Maine’s piping plovers are adapting to washed-out beaches after winter storms

Despite washed-out dunes and higher water lines, experts say the endangered piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast appear to be doing well.

Wells man sentenced to 27 years for attacking NYPD officers with machete

Trevor Bickford, 20, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of attempted murder and other charges for attacking police at Times Square with a machete.

Wells man who attacked NYPD officers with knife had untreated mental illness, attorneys say

Trevor Bickford, 20, pleaded guilty to the Dec. 31, 2022, assault and is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court in New York on Thursday. He faces up to 120 years in prison for 3 counts of attempted murder.

Maine State Police investigate fatal crash on Maine Turnpike in Wells

A 53-year-old woman from Albion was killed in the 4-vehicle pileup that brought southbound traffic to a standstill Friday morning.

Biden administration awards $123 million in grants to shore up communities against climate change

Scarborough, Brunswick and Wells are among the communities in Maine that will get funding to conserve areas affected by climate change.

UMaine Extension, Sea Grant to host citizen science trainings in April, May

Indictments handed up in Readfield, Clinton home arson cases

Joseph E. McLaughlin of Readfield and Jamie M. Perry of Waterville were both indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury this month.

Telling Room honors 14 young authors

Local winners are from Lewiston, Jay, Litchfield, Hope, Edgecomb, Norway, Topsham and Palmyra.

Some in Maine cannot sue for decades-old child sex abuse claims

Public institutions, including schools, are immune from lawsuits for the alleged incidents, preventing many from filing civil claims, despite legal reform efforts that have eliminated the statute of limitations. One man who says he was victimized calls it 'another injustice.'

Sanford man sentenced to 2 years probation in connection with U.S. Capitol riot

David Ball, who was spotted wearing a sweatshirt with his company's logo, pleaded guilty to one charge for entering the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.