A pugged-up sewer that virtually destroyed an elderly Saco woman’s home wasn’t her fault.But city officials stuck her with a bill of nearly $30,000 to clean up the mess in the wake of the sewer…

The day before the one-year anniversary of the shootings, I learned of Ben Dyer and his story of survival and resilience. As President of the Lewiston Firefighters, the year following the shooting was occupied with…

The Brewer Police Department arrested the same man three times in less than a week, beginning on Saturday when he allegedly tried to fight customers leaving a Wilson Street business. [RELATED: Brewer Man Arrested on…

U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner is receiving some unsolicited advice from a member of his own party – the mayor of Portland.Mark Dion, during an appearance on Maine Wire TV, advised Platner to prove how…

The top elected official in Maine’s largest city called on the governor of his own party – who badly defeated him eight years ago – to stop criticizing federal immigration-enforcement police. Portland Mayor Mark Dion,…

The famous major-league star ballplayer Darryl Strawberry once said all addictions are the same.Strawberry actually wasn’t so prescient because he didn’t realize it until it was too late.He was self-admittedly addicted to drugs, sex -…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans to go all-in on what he’s calling the “SAVE America Act,” and he put the central message in all caps: end mail-in ballots. In a Truth Social…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is directing the Secretary of War and other federal departments and agencies to begin identifying and releasing government files related to “alien and extraterrestrial life,” unidentified aerial phenomena…

LEWISTON, Maine – Lewiston City Council President David Chittim sent a note to fellow councilors Thursday evening portraying the council chambers as a pressure cooker, and councilors as the ones forced to absorb “often unwarranted…

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Republican Party headquarters in Augusta was evacuated Thursday afternoon after staff received an envelope containing an unidentified white powder, prompting a hazmat response and an on-site quarantine for people inside…

New polling from the University of New Hampshire Survey Center offers some early insight into the 2028 presidential primary field for both the Democratic and Republican tickets. As the first state in the nation to…

LEWISTON, Maine — The campaign for gubernatorial candidate David Jones is raising new questions about how millions in charitable donations tied to the Lewiston mass shooting were distributed, alleging that tens of thousands of dollars…

Amy McCrea has seen crime from both sides, first as a patrol officer and now as a victim-witness advocate.Bangor Police honored McCrea with a service award Wednesday for her 10 years of work helping crime…

Three weeks after a Maine fisherman and six of his fellow crew members died when their boat went down, searchers see little hope of salvaging the vessel.The victims of the Lily Jean sinking off Gloucester,…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday to increase the production of controversial glyphosate-based herbicides and to grant manufacturers immunity, citing national security concerns. [RELATED: Dyed-in-the-Diet No Longer: MAHA Scores Win in Striking…

Try as it might, the shallow, journalism-challenged Portland Press Herald just can’t catch a break. Amid its impotent efforts to actually cover news, it’s again outdone even itself in the category of incompetence.The paper published…

Thanks to the Trump Administration’s unprecedented release of Medicaid claims data, taxpayers may now get insight into how one of America’s most expensive welfare programs has been spending their money. (Note: The map is based…

Sen. Matt Harrington (R-York) revealed during a work session last week that an AI data center could be coming to his district amid discussion on a bill from Rep. Melanie Sachs (D-Freeport) that would impose…

Central Maine Power (CMP) will again be seeking permission from the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to raise its rates. Despite this, the utility has indicated that ratepayers can expect to see their monthly bills…

A Blue Hill man was sentenced to one year in prison and three years of supervised release in the U.S. District Court in Bangor on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to making a false statement…

A convicted felon who stole 20 firearms from a Brunswick home in 2024 pleaded guilty to an additional charge on Tuesday after he failed to surrender for his prison sentence and was apprehended by U.S.…

PORTLAND, Maine — Portland police are investigating an early-morning shooting outside Amigos Mexican Restaurant & Bar on Dana Street that left a 32-year-old man wounded. Police said officers responded at 1:03 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19,…

Maine lawmakers are now poised to consider a bill that would prohibit competitive electricity providers from charging more than the standard-offer service rate to customers receiving low-income assistance. The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) would…

WASHINGTON — The United States and Iran are again on edge, months after a brief but intense military confrontation that marked the most direct clash between the two nations in years. As of Feb. 19,…