Most recent news stories
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Outdoors
Big-game harvests in Maine down from last year, as expected
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Local & State
Work slowdown forces father to ask for help
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Maine Crime
Central Maine Dec. 10 police log
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Local & State
Temperature ties record high for this date in Portland
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Local & State
A 34 million gallon sewer leak in Waterville highlights infrastructure needs, official says
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Politics
Measure to help protect, enhance working waterfronts passes U.S. House
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Maine Crime
Augusta man officials say was out for revenge pleads guilty to assault, driving to endanger
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Local & State
Scenic highway in Jackman ‘worst road’ in Maine
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Schools and Education
Former Carrabec teacher says school found he violated student interaction policy
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Business
Ex-developer Michael Liberty wants other cases delayed while he fights Maine criminal charges
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Schools and Education
State working to resolve glitch in standardized test scores
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Business
Five Maine companies win federal solar power grants
MORE STORIES FROM MAINE, THE NATION AND THE WORLD
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December 10Robert E. Purington III, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to a total of five years in prison.
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December 10The FBI says it has found no signs of any link between a cyberattack on computer systems of Pensacola and the recent attack at the naval air station there.
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December 10The gun's owner, a man from Poland, Maine, told agents he forgot he had the loaded gun in his bag.
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December 10James Sweeney was sentenced to 38 years in prison for beating Wendy Douglas with a baseball bat while she slept.
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December 10Hayden Marshall-Inman was among the 6 confirmed fatalities, which followed warnings of increased seismic activity on White Island, prompting some to question why tourists were allowed to visit the volcanic island.
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December 10Authorities say there were 24 Australians, nine Americans, five New Zealanders, four Germans, two Britons, two Chinese and a Malaysian on the island when the disaster struck.
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December 10Maine's 2nd District congressman says he has 'serious concerns' about the $1 billion plan to bring Quebec hydropower into the New England power grid via a new substation in Lewiston.
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December 10A woman reported that her husband was attacking her father at their Route 27 residence.
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December 10The move comes just months after the most recent been ended with an 8-way tie because they ran out of words to spell.
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December 10The 62,000-square-foot center has been listed with an asking price of $7.2 million.
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16 mins agoJurors in Sharon Carrillo's murder trial hear recordings in which she admits to participating with her husband in the abuse that killed 10-year-old Marissa Kennedy.
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December 10House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced agreement on a modified North American trade pact.
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8 mins agoThe Legislature's Government Oversight Committee approved a 'deeper dive' into the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services after an initial review and outside reports raised questions about accountability.
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December 10Community Health Options claims it is owed nearly $57 million for Affordable Care Act policies, and is the victim of a ‘massive bait-and-switch’ by the government.
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December 10Kimberly Pierce, 35, who began serving a 60-day sentence Monday evening, was found unresponsive in her cell Tuesday morning.
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December 10Democrats will charge President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
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December 10Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002.
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December 10Though the vote was unanimous, some councilors were hesitant to accept such a large parcel, valued at about $885,000, with no established plan for how it will be used or how the town will pay for its management.
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The proposal scales back an ambitious plan to create a $16 million destination waterfront park, originally called Portland Landing, that has drawn criticism from some in the city.
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December 10The five-function vehicle will be financed through a 10-year lease-purchase agreement and comes amid a slew of spending for the Winslow Fire Department.
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December 9Guards at the South Portland facility knocked out two of the 11-year-old's teeth in 2017, the lawsuit contends.
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December 10The facility that would be built at the harness track property would cost the town $2.3 million per year to lease for 30 years.
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December 10Chelsey Cardilli testifies in the trial of Mark Cardilli Jr., saying her brother told her that Somali people are gang members, black people shot by police are at fault and Muslims are terrorists.
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December 9A special election to fill the seat will be held March 3, 2020.
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December 10Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler's gavel gets a vigorous workout in Monday's raucous meeting.
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December 10Thousands of pages of documents obtained by The Washington Post reveal deep frustrations about America's conduct of the Afghanistan war, including the ever-changing U.S. strategy.
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December 10Juice WRLD briefly awoke incoherent but later died after his plane landed at a Chicago airport on Sunday, authorities say.
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December 10The California congressman pleaded guilty last week to campaign finance fraud.
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December 10The Nov. 29 break was sparked by the unusual placement of a sewer pipe inside a stormwater pipe on Water Street in the 1970s and then encasing it in concrete.
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December 10Global commerce is losing its umpire and leaving countries unable to resolve trade disputes at the World Trade Organization.
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December 10A search for details of the life of Anneliese Heinig, the missing mother of two from Richmond, reveal a woman who is loved by family and friends but who also has struggled and had a history of conflict involving law enforcement.
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December 10Sentencing was delayed for both defendants Katherine and Douglas Theriault.
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December 10A salary survey indicated Augusta was paying its employees, on average, less than other comparable municipalities.
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December 10Central Maine area police reports for Dec. 9, 2019.
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December 9Eben Laliberte, a fourth-grader at Rangeley Lakes Regional School, recognized for preventing injuries and more damage to his family's home.
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December 9The shipyard will provide maintenance and modernization support for the Navy's destroyer forces.
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December 10Police divert southbound traffic off the highway at Exit 17 after a pickup truck bursts into flames near the southbound Exit 15 ramp during Monday's rush hour.
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December 10Starting out with a juniors fire training program, the Fairfield and Benton department has partnered with Mid Maine Technical Center in Waterville to offer hands-on experience to high school students in the hope they will join a department in the area or carry on elsewhere.
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December 9The legislation aims to curb rising health care costs, including taking steps to limit “surprise” medical bills that can plague patients treated in emergency rooms.
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December 9The governor had held the bill to boost pay of frontline workers over concerns that it might jeopardize federal Medicaid funding.
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December 9Arctaris Impact Investors has given itself until Dec. 16 to raise the money through a nonprofit.
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December 9House Democrats have reached a tentative agreement with labor leaders and the White House over a rewrite of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal.
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December 10The former Windham man must still serve a 25-year sentence on other charges after being convicted of causing an English man's suicide.
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The missing and injured included New Zealanders and tourists from the U.S., China, Australia, Britain and Malaysia, the prime minister said.
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December 10The proposal by Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, would require the agency to investigate the best ways to monitor and control emissions and odors from petroleum storage tanks.
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December 9A former college baseball player, Peter Frates battled with Lou Gehrig’s disease and helped to inspire a challenge that raised $220 million to fight ALS.
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December 10The social worker testifies that she saw bruises and cuts on the 10-year-old's face but believed her parents when they said their daughter's injuries were self-inflicted.
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December 9Federal authorities are investigating a cyberattack on the city of Pensacola, Florida, home to the naval air station where a Saudi flight student killed three sailors and wounded eight others.
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December 9The findings undercut President Trump’s claim that he was the target of a 'witch hunt.'
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December 9News of his death brings tributes from many in government, business and academia.
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December 9The Supreme Court has left in place a Kentucky law requiring doctors to perform ultrasounds and show fetal images to patients before abortions
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December 9Police are not identifying the woman until her family has been notified.
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December 9The Judiciary Committee holds a contentious 10-hour hearing, with Democrats outlining their case against the president and Trump's allies railing against the ‘absurd’ proceedings.
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December 9The convoy carrying thousands or wreaths will travel down the coast and arrive at Arlington National Cemetary on Dec. 14.
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December 9Police said they have no reports of residents or pets injured by the animal, which officers killed.
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December 9Russian athletes will be allowed to compete in major events only if they are not implicated in positive doping tests or if their data was not manipulated, according to the ruling.
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December 9Thanks to them, 911 callers have yet to feel the pinch of rising costs and a jury-rigged and inadequate funding model.
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December 9Mark Cardilli Jr. is charged with murder in the death of Isahak Muse, who was his younger sister's boyfriend.
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Travis Conway, 40, got a new heart when he was 13 and now has a new kidney, thanks to a former classmate who donated one to a kidney bank so he could receive one that was a match.
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December 9Charlie Hewitt, who who lives in Yarmouth, hung his first 'Hopeful' sign at Woodfords Corner in Portland last May.
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December 9About 100 people gather in Portland to celebrate the life of the 22-year-old who was shot and killed early this year – and to raise money to build a well in Africa.
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December 9NASA tucked some Christmas presents for the station's six-person crew, as well.
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December 9A Justice Department inspector general report is expected to say the FBI had a legitimate basis to open its investigation into ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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December 8Maine gets to enjoy a break from the cold days and nights, but it comes at the price of rain and wind. The dry air at the end of the week marks the return of colder days.
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December 9The House Judiciary Committee chairman says he expects the committee to vote soon on charges against President Trump that will focus on abuse of power on Ukraine and likely obstruction in the congressional inquiry.
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December 8Investigators are also trying to establish whether the killer in the attack at the Pensacola, Florida, naval base acted alone or was part of a larger plot.
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December 9Trump-ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., calls for Saudi Arabia to be suspended from a military training program after a student shot and killed three at a naval base.
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December 9Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders head to the hills in Newry.
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December 8Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders head to the hills in Newry.
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December 8Eight people have been hospitalized so far this flu season, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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December 9On the most recent episode, the Massey family, which has three generations of law enforcement workers, spoke with Chief Jared Mills.
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December 8The Waterville recreation area hosted cross-country ski races Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., drawing approximately 100 participants from across the state.
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December 9The surfaces are safe to drive on, though, according to a Maine Department of Transportation official.
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December 9After shooting a rare perfect target, Gary Hamilton, owner of Farmingdale's Neilson's Sporting Goods, signed a sponsorship deal with Cooper Firearms of Montana.
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December 8Central Maine area police reports for Dec. 8, 2019.
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December 9The company's hardware store and showroom is almost completely restocked at a new temporary location at 10 China Road in Winslow.
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A roundup of cases closed at courts in Augusta and Waterville.
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December 8Spinney gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years.