central Maine

Thanks to heavy April Fools rain and snow, our vernal pools are brimming, and in some cases running over with possible minor flooding from Tuesday rainfall.

State police are investigating a fatal car crash in a small central Maine town that killed one man and injured two others. Police say the crash took place on Saturday night in Canaan and killed 55-year-old Scott Miller of Clinton. Miller was a passenger in a car driven by 44-year-old David Johnson of Clinton.

Dense fog slowed the roll in much of New Hampshire and Southern to Central Maine Monday morning, with some North Country patchy black ice. On the other end of the spectrum, Cape Cod experienced some rain showers with temperatures in the 50s. This big swing in weather conditions comes as dry Canadian air fights to hold ground in most of...

Overnight Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s. Tuesday: Sunny, pleasant. Highs in the 60s.

Actor Patrick Dempsey is back in his home state of Maine for an annual bike-and-run fundraiser to support a cancer center. The two-day Dempsey Challenge starts Saturday in Lewiston with 10K and 5K runs. It continues Sunday with cycling events of varying lengths.

We’re very close to enjoying leaf-peeping season across New England

Police are investigating the death of a man who was shot outside a Walmart in Auburn A spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety said 41-year-old Jean Fournier, of Turner, died at Central Maine Medical Center after the shooting Saturday night.

Dustin Wlodkowski joined NECN and NBC10 Boston in March 2019.

We conclude our New England heat wave with more highs in the 90s for the third day in a row. Heat index values stay in the 100-110 degree range through early evening.

One motorcyclist was killed and another was injured after a crash with a car in Maine. State police said a driver crossed the center line on Route 4 in Turner, crashing into two motorcycles Friday afternoon.

One motorcyclist was killed and another was injured after a crash with a car in Maine. State police said a driver crossed the center line on Route 4 in Turner, crashing into two motorcycles Friday afternoon.

The operators of a Maine power company didn’t adequately test a new billing system that proved to be prone to errors when it was rolled out in 2017. That’s the key finding of an investigation by Portland Press Herald that was published Sunday.

The operators of a Maine power company didn’t adequately test a new billing system that proved to be prone to errors when it was rolled out in 2017. That’s the key finding of an investigation by Portland Press Herald that was published Sunday.

Legalized recreational marijuana is coming soon to Maine, but it’s highly unlikely it’s coming to the entire state.

More clouds than sun on this Sunday with drizzle over the North Country while South-eastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod and Islands will stay mostly rain free.

Tonight: Showers and thunder west. Lows in the 60s. Monday: Mix of sun and clouds. Afternoon thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s.

Maine’s law enforcement community is remembering its fallen. On Thursday, hundreds of police officers gathered in Augusta for an annual ceremony, adding one more name to a wall of officers killed in the line of duty. The 86th name to be etched on the memorial is Corporal Eugene Cole of the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.

On Thursday, Maine’s Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to permit a high voltage transmission line through the western Maine woods for its New England Clean Energy Connect effort. The line would allow Central Maine Power to bring power to Massachusetts from hydroelectric dams in Canada along a 145-mile route.

A 13-year-old boy was among those arrested in connection with a beating that left a Maine man dead. State police say three people — a 13-year-old boy; a 17-year-old boy, and 23-year-old Pierre Mousafiri, all of Lewiston — were arrested Thursday morning after months of investigation into the June 2018 beating death of 38-year-old Donald Giusti. The 17-year-old and 13-year-old...

A high voltage power line that is designed bring electricity though the Maine woods into Massachusetts was approved today by officials in Maine. It’s a move that has environmentalists upset.