East Coast herring fishery will be shut down until 2022

The agency says that’s because it has projected that 95% of the year’s quota has been harvested as of Nov. 23.

Catch a live glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas Tree anytime online

A new webcam gives viewers around the world a glimpse of the Monument Square Christmas tree anytime

Bike Sharing is coming to Portland in time for next summer

If you are feeling up for a bike ride in Portland but forgot your bike no problem, you can get one from several locations for $1 to unlock it and $9 per hour to ride.

Mainers head out on Black Friday despite pandemic, supply chain issues

Customers lined up waiting to be allowed into Best Buy in South Portland before 6 a.m. on Black Friday. The store opened at 5 a.m. and allowed customers in about 25 to 50 people at a time.

Bangor wants to evict the homeless from under I-395

The city of Bangor is asking more than a dozen people living by the Penobscot River under the Interstate 395 bridge that spans Bangor and Brewer to leave by Dec. 1 and plans to issue trespass orders to those who do not.

Maine university to pilot senior nutrition program

The University of New England received the $900,000 grant to seek to address food security and health and well-being of seniors in the state.

Lewiston expected to host some of the Afghanistan evacuees

The Sun Journal reports that ECDC is one of two agencies that are joining Catholic Charities Maine in resettling as many as 225 refugees in the state.

No one injured in North Yarmouth fire

Crews responded to a fire at a North Yarmouth commercial building Wednesday night.

Waldo County man arrested in Texas on child abuse charges

A Waldo County man accused of sexually abusing and exploiting several children and sharing images of the abuse online was arrested in Texas.

Maine coronavirus hospitalizations reach another record high as state reports 933 cases

On Wednesday, Maine saw a record number of people hospitalized with coronavirus for the third day in a row.