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The Maine Center for Disease Control is investigating an outbreak involving 18 confirmed virus cases at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Those who have tested positive include 13 Maine residents, four New Hampshire residents and one Massachusetts resident, said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the Maine CDC. The outbreak appears to be linked to a group of nine workers who commuted…

New England’s largest state is perhaps its most diverse when it comes to things to see and do, as Maine certainly seems to have a little something for everyone. Here you’ll find rugged fishing villages perched on rocky ledges, deep forests that extend to the Canadian border, jagged peaks that challenge even the best of hikers, laid back beach...

York, Maine has voted to take legal action against neighboring Kittery in order to settle a disputed border. The disputed area between the towns includes nearly 330 feet of frontage along U.S. Route 1. The Portsmouth Herald reports that current maps show a line that weaves back and forth slightly, but York selectmen contend a straight-line border drawn in 1653…

This week’s Restaurant Roundup has closures of many local destinations in the Boston area.

While maintenance continues on Maine’s Piscataqua River Bridge, the multi-year rehab has become more tangible for some drivers recently.
In June, the Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation began a $53 million project that is the first of its kind performed on the bridge since it opened in 1972.

The multi-year rehab on Maine’s Piscataqua River Bridge is causing more inconvenience for commuters now that additional ramps and lanes have been closed.

A major Maine artery is getting a rehab. Over the next three years, the Maine and New Hampshire Departments of Transportation will be repaving and performing maintenance on the Piscataqua River Bridge. The maintenance is part of a $53 million project that’s the first of its kind performed on the bridge since it opened in 1972. Beginning in June, the...

Over the next three years, the Maine and New Hampshire departments of transportation will be repaving and repairing the Piscataqua River Bridge which connects the two New England states.

The number of parties intending to sue the town of Kittery over a bus crash that injured 11 summer campers is growing. The Portsmouth Herald reports that five notices of intent to sue have been filed following the Kittery Community Center bus crash.

The children and driver who were injured in a bus crash in Greenland, New Hampshire, on Friday have been released from area hospitals. Town manager Kendra Amaral says the 21-year-old driver of the Kittery, Maine, recreation department van will be placed on leave as a matter of protocol while the town investigates the circumstances of the crash.

In the fiery debate over so-called “assault-style weapons,” an iconic New England sports shop is still selling them and staying silent.

In the fiery debate over so-called “assault-style weapons,” an iconic New England sports shop is still selling them.

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to its homeport in Kittery, Maine, on Friday following a productive 80-day counter-narcotic patrol that resulted in the seizure of 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth $209 million, according to the Coast Guard.

A bridge being built between New Hampshire and Maine is about to open.

A popular outdoor sporting store in Kittery, Maine, is under fire for selling assault-style weapons.

A popular outdoor sporting store in Kittery, Maine, is under fire for selling assault-style weapons.

A Maine woman who prepared a salad says she realized after a couple of bites her fork was stuck in a 3-inch lizard, minus the tail.

A moving tribute to American veterans is traveling from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery.

Members of a girls soccer team at Traip Academy in Kittery, Maine, hoped to start a conversation when they took a knee during the national anthem, but they were not expecting to be cyberbullied.

Transportation officials from Maine and New Hampshire are getting ready to begin a rehabilitation project on the Piscataqua River Bridge that carries Interstate 95 between Portsmouth and Kittery.