...

There was a dramatic, adrenaline-filled water rescue on a cold, windy Maine day this week — and it involved a goat.  On Tuesday, a local woman became a hero when she jumped in a kayak to help a shivering, soggy, swimming goat that had escaped from the veterinarian in Belfast.  The water portion of the rescue started when Jerri Holmes…

On Tuesday, a local woman became a hero when she jumped in a kayak to help a shivery, soggy, swimming goat that had escaped from the vet.

A school board chair in Maine has resigned after using profanity to describe supporters of President Donald Trump on her personal Facebook page. Caitlin Hills, chair of Regional School Unit 71, urged those who backed the president to unfriend her, the Bangor Daily News reported. Hills later deleted the Facebook post, but not before many had seen it. The district...

Dozens of Maine residents told the state they’re opposed to the building of a large salmon farm in the coastal city of Belfast. The proposal from Norwegian-owned Nordic Aquafarms would create a $500 million salmon farm that uses land-based facilities to grow the fish for human consumption.

A Maine man was shot and injured Tuesday night in a confrontation with a state trooper outside his home in Thorndike. State police said Eric Fitzpatrick, 33, was shot twice by a trooper who was called to the home on Ward Hill Road at about 11 p.m. because of a domestic disturbance.