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01/23/2025

The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the fire on Meadow View Lane, which left one adult male with life-threatening burns who was taken to Maine Medical Center in Portland.

Four people were displaced after a fire burned an apartment complex in Ellsworth Wednesday morning.

01/23/2025

The James Beard Awards carry prestige in the culinary arts and hospitality industries.

Half of the semifinalists are from Portland, including two for best chef in the Northeast

01/23/2025

The company operates 481 miles of track across Maine and runs through the cities of Winthrop, Waterville, Auburn, and Lewiston.

News CSX Quadrupling Speed of its Trains in Maine 7 hours ago in Local Freight train operator CSX is alerting Maine residents that it’s increasing the speed of its trains in some areas from roughly 10 mph to 40 mph, which is four times faster. CSX says it plans to phase in the speed increases ove...

01/23/2025

Happy National Pie Day Everyone!! What's your favorite Pie and best place for it?

01/22/2025

You Tell Us:
Do you support Trump’s pardons of the January 6th rioters?

01/22/2025

According to police, Zintchenko burglarized over 20 vehicles throughout the night. Officers were able to recover some of the stolen property.

Officers say they got a call about an attempted car break-in on McKeen Street at 2:30 am Sunday.

01/22/2025

National HOT Sauce Day!
Let's hear your HOT Takes of The Day and post the best HOT Sauce!

01/22/2025

Golden is also aligning with two Republicans on the bill. It’s co-sponsored by Iowa 2nd District Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, while Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst has introduced companion legislation in the Senate.

The measure would bar new construction, renovation, or lease renewal of agencies headquartered in the D.C

01/22/2025

In a statement, Frey said “The election did not change the Constitution, and legal action is required to remind the President that his oath is to uphold that sacred document, not rewrite it.”

Maine's Attorney General is joining a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship.

01/22/2025

The report highlighted several cases in which allegations were not investigated quickly or thoroughly enough, children remained in unsafe situations after investigations, or children were placed in unsafe environments after removal.

A federal report shows Maine is finding more child abuse and neglect than most other states, but not necessarily keeping children any safer.

01/22/2025

Collins issued a statement Tuesday condemning President Trump’s pardon of people engaged in violence on January 6th.

Collins chided both sides for their actions. 

01/21/2025

Officers were called to the area of Medway and Grindstone Roads where they saw signs of a crash but couldn’t find the vehicle until it was spotted several hundred feet into the woods over an embankment.

The driver had to be extricated with the jaws of life with serious injuries.

The driver had to be extricated with the jaws of life with serious injuries.

01/21/2025

Collins released a statement Monday, saying the “problem is not the platform but rather its control by the Chinese Communist Party.”

Collins released a statement, saying the problem is not the platform but its control by the Chinese Communist Party.

01/21/2025

The deal came as Joe Biden, who oversaw the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, handed power over to returning President Donald Trump. The Taliban praised the swap as a step toward the “normalization” of ties between the U.S. and Afghanistan, but that likely remains a tall order as most countries in the world still don’t recognize their rule.

News Taliban say 2 Americans held in Afghanistan were freed in a prisoner exchange 13 seconds ago in National Photo: Associated Press/This family photo shows Ryan Corbett holding rabbits with his daughter Miriam and son Caleb in Kabul, Afghanistan in 2020. (Anna Corbett via AP) ISLAMABAD (AP) — A...

01/21/2025

President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including people convicted of assaulting police officers, using his clemency powers on his first day back in office to undo the massive prosecution of the unprecedented assault on the seat of American democracy.

News Trump grants sweeping pardon of Jan. 6 defendants 16 seconds ago in National /President Donald Trump holds up an executive order commuting sentences for people convicted of Jan. 6 offenses in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHIN...

01/21/2025

Via Topsham Police Department
The Rt. 196 bridge between Topsham/Brunswick is closed. Rerouting traffic to Main St. into Brunswick to access Rt. 1.

Police handling an incident on the bridge.

01/19/2025

During the winter months, public parking lots at Waterman Drive (between E Street and C Street), Boat Launch at Bug Light Park, and the Willard Beach parking lot on Willow Street are available for city residents and their guests to temporarily park during the winter parking ban.

01/19/2025

The man drove the rented truck 450 yards onto Echo Lake before breaking through 5 inches of ice at around 4:45 am Saturday.