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Maine child agency watchdog: Little has improved despite scrutiny

The head of a watchdog office within the state’s children’s welfare agency said that despite ongoing scrutiny, little has changed to address what she told lawmakers were deep-seated problems.

North Carolina man sentenced in Maine for abusing infant

A man who who pleaded guilty to assaulting a 6-month-old boy in Orono has been sentenced.

Feds charge 13 people in drug trafficking crackdown

Federal authorities have charged 13 people they allege are members or associates of a drug trafficking gang that moved fentanyl, cocaine, suboxone and counterfeit prescription pills from Massachusetts into Maine and New Hampshire and even into a county jail.

Maine campers set another attendance record in 2021

Maine’s state park campers set another record this year.

Maine car dealership to take part in Wreaths Across America Day

Our country’s fallen veterans will be honored on Saturday, Dec. 18, which is National Wreaths Across America Day.

Police ask for help finding missing Waldoboro man

Police in Waldoboro are asking for the public’s help to find a man who left a hospital against medical advice.

Winner in Portland City Council race declared following historic tie, hand recount

A candidate for Portland City Council whose name was pulled out of a bowl after a tie has conceded after a recount on Wednesday.

NTSB uses video, high-res photos to investigate sinking of Portland-based Emmy Rose

Investigators trying to learn why a commercial fishing boat sank off Massachusetts nearly a year ago, taking the lives of all four crew members, are using some high-tech gadgetry in their probe, federal authorities said Wednesday.

Governor announces $10 million in grants for Maine’s seafood industry

Maine’s seafood industry is set to receive $10 million in grants for infrastructure upgrades.

Winthrop educators call for remote learning to slow coronavirus spread

Teachers and principals in Winthrop are urging the school board to close schools for two weeks as they continue to experience coronavirus outbreaks.

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Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist have admitted their involvement and are believed to be the men who forced their way into the world's most visited museum, a Paris prosecutor said Wednesday.

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Hurricane Melissa was grinding across Cuba on Wednesday as a Category 2 storm after pummeling Jamaica as one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

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Maine, Texas are Latest Fronts in Voting Battles on the Ballot

Republicans are pushing for major changes in the way the states conducts its voting.

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Thomaston Woman Accused of Trying to Run Over Border Patrol Agent

Police claim the suspects left the scene and was then arrested