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A Maine State Police trooper responding to a report of domestic violence fatally shot a man at a home in Hiram on Friday morning.
Steven Nelson, 39, of Hiram, confronted Trooper Zachary Fancy with a firearm, state police say. Fancy has been placed on administrative leave while the state attorney general's office investigates the use of deadly force.
The driver in a crash that killed four Maine Maritime Academy students in December 2022 was sentenced to three years in prison and four years of probation in a Hancock County courtroom Friday.
Joshua Goncalves-Radding, 21, was sentenced for four counts of manslaughter and other charges in a Hancock County courtroom on Friday.
The emerald ash borer is likely to kill 500 of the city's 600 ash trees in 5 years. While the city is cutting them down to stop the spread, it is planting a variety of new trees to prevent another mass wipeout.
The emerald ash borer is likely to kill 500 of the city's 600 ash trees in 5 years. While the city is working to cut them down to stop the spread, it is planting a variety of new trees to prevent another mass wipeout.
The Lewiston gunman's ex-girlfriend says he could have easily figured out if she was at Schemengees and would have known she wasn't at Just-in-Time Recreation, the two places Card killed 18 people in October.
Johanna Carr said Robert Card could have easily figured out ahead of time if she was at Schemengees and would have known she wouldn't have been at Just-in-Time Recreation, the two places Card killed 18 people in October.
Robert Card’s erratic behavior at a firing range on Oct. 25 was concerning enough that his friend decided to leave. A few hours later, Card carried out the deadliest mass shooting in Maine history.
The Maine State Police on Friday released more than 3,000 pages of heavily redacted documents from their investigation into the state's deadliest mass shooting.
Each year, we seek seniors who have shown they have what it takes to make a difference in the world.
Here are the stories of 10 outstanding members of the class of 2024 and their achievements so far, sponsored by Dead River Company.
This month, thousands of young people are making one of life’s great transitions at high school graduations across Maine. Each year, we seek seniors who have shown they have what it takes to make a difference in the world. Here are the stories of 10 outstanding members of the class of 2024 and the...
No criminal charges have been filed after a rogue monster truck caused a crash that damaged a utility pole and injured several people on June 1.
Maine State Police released more than 3,000 pages of documents from its investigation into the Lewiston mass shooting on Friday– the first substantial batch of police records to be released.
The release includes more than 3,000 pages of documents from their investigation into the state's deadliest mass shooting.
A 6-year-old died Wednesday after a badminton racquet came apart and struck her head while playing with her brother on vacation in Maine.
Lucy Morgan died after the racquet came apart and struck her head while her family was vacationing in Limerick.
A Gray-New Gloucester Middle School speech therapist accused of assaulting a 12-year-old student is still working for the district.
Thomas Morawiec was issued a summons on Thursday is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 14.
Three Democrats are competing for an open seat representing part of Cape Elizabeth in the Maine House of Representatives.
Michelle Boyer, Cynthia Dill and Kimberly Monaghan are vying to take over the seat held by Democratic Rep. Rebecca Millett, who is not seeking reelection.
The Democratic races in House District 118 and House District 123 are the only legislative primaries that could end up going to ranked choice voting because they involve more than 2 candidates.
Some companies with paid family leave programs of their own object to paying the 1% payroll tax – set to begin in January – during Maine's 16-month startup period.
Some companies that plan to offer their own programs object to paying into the state program during its 16-month startup period. The 1% payroll tax is split evenly between employers and their workers.
Deering High School held its 150th graduation exercises for the Class of 2024 on Thursday at Merrill Auditorium.
'The future isn’t something we enter but something we create…Congratulations to the Class of 2024. The world awaits us,' Deering senior class president Destinie Vor said during their speech.
About 16% of workers in Maine reported their home as their primary worksite, according to American Community Survey data in 2022.
Jobs and worksites that increased in tandem before the pandemic are now diverging: The number of workplaces now exceeds job growth, according to a Maine Department of Labor report.
A dead humpback whale with fishing gear wrapped around its tail was hauled from Casco Bay into Portland Harbor on Thursday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is leading the investigation into the death of the whale known to marine scientists as 'Chunk.'
The device was identified as an Mk 2 gr***de, commonly known as a 'pineapple gr***de,' which was introduced by the U.S. military in 1918.
Just over a week ahead of their last day, students in Brunswick tackled their yearly tradition of forming a two-block "giving chain" from their school to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program.
Students from pre-K through eighth grade lined up from St. John's Catholic School on Pleasant Street to Mid Coast Hunger Prevention Program on Tenney Way. MCHPP welcomed the large donation amid increasing food assistance needs in the region.
Resurgam, a free music and arts festival featuring more than 50 acts, returns to Portland's Old Port this Sunday.
It's just one way you can spend the weekend.
Comedian Dave Attell is in town, Zephyr Ice is serving up cool treats and food trucks are out in force (there's an app that will tell you where).
Here are trucks you're likely to find from York County to the Waterville area and from the southern Midcoast to the Lewiston-Auburn area.
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Competition for Maine's offshore wind port is sharpening as Sprague proposes Mack Point as an alternative to the state's preferred site on nearby Sears Island.
Westbrook’s $21 million free downtown parking garage, after lengthy delays, opened last week.
The garage is open 24/7 on Vertical Way.
Library directors throughout the state say temporarily losing the interlibrary loan system will be a challenge going into their busiest time of year.
Library directors throughout the state say temporarily losing the book sharing will be a challenge going into their busiest time of year.
The gulf is warming 3 times faster than the global average and rising about 2.5 times faster in recent years than it has over the last century, according to the Maine Climate Council.
“All of a sudden I was hip deep in a wet slurry of sand. I couldn’t feel the bottom and I couldn’t get a footing.”
Rangers at the state park were expected to install warning signs telling beachgoers what to do if they step in supersaturated sand.
Maine Millennial columnist Victoria Hugo-Vidal marks a sobriety anniversary.
Another year of sobriety in the books, another tattoo to mark it.
On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic from Indian Island, Maine, who was ready to give his life – and save as many as he could. Now 99, he has a message.
Shay was awarded the Silver Star as well as France's highest honor for repeatedly plunging into the sea and carrying critically wounded soldiers to relative safety, saving them from drowning.
Portland High School held its 203rd graduation ceremony on Wednesday, and the class is an impressive one, the superintendent says.
Off to the workforce and colleges across the state and the nation, Portland High School students celebrated the end of their high school careers with family and friends on Wednesday morning.
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Time lapse of the total solar eclipse from Jackman, Maine. Video by Staff Photographer Gregory Rec
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Brian Sheridan, an independent reseller, sells and runs out of eclipse glasses outside Maine Hardware in Portland. Sheridan was there as a line grew outside the store, which sold out of the last of its 3,000 glasses early Monday morning. Rick Tucker, president of Maine Hardware, said an original shipment of several thousand glasses arrived three weeks ago and “went pretty quickly,” he said. The volume of merchandise sold was the greatest he’s seen in his five years at the business. Even emergencies, such as impending storms, don’t generate comparable sales. Video by Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Find all our eclipse coverage: pressherald.com/2024-eclipse/
Central Maine Power Co. says it expects power outages to stretch into early next week “for some customers in hardest-hit areas.” About half of CMP customers – 316,120 – were in the dark around 5:30 p.m. Videos by Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer and John Southall. Read more: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/04/storm-knocks-out-power-to-more-than-160000-as-snow-blankets-maine/
Hundreds of thousands of Mainers are without power Thursday as a nor’easter brings heavy snow and strong winds to the region, also causing internet outages and serious travel delays in some areas. Videos by Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Read more:https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/04/storm-knocks-out-power-to-more-than-160000-as-snow-blankets-maine/
We're giving 10 lucky readers $100 to one of our restaurant critic’s Best 75 restaurants in Greater Portland. Dig into a bacon-strewn cabbage salad at Wayside Tavern, try a deeply blistered pizza at Quanto Basta or indulge in a chocolate-and-caramel pecan tart from Norimoto Bakery. Winners will select one of the restaurants from the list, answer 5 questions about their experience and snap a photo. We'll publish their answers in print and on pressherald.com. Contest ends April 7. Enter to win: pressherald.com/eat
At eight locations throughout the Wells Reserve at Laudholm, musicians performed one to two songs by different queer composers or composers of color as audience members wandered from location to location. Vigorous Tenderness was started during the pandemic by organizer and musician Kal Sugatski and celebrates each equinox and solstice at a different outdoor locations in Maine.
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This week on "In the Arena," hosts Pat Callaghan, Phil Harriman and Ethan Strimling make some “way too early” predictions for next November. Listen to all the episodes at pressherald.com/inthearena
This week, "In the Arena" takes a look ahead to 2024, diving in to Rep. Jared Golden’s re-election and the likely Biden/Trump matchup in Maine. Listen to the podcast on Maine politics hosted by former TV anchor/reporter Pat Callaghan, former Republican state Sen. Phil Harriman and former Democratic Portland mayor Ethan Strimling here: pressherald.com/2023/11/15/in-the-arena-podcast-ep-7-early-2024-political-predictions/
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