[Feb 09th 2012] A former Presque Isle woman has given Northern Maine Community College a $5-million dollar gift. Mary Barton Akeley Smith now lives in California. Her donation will proved most of the $6-million dollars needed to renovate two buildings on th... - read on...

[Feb 09th 2012] The former head of the Maine Turnpike pleaded guilty to theft charges Thursday afternoon in a Portland courtroom. Paul Violette appeared in court around 3 p.m. He is charged with unauthorized use of turnpike gift cards and using turnpike autho... - read on...

[Feb 08th 2012] A Lewiston man is going to jail for two years after pleading guilty Wednesday to assault, criminal threatening and violating a protection order. Robert Vicino's sentence was part of a plea deal. Last June, a woman reported Vicino grabbed her... - read on...

[Feb 08th 2012] Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney will pay his first campaign visit to Maine. Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster says the former Massachusetts governor is expected to speak Friday evening at a rally at Portland Yacht Services, a day b... - read on...

[Feb 07th 2012] Maine's highest court has upheld the conviction of a Portland man who is serving 60 years in prison for strangling his girlfriend and cutting off her head. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday rejected Chad Gurney's appeal of his convictio... - read on...

[Feb 07th 2012] A casino scheduled to open later this year in western Maine is coming under fire for going out of state in its search for workers. The Oxford Casino posted 22 openings on casinocareers.com, including security officers, dealers, a human ... - read on...

[Feb 07th 2012] A barge called the Cape Cod moved into position Tuesday underneath the Memorial Bridge, that links Maine and New Hampshire, to begin the demolition process. Crews will then disconnect the 2-million-pound bridge span from its supporting cable a... - read on...

[Feb 06th 2012] The city of Portland has granted a four-day extension to allow Occupy Maine demonstrators more time to remove their belongings from Lincoln Park. City spokeswoman Nicole Clegg says an attorney for the demonstrators made the request and the city... - read on...

[Feb 06th 2012] Police in Vermont say seven people are facing charges in connection with about 100 burglaries in five states. Most of the burglaries - 60 of them - happened in Vermont. Another 30 were in New Hampshire, plus four in Maine, four in Massachusetts... - read on...

[Feb 01st 2012] Reservations for one of Maine's most popular campgrounds, Sebago Lake State Park, are being accepted. State park officials say the reservation system will be open for Sebago only on Wednesday, and for all state park campgrounds next Monday. The... - read on...

[Feb 01st 2012] A 9-year-old Hollis girl is heading home after a groundbreaking multiple organ transplant at Children's Hospital Boston. Alannah Shevenell of Hollis underwent 14 hours of surgery in October to remove an aggressive tumor and to undergo a transpl... - read on...

[Feb 01st 2012] A treasure hunter from Maine says he has located and will soon start salvaging what he's calling the most valuable sunken treasure ever found. Greg Brooks of Sub Sea Research says a wreck 50 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., is that of the Port Ni... - read on...

[Jan 31st 2012] A Biddeford man wounded during an exchange of gunfire with U.S. marshals last week has made his first court appearance. Arien L'Italien waived his right to a probable cause hearing and consented to federal detention after the hearing Monday whe... - read on...

[Jan 24th 2012] The Maine Human Rights Commission has ruled that a real estate management company did little to stop the harassment of a gay couple living in a Waldoboro apartment complex. In January 2009, the couple Joseph Bonnadio II and William Paquet told ... - read on...

[Jan 24th 2012] Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul will be in Maine this weekend. He'll speak at the University of Southern Maine, Gorham campus, at 11am Saturday morning. The President of USM's student body helped organize Paul's appearance. Mai... - read on...

[Jan 24th 2012] Accused of acting unprofessionally and unacceptably toward city workers, Caribou's fire chief has resigned. Roy Woods worked for the city for forty-three years. In his letter of resignation, he cited medical issues as his reason. Caribou ... - read on...

[Jan 23rd 2012] The arrival of Southwest Airlines in Portland, Maine, is expected to give a boost to the number of travelers using the Portland International Jetport. Paul Bradbury, airport director, said the terminal expansion was designed with a passenger in... - read on...

[Jan 23rd 2012] Police in Maine are looking for a man driving a truck with New Hampshire license plates who they said sexually assaulted a woman after her vehicle became stuck on ice. The 41-year-old woman told police her car was stuck in Sebago when a passing... - read on...

[Jan 23rd 2012] A Maine credit union employee accused of embezzling more than a half million dollars is going to federal prison. U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II says Marsha Richard, 42, of Topsham was sentenced Monday to 33 months in prison for theft by a... - read on...

[Jan 23rd 2012] U.S. Census figures show the number of households using wood as a primary heating source nearly doubled in Maine from 2000 to 2010. Nationwide, the use of wood grew by a third over the decade. Dan Stevens of Gardiner, Maine, says he got rid of ... - read on...

[Jan 20th 2012] Regulators have upped the amount of shrimp that can be caught in the Gulf of Maine, but some say the higher catch limit won't make much difference. More than 150 fishermen and processors packed into a meeting room Thursday morning in South Port... - read on...

[Jan 20th 2012] A Syracuse newspaper is reporting a man from Maine who accused fired Syracuse basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him wants police to end the investigation. In a text message to the Syracuse Post-Standard, Zachary Tomaselli, 23, says he w... - read on...

[Jan 20th 2012] The Maine medical examiner says a 41-year-old Canadian man who died on the way to the hospital after hitting a tree at the Sugarloaf ski resort succumbed to chest injuries. The medical examiner released David Morse's cause of death on W... - read on...

[Jan 19th 2012] It looks like former Maine Turnpike Chief Paul Violette will go to prison for five years. The Maine Attorney General's office accuses him of stealing gift cards and money to pay for personal travel, meals and other expenses. Violette was Exe... - read on...

[Jan 19th 2012] Central Maine Power Company has ordered one of its contractors to stop work while an accident that killed a worker is being investigated. John Plante, 44, of Oakland was on a utility pole in Saco when he fell from as high as 50 feet. He was ... - read on...