Maine

Police say a 2-year-old boy in Bath, Maine, shot and wounded his parents after discovering a handgun on a nightstand. Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said Wednesday the mother suffered a leg wound, the father suffered a minor head wound, and the boy was injured by the gun’s recoil. All three were sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries....

Maine is rolling out free fishing licenses, baseball tickets and L.L. Bean gift cards to encourage more residents to get vaccinated before the end of the month, Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday. Mills unveiled the public-private program, “Your Shot To Get Outdoors,” during a virtual discussion President Joe Biden hosted with several governors. “It’s corny, I know,” Mills said...

Maine is rolling out free fishing licenses, baseball tickets and L.L. Bean gift cards to encourage more residents to get vaccinated before the end of the month, Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday.

Maine State Police are investigating the discovery of human remains found over the weekend in Casco. A family member told police they were cleaning out the residence of their father who died earlier in the year on Saturday afternoon when they found the skeletal remains in an outbuilding on the property, located at 196 Poland Springs Road. Police described the…

Could the fourth time be a charm for the launch of the Black Brant XII rocket for NASA?  After a delay last week due to thunderstorms, and two more delays Saturday and Monday nights due to unfavorable upper level wind, the next opportunity is this evening, Tuesday, at 8:05p.m. with a 40-minute launch window.  The delayed shuttle launch will...

The trolls you’ll now find at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay are neither the scary kind that live under bridges nor the ones with funky, “brushable” hair. Instead, the five massive wooden trolls are giant piece of artwork with a message about reconnecting with nature. “This just fits with what people need right now, a reason to...

The Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens have some very large guests that are delighting visitors.

It appears mothers of all species have the same loving instincts for their children.

Emmily Austin, a new mom from Jefferson, Maine, was visiting Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo when Kiki the gorilla took a special interest in Austin’s 5-month old son.

Public health authorities in Maine expect a very active tick season this year and are advising residents and visitors take precautions. Health care providers reported more than 1,100 confirmed and probable cases of Lyme disease to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention in 2020. That was a lower number than the record year that preceded it, but Maine…

University of Maine System seniors are getting their degrees during virtual ceremonies amid the pandemic. The University of Southern Maine and Universities of Maine at Augusta, Fort Kent, Machias, Presque Isle and Farmington held virtual celebrations on Saturday to keep students and staff safe. The University of Maine, the flagship campus, already held most of its commencement events. UMS Chancellor…

A woman was brutally attacked in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine, this week, leaving concern in the community. The woman was walking by herself on Gray Street and talking to her father on the phone around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night when a man tapped her on the shoulder and punched her in the face, according to police. “She…

Based on crude license plate messages, one may be forgiven for assuming Maine doesn’t give two flips about obscenities. Secretary of State Shenna Bellows wants to change that. Bellows, a former director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Maine, testified Tuesday in support of several bills to rein in the wild west that ensued when the state ended...

In Maine, most of the approximately 119,000 vanity plates requested by Maine motorists “show common sense and decency” but more than 400 license plates serve as exceptions, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said.

Maine lawmakers are considering changes to the state’s qualified immunity laws, with the state legislature’s judicial committee holding a hearing on a proposal to eliminate qualified immunity there all together. The push in Maine to end the federal legal rule that protects police officers from civil lawsuits while on the job, comes in the wake of the George Floyd...

The push in Maine to end the federal legal rule that protects police officers from civil lawsuits while on the job, comes in the wake of the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis, recent attention on Maine cases involving officers’ use of deadly force and recent investigations into Maine State Police officer disciplinary practices by the Portland Press Herald and Bangor...

While Maine’s 2020 Census numbers indicated a small, 2.6% bump in population, the numbers’ impact on the outcomes of state political reapportionment and redistricting aren’t fully known. Even though the number of people living in Maine went up by a modest 34,000 people, where exactly those people live is not yet certain, because of a pandemic-related delay in the Census…

New U.S. census numbers should bring redistricting in Maine, which could affect who wins its electoral votes for president.

An iconic New England retailer reached a pandemic milestone Monday morning. At 10 a.m., L.L. Bean removed bolt locks it had installed on approximately 30 customer service doors on its flagship store in Freeport, Maine — returning the location to 24-hour operations. The locks’ presence ended a nearly 70-year streak of the store being unlocked and open 24 hours a…

L.L. Bean is resuming 24-7 service at its flagship store in Freeport, another sign that the state of Maine is recovering from the coronavirus pandemic.