The homeowners had experienced a power loss in the area where the fire is believed to have originated, according to the fire marshal's office.

Jonathan R. Farmer, 37, graduated from Bowdoin in 2003 and was killed this week in the northern Syrian town of Manbij.

Amanda Beal grew up on a dairy farm in Litchfield and has served as president and CEO of Maine Farmland Trust since 2016.

The biomedical research institute opened its new mouse facility in Ellsworth seven months behind schedule.

Joseph and Amanda Thurston plead guilty to trafficking and are among 7 family members charged.

Officials at Baxter State Park in northern Maine shared a photo of an ice disk that's about 30 or 40 feet wide.

James Burns, 23, waived extradition to Maine to face charges related to the June 2018 thefts.

Five years after a Brunswick man lost his battle with addiction, Maine organizations are working on strategies to fight the problem.

It's very rare nationwide for fathers and daughters to serve in the same legislative chamber.

Religious leaders are criticizing the government's 'intolerant handling of dissent' and its failure to halt economic collapse.

Matthew Vigue was charged with two counts of aggravated drug trafficking after the July 2018 death of Jordon Holmes, police said.

The Maine Department of Labor has scheduled meetings to help workers affected by the closures.

Waterville area police reports for Jan. 18, 2019.

Augusta area police reports for Jan. 18, 2019.

For the third month in a row, the jobless rate in Maine remained the same.

It is unclear if the shark is the famed Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white ever recorded.

planned meeting between Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol in New York last November was called off abruptly.

The Seante majority leader is up for re-election in 2020 in a state where Trump tends to be more popular than he is.

The organization also names an executive director.

Maine has the nation's 7th-highest rate of non-medical opt-outs and high rates of infectious diseases like whooping cough.

The app also allows for a two-way conversation with Maine drug enforcement agents without identifying the person offering the tip.

The roughly 1 percent increase could feed into the Democratic argument that the Trump administration is trying to 'sabotage' coverage for millions.

Local fire departments and snowmobile groups were called on to aid the Maine Warden Service for a wreck on a trail in Roxbury.

The agricultural minister in her homeland called her a 'bad Brazilian' for allegedly tainting the country's image abroad with criticism of deforestation.

Some councilors said the fine could scare some residents away from recycling.

Emails addressed to WHO directors complained about 'systematic racial discrimination' against African staffers and alleged other instances of wrongdoing

A weakened but defiant Prime Minister Theresa May meets lawmakers from ]rival Brexit factions to try to forge a replacement for her rejected European Union exit plan.

Briella Doherty, 10, of Portland will compete along with Hans-Erik Jerosch, 13, of Yarmouth as the U.S. Figure Skating Championships get underway in Detroit on Friday.

Manford C. Rideout, who has been charged with manslaughter, is accused of driving a tow truck across the center line on Route 115 and striking a Toyota Prius driven by Adam Clark of Augusta.

The city's Parking Study Committee is considering parking changes that will result as part of on going downtown revitalization efforts and implementation of a $7.37 million federal BUILD grant it was awarded.

The painkiller's role in the deadly opioid crisis is bringing the Sacklers a new and unwanted kind of attention.

The city took over the national lead in 2016.

Big brewers increase their investments in marijuana producers as part of a push to revive lagging sales, but the strategy comes with risks.

Some are hesitant to apply, knowing they will have to pay back the unemployment benefits when they finally return to work.

Derek Michael Boyce, who taught math at Pine Tree Academy in Freeport, was indicted on more than two dozen charges stemming from his alleged sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl.

Most sectors had more moderate growth than in the previous two years.

The inseparable pair are living there for $1,500 a month, a good deal in the Bay Area's super-tight housing market.

The gourmet shop got Portlanders hooked on handmade Coffee Oreo and other fun flavors created by owner Salli Wason.

Police who went to a home on Stable Road found a person who had been struck with a brick and kicked repeatedly; a second assault victim was found on further investigation.

Rising interest rates, high construction costs and economic uncertainty are all cited as contributing factors.

Friends of Acadia reaches an agreement with the National Park Service to allow volunteers to groom some carriage trails, which they had been barred from doing during the shutdown.

After the Gardiner inauguration, Thom Harnett and Patricia Hart talked about what's been accomplished and what's to come in the city.

Concerned residents address selectmen about the conditions of public roadways.

DNA taken from discarded clothing outside the bank after the robbery led investigators to Dustin L. Everett, of Skowhegan, who eventually confessed to the crime.

While all three occupants of the two vehicles suffered minor injuries, only one, Mona Capenter, of Canaan, was sent to Redington-Fairview in Skowhegan.

The little cafe will have a big new name: Giant.

The largest district in Presque Isle had ended the break, intended to allow students to help with the harvest, but business leaders complained.

Much of the state will get 12 to 18 inches and winds will be especially strong along the coast, threatening power outages, but at least Monday is a holiday for many.

The heaviest snow comes Sunday morning and midday. It's going to be a mess on the roads and travel will be very tough.

Oliver wrote brief, direct pieces that sang of her worship of the outdoors and disdain for greed, despoilment and other human crimes.