Fraudulent applications sought $6.4M in rent relief in Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) The Maine State Housing Authority has detected 408 fraudulent applications in a COVID-19 rent relief program that would’ve cost the state $6.4 million.

Travel was lighter than expected on Memorial Day in Maine

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Memorial Day weekend travel on the Maine Turnpike was lower than expected, falling short of the previous record.

Woman accused of setting fire to Brunswick home

Police have made an arson arrest in connection with a fire in Brunswick.

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.