Androscoggin County Commissioners shoot down anti-mask resolution

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) The Androscoggin County Commission has turned down a resolution proposed by a commissioner who opposes mask mandates.

Yarmouth Clam Festival cancelled for second year in a row

YARMOUTH, Maine (AP) The coronavirus pandemic has forced the cancellation of Maine’s annual celebration of clams for the second straight year.

Maine broke record for overdose deaths during pandemic year

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) Drug overdose deaths in Maine appeared to increase during the first month of the year after a record-setting 2020.

Collins: Maine GOP should focus on elections, not rebuke

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) In response to an attack from members of her own party, Sen. Susan Collins is suggesting the Maine GOP should learn from her success as New England’s only Republican on Capitol Hill instead of rebuking her for voting to convict former President Donald Trump.

Governor Mills extends emergency declaration for 30 days

Maine’s state of civil emergency has been extended for another month, as the state comes up on a year of combatting the pandemic.

“Voice of American conservatism” Rush Limbaugh dies after cancer battle

Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died.

Police charge man and woman with drug trafficking in York County

Two people have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking in York County.

Statue of US chief justice who oversaw Plessy to be moved

The statue of the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court when it decided the case 1896 case that legalized racial segregation will be moved from outside a Maine court house.

Man already convicted of rapes, pleads guilty to 2 more

A man already in prison for two rapes in Massachusetts in the 1990s has pleaded guilty to raping two more women.

Sen. Collins asks US Defense Dept. to consider new equipment for future pandemics

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine’s Republican senator believes the Pentagon needs to consider new equipment in preparation for future pandemics.