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Pfizer to conduct Lyme disease vaccine trial in Maine

Pfizer has partnered with a Maine health care system to conduct the third phase of a Lyme disease clinical trial to test the efficacy of the company’s vaccine.

$850 checks to most Mainers soon despite envelope shortage

Most Maine residents will soon receive $850 checks to help them cope with inflation after a shortage of envelopes and paper products threatened to slow delivery.

3 taken to hospital following car-moose collision in Scarborough

Maine State Police troopers responded to Interstate 95 in Scarborough after a car collided with a moose southbound at mile marker 40.

Police release name of victim, new details surrounding deadly Vassalboro shooting

Police have released the name of the man who died in a shooting in Vassalboro on Monday.

Judge orders Maine State Police to provide more docs to newspapers

Maine State Police must turn over additional disciplinary records detailing misconduct by troopers to the state’s two biggest newspapers, a judge ruled.

Weekend shooting in Biddeford sends Massachusetts man to the hospital

Police in Biddeford are trying to determine what led up to the shooting of a Massachusetts man over the weekend.

Federal lawmakers seek review of New England asylum cases

Congressional leaders in New England are calling for a federal investigation into the low rate of approvals by the region’s asylum office.

Maine Attorney General finds use of deadly force justified in Waterville shooting

Maine’s top prosecutor says the fatal police shooting of a Waterville man last year was justified.

Police respond to 3 shootings in Portland on Monday

Portland Police say they investigated three shootings over the course of 90 minutes on Memorial Day.

One dead following shooting in Vassalboro

Details are few at this point about a shooting that killed one person and injured another in Vassalboro on Monday

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No More Cellphones In Maine Schools

The total cost to implement the ban is about $350,000.

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Suspicious death in Brunswick under investigation

Local police discovered the body of an adult male inside a residence, with 45-year-old Tanner Dostie of Brunswick being charged with murder as a result.

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$519 million supplemental budget signed into law by Gov. Mills

Gov. Janet Mills signed a $519 million supplemental budget into law on Friday, a day after it passed along party lines in the Maine Senate.

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5 displaced after fire burns Lewiston apartment building

A fire at a Lewiston apartment building Thursday afternoon left five people displaced.

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Person Rescued After Falling Through Ice in Winthrop

Police say the outcome could have been different without community support and proper training.