3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (393+ words) Democrat Troy Jackson is leading U.S. Sen. Susan Collins by 3 percentage points among likely Maine voters in a CNN poll released Wednesday, the latest in a string of surveys with similar findings in the crucial race. The poll, conducted by the…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (300+ words) Sean Frost trapped a 638-pound bear Friday, using a Maine Bear Snare, a pipe cable restraint designed by Chris Hill. Frost, of Skowhegan, brought the bear to Berry’s General Store in West Forks to be registered. “We opened in 1963. I…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (422+ words) MADAWASKA, Maine — Madawaska officials voted to begin the process of removing Town Manager David Daigle during an emergency meeting called earlier this week. The primary reason is related to Daigle’s handling of funding for the town’s recent “NoMa Summerfest” event....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (436+ words) Clancy, a 36-year-old former labor and delivery nurse, doesn’t deny strangling her children in the basement of their home in 2023. Her attorney argues that postpartum psychosis led to her actions, while prosecutors say she knew what she was doing when…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (407+ words) Former Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner is no longer set to speak at a Labor Day rally when he makes his first major public appearance since ending his campaign against Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine. Platner, who won the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (233+ words) The Minneapolis Police Department said two of its officers were among those wounded, and warned the public to stay away from the area. Police did not immediately say how many people were shot, but Hennepin County Medical Center said it…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (269+ words) Donald Trump swept into office for a second term two years ago on promises that he would reduce Americans’ economic pain, particularly at the grocery checkout line. The promise to help our pocketbooks was a pledge millions of voters banked…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (97+ words) Bangor Daily News A man was hit by a train in Auburn on Tuesday afternoon. Cornelius Williams, 32, was pushing a cart along the railroad tracks between Elm and Court streets about 3:24 p.m., according to the Auburn Police Department. The train operators…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (174+ words) Bangor Daily News A Hampden man who allegedly used bank accounts in other people’s names to avoid paying the IRS pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to one count of tax evasion. Brandon Wilson, 55, owed “substantial” back taxes for 2010 through…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (675+ words) Preliminary counts for enrollment across Maine’s seven public universities and law school show that student enrollment could exceed 28,000 this school year, continuing an upward trend in enrollment driven by online learners. Officials said the preliminary head count, which happens before…...