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Portland Police Search for Suspect in Hit-and-Run

Portland police are searching for a suspect involved in a hit-and-run on Congress Street

Police Suspect Black Ice in Car, Taxi Crash That Killed 3

Police in Maine say three people were killed in a two-car crash in which a car and taxi collided due to black ice.

Unemployment Remains Low in Maine

Maine labor officials say unemployment has held steady in the early part of the year.

Deputy Injured in Highway Crash

FREEPORT, Maine (WGAN)  A Cumberland County Sheriff’s Deputy is being treated for injuries after a rollover crash on I-295 Sunday night

Live Larvae of Destructive Pest Found in Southern Maine

LEBANON, Maine (AP)  Officials in Maine say they’ve for the first time found the live larvae of a destructive, invasive forest pest within trees in a southern county

The Latest: Fire Chief Suffers Emergency at Funeral, Dies

Maine Gov. Janet Mills says a town fire chief has died after attending the funeral of Berwick Fire Capt. Joel Barnes.

Public can Address Hydropower Project’s Environmental Impact

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)   The public can weigh in on the environmental impacts of a proposed $1 billion hydropower transmission line to supply Canadian hydropower to consumers in Massachusetts

Nearly 70 Maine National Guard Soldiers Deploying to Poland

BANGOR, Maine (AP)   Nearly 70 soldiers from Maine National Guard’s 286th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion are being deployed to Poland

Bill to Make Auto-Injectors Accessible to Allergy Sufferers

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP)  Lawmakers in Maine are considering a proposal that seeks to make epinephrine autoinjectors more accessible to people who need them

Baxter State Park: Dudley Trail Will Not Reopen this Year

MILLINOCKET, Maine (AP)   Park officials in Maine say a popular trail up Mount Katahdin will not reopen for the 2019 season

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4 minutes ago in Trending, World

Late Queen Elizabeth II’s legacy still looms over British monarchy 100 years after her birth

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Queen Elizabeth II lives on at the Cool Britannia gift shop across the road from Buckingham Palace. Four years after the queen's death, the shop is doing a brisk business in mugs, tea towels and key rings bearing the likeness of Britain's longest-reigning monarch as the nation marks the centenary of her birth on Tuesday.

13 hours ago in Local

Kittery Man is Maine’s Top Finisher in Boston Marathon

Results reported by the Boston Athletic Association show there were 165 entries from Maine in the race.

14 hours ago in Local

Wildfire Awareness Week Declared in Maine

Maine has experienced 71 wildfires that have burned 48 acres so far in April.

16 hours ago in Sports, Trending

Defending champion John Korir breaks Boston Marathon record and Sharon Lokedi also repeats

John Korir outran the strongest field in Boston Marathon history and still had enough energy left to bounce around Boylston Street after learning he had blistered the course record, too.

17 hours ago in Entertainment, Trending

Singer D4vd charged with murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, found dismembered in his car

Singer D4vd has been charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old girl who was last known to be alive nearly a year ago and whose dismembered and decomposed body was found in September in his apparently abandoned Tesla, prosecutors said Monday.