Mysterious black substance on Wells Beach is many dead bugs

WELLS, Maine (AP) Scientists have determined that a black substance that had settled near the shore line over several days at a beach in Maine is made up of millions of dead bugs.

Maine Senate grants initial approval to proposed COVID-19 Review Commission

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine might create a special commission to review the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in the state.

Coronavirus doses administered in Maine surpasses state’s population

(AP) Maine health officials have reported that health care providers in the state have now administered more doses of coronavirus vaccines than there are residents of Maine.

Man killed in South Portland motorcycle accident identified as retired police officer

Police have released the identity of the man who was killed in a motorcycle accident in South Portland Monday night.

Teenager hospitalized after being pulled from water in Androscoggin County

Police say a 13-year-old girl is in critical condition after being pulled from the Androscoggin River.

Body of missing boater found in water off Waldoboro

Officials say they’ve recovered the body of a man who went missing after taking a boat out on the water off Waldoboro.

Maine legislator files suit to alter clean power referendum

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Maine legislator has revived a failed effort to get Maine’s secretary of state to split an upcoming ballot question opposing Central Maine Power’s transmission line project into three separate issues by filing a lawsuit in Cumberland County Superior Court.

Game Wardens recover bodies of two men who drowned in Messalonskee Lake

The Maine Warden Service has recovered the bodies of two people who drowned on Messalonskee Lake Monday afternoon.

Portland, Maine holds another election with COVID-19 protocols

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Maine’s largest city was scheduled to hold another local election with some coronavirus protocols in place on Tuesday.

Wardens lead search for two presumed dead after drowning in Belgrade lake

Two men are presumed dead after drowning on Messalonskee Lake in Belgrade on Monday.