Hundreds headed for shelters after an ice storm coated roads, downed tree branches and power lines and left a high of 360,000 Mainers without power. Some waited weeks for the lights to come back on.
Karen Beaudoin
Posted inLocal & State
Brush fire on Woolwich island burns several acres
Over a dozen departments are assisting Woolwich Fire Department in dousing the fire that’s been burning for two days on an island in Hockomock Bay.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Old Orchard Beach gives police dog final salute
Gunther was laid to rest Monday after a sudden medical issue, according to a department Facebook post.
Posted inLocal & State
Tennessee boy and his stuffed bunny reunited thanks to Portland businesses
Bean, a stuffed bunny blanket, was found after Portland Downtown put out the call for a search on social media.
Posted inLife & Culture
Sailing away in a … pumpkin? Only in Damariscotta.
Competitors carved their pumpkins not with faces but so they could fit inside.
Posted inLocal & State
Bath Council unanimously supports bag, foam ban
The city would join several other Maine communities in banning plastic bags and polystyrene containers.
Posted inNation & World
Live coverage of the mass shooting in Las Vegas
Continuing coverage of the tragedy in Las Vegas from NBC News.
Posted inSports, Varsity Maine
Here’s where Maine’s 2017 graduates are playing college sports
Only 2 percent of U.S. high school athletes go on to play collegiate sports at schools that offer athletic scholarships, according to the NCAA. In Maine, nearly 100 high school students from the class of 2017 will play college sports at the highest levels. The Maine Sunday Telegram surveyed coaches and athletic administrators across the […]
Posted inNew England
Hyannis pub employee given credit for saving police officer
Dave Duncan disarmed a man who had approached an officer from behind.
Posted inNew England
Ku Klux Klan newspaper delivered to random homes in Raynham, Mass.
Similar fliers have previously been distributed in several communities in Maine.