Northern Maine is reporting less than 30% color change with less than 10% leaf drop, according to the 2019 Fall Foliage Report.

Descendants of some of the nearly 200 people who died when the ship went down in 1898 gather at the Maine Historical Society to see the haunting images.

Taxpayers advised to hold off payment until the error is corrected while those who have paid will have the amount credited to their account.

The American Red Cross of Maine is assisting 17 people who have been displaced by Monday's explosion to make sure that their immediate needs are being met.

Locally-sourced food, crafts, speakers, workshops and livestock events are among offerings at the three-day fair, which draws about 60,000 visitors annually.

The company now wants to build the transmission line farther from remote Beattie Pond, which was a sticking point for land-use regulators last week.

Kimberly Nelligan of Bangor pleads not guilty to endangering the welfare of a child.

The Maine Attorney General's Office agrees to cap Anthony Leng's penalty at 40 years in the shooting of Sokha Khuon.

Waterville area police reports for Sept. 18, 2019.

Patrisha McLean found her voice after leaving an abusive marriage, and she wants to use it to help lift the shame and stigma that's attached to victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Waterville City Councilors approved more than $1 million in fire department purchases, including a fire tower truck, a resurfacing of the fire station floor and repairing masonry at the station.

The popular pit stop off Interstate 95 in Hermon known for classic diner food will close for 5 hours overnight starting Oct. 1.

The council votes to authorize the city manager to negotiate a joint development deal for the project.

Police believe the driver likely fell asleep.

Farmington's police chief says fast-thinking maintenance manager Larry Lord saved lives by evacuating employees before the LEAP building was leveled by an explosion that left him gravely injured.

The 25-bed Calais Regional Hospital cites the $25 million it owes nearly 1,900 creditors.

Rosenberg accused the company's largest investor of financial misconduct in a lawsuit he filed in July.

Dr. Calvin Fuhrmann is accused of overprescribing drugs to a man struggling with addiction.

Investigators from the Maine Fire Marshal's Office and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were on the scene Wednesday looking through the debris for clues.

The calendar says summer but the temperature readings are going to be dipping close to freezing across parts of northern New England.

Lukas Mironovas, 16, accused of killing his mother, waived his right Wednesday to a court hearing to determine whether he would be prosecuted as a juvenile or adult at the Capital Judicial Center.

I want those who are going into the trades, the military or the workforce to know that libraries are their lifelong friends, writes Liz Soares.

Opponents of the new requirement for school-age immunizations submit more than enough valid signatures to challenge the law on the March ballot.

Augusta area police reports for Sept. 18, 2019.

The original was the flagship for explorer Christopher Columbus' voyage to discover maritime routes to the Americas in 1492.

Rising sea levels pose a threat to critical systems, ranging from public water supplies to ferry terminals and wharves that support the fishing industry.

Councilors voted 5-1 to approve the zoning change to allow an adult-use marijuana store at 475 Kennedy Memorial Drive with Chiarman Sydney Mayhew the lone dissenter.

The online listing will include the entire collection of the Lewiston artist, who was born in Lewiston in 1877.

The Nao Santa Maria, a copy of Christopher Columbus' flagship, is due to dock at Maine Wharf around 8 a.m.

Nathaniel Bean, 25, was charged Monday with eluding a police officer and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon, a motor vehicle, police said.

Westbrook police held an event Tuesday to help drivers pair their vehicles' Bluetooth technology to their cellphones so they can use them while driving after a ban on hand-held devices takes effect Thursday.

Federal and state investigators are working to pinpoint the source of blast that leveled a newly constructed building and killed a firefighter in Maine.

After shutting down operations on Monday in deference to the tragic death of Farmington Fire Captain Michael Bell just one street over from the fairgrounds, the Farmington Fair has re-opened.

However, full-time and part-time firefighters get 40 hours of training for certification in hazardous materials training.

Two men said a supervisor at Portland's airport targeted them with performance tests that were different than those given to younger employees.

The campaign by 1820 PAC is the latest effort by independent groups – many funded by secretive 'dark money' – to flood Maine with ads in the 2020 U.S. Senate race.

Tyrese Collins will be sentenced at a later date, but the Maine Attorney General's Office will seek no more than 15 years, with all but 10 suspended.

Though many who have enrolled so far are young adults, a new report projects that older, rural Mainers with chronic health problems will eventually account for most of the Medicaid expansion population.

A Republican hopeful from Auburn formally declares his intention to win a U.S. House seat so he can take on what he views as an overreaching federal government.

The potentially deadly virus is found in a single mosquito pool in Lebanon.

Developers Collaborative, a Portland-based property development company, has been working to build out parcels that city officials acquired along Cobbosseecontee Stream at the edge of the city's downtown.

Waterville area police reports for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019.

Eleven homes have been destroyed after the LEAP building exploded yesterday morning, leaving 30 people homeless.

City officials believe there are more medical marijuana businesses operating in Augusta than the three that have applied for licenses.

Police say the child died in October 2018 of probable toxic effects of fentanyl, and have charged a 33-year-old woman with child endangerment.

A 63-year-old man died Sunday, more than a month after he sustained critical injuries in an assault police say was carried out by his neighbor.

Augusta area police reports for Sept. 17, 2019.

Wallit, known previously as Ourly, receives an additional $2.6 million in seed funding after an earlier funding round of $3.4 million.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a Connecticut company a $1.68 million contract for the project.

The City Council, citing the city attorney's advice, says the proposal to publicly finance municipal campaigns would have to go to a charter commission before going to voters.

Police say 25-year-old Nathaniel Bean failed to stop for an officer and forced several cars off the road.

Federal and state officials are working to pinpoint the source of the explosion that killed a firefighter, injured 7 people, destroyed 11 mobile homes and leveled an office building.

Adrienne Bennett, who sounds like a sure-fire candidate, said Tuesday she's made a decision about whether to jump into a GOP primary for the seat and will announce soon.