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Stockton Springs police officer charged with sexually assaulting 15-year-old girl

A police officer in Stockton Springs faces several charges over allegations he sexually assaulted a teenager several times over the course of six months.

Maine wants kids to make videos promoting COVID-19 shot

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine wants children in the state to participate in a video competition to encourage their peers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Power line vote challenged in court, no halt to construction

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine residents overwhelmingly voted to halt a $1 billion electric line that is already under construction, but that doesn’t spell the end of the polarizing project in the state’s western woods.

Mazer wins Portland city council race after name was drawn from antique bowl

Planning board chairman Branden Mazer has won at-large seat on the Portland City Council. The winner was selected by drawing a name from an antique bowl after the race ended in a two-way tie following a ranked-choice runoff.

Family releases name of 5-year-old victim in South Paris fire

New details have emerged after a fire in South Paris that left a 5-year-old dead.

14 deaths, 660 additional cases of coronavirus reported across Maine

Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday that 14 more Mainers with COVID-19 had died.

Trolley crash in Bangor leaves three injured

A trolley that was transporting voters to the polls in Bangor on Tuesday crashed, leaving three people injured.

Winner in dead heat race for Portland City Council to be determined by random drawing

The race for Portland’s at-large city council seat will come down to the luck of the draw.

Open enrollment through Maine’s new online insurance marketplace begins

Mainers can now sign up for health insurance through the state’s new marketplace that was launched under the Affordable Care Act.

Maine city becomes 2nd in state to adopt ranked voting

Voters in a Maine city decided Tuesday that they want their hometown to be the second in the state to use a ranked form of voting.

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Kennebec County deputies looking for missing 15-year-old

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Police in Kennebec County are asking for help as they search for a missing teenager.

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Supporters say the law could have helped stop the Lewiston mass shootings two years ago.

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Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago.

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How Americans will be celebrating Halloween, according to a new AP-NORC poll

About two-thirds of U.S. adults will celebrate Halloween in some way this year, with parents of kids under 18 especially likely to have plans, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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Freeman’s homer in 18th inning lifts Dodgers over Blue Jays 6-5 in World Series classic

Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice during another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in an instant classic Monday night.