Maine CDC reports more than 600 new COVID-19 cases

The state of Maine saw a significant rise in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as a surge being blamed on the Delta variant shows no signs of abating.

Maine man pleads guilty to baseball bat killings of 4

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) A Maine man who used a baseball bat to beat his mother, his grandparents and his grandparents’ caretaker to death in Massachusetts in 2017 has pleaded guilty.

Warning issued for drone operators ahead of air show

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) The Great State of Maine Air Show this weekend will feature aerial acrobats, all manner of vintage and modern planes, and the Navy’s flight demonstration team.

Maine Med nurses speak out against rollback of pandemic-related employee protections

Several nurses from Maine Medical Center urged the hospital to stop planned rollbacks of employee COVID-19 protections at a press conference on Wednesday.

Maine CDC reports 433 new coronavirus cases as hospitalizations rise

Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported another 433 cases of coronavirus and two deaths on Wednesday.

Drug agents make three arrests at Waldo County home allegedly used for trafficking

Maine drug agents say two people from Waldo County were allowing a third person from New York to use their home for drug trafficking.

Firefighters rescue two cats from condominium blaze in South Portland

No one was hurt in a fire at a condominium in South Portland.

Maine to pay addiction treatment providers more per patient

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Facilities that provide treatment for substance use disorder will be reimbursed at a higher rate for Medicaid patients they treat, Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday.

Maine man sentenced to 50 years for fatal beating

SOUTH PARIS, Maine (AP) A Maine man who beat his longtime girlfriend to death while the couple’s children were inside the home is going to prison for 50 years.

Maine law reducing vaccine opt-outs goes into effect

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) A new vaccine law reducing opt-outs for students went into effect Wednesday, ahead of the start of school for most students.