Police also have interviewed dozens of people in an effort to identify suspects in four fires Thursday morning.
2014
Posted inNews
USM president reverses faculty layoffs
Theodora Kalikow says she is open to alternative plans for cutting the budget and will still eliminate about 35 staff positions.
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Posted inNation & World, News
Cause of deadly Calif. bus-FedEx crash unknown
Both drivers were killed and results of an investigation could take three to six months.
Posted inNation & World, News
Judge says flashing headlights as warning is free speech
A trucker successfully challenges a ticket he received for flashing his headlights to alert another truck driver to a lurking police car.
Posted inNews, Politics
LePage’s plan for special ‘Open for Business Zones’ rejected by Senate
The governor calls the vote ‘the latest attack by job-killing liberal politicians.’
Posted inSports
Bubba Watson goes on birdie spree at the Masters
The fan favorite takes a 3-shot lead into the weekend, while Phil Mickelson misses the cut for the first time in 17 years.
Posted inNews
Maine AG: Trooper justified in shooting Searsmont suspect
Janet Mills said ‘unlawful deadly force was imminently threatened against’ James MacDonald and another trooper.
Posted inNation & World, News
New Hampshire bat population continues to decline
White nose syndrome has killed millions of bats across the Northeast, and several species in New Hampshire have declined by nearly 99 percent.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Family Dollar to close some stores as shoppers are pinched
The national chain, which operates dozens of stores in Maine, hasn’t provided details on where the cuts will occur.
Posted inNews, Politics
Medicaid expansion bill dies, can’t overcome LePage veto
The bill would have extended care to more than 60,000 low-income Mainers. LePage said he didn’t trust the federal government to follow through on its promise to pay for it.