Postal service abandons plans to consolidate Maine mail facilities

Maine Sen. Susan Collins says a postal service facility in Hampden will remain open.

Maine health officials report presumptive case of West Nile Virus in Cumberland County

A Mainer has tested positive for West Nile virus.

Portland Public Health Director Leaving

The Press Herald reports the city council gave Alfredo Vergara high praise for the work he did with the city over two years.

Report shows system deficiencies a year before firefighting foam spill at former Navy base

BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — A fire suppression system at a Brunswick Executive Airport hangar showed deficiencies about a year before…

The Latest: Trump safe after gunshots reported, Biden and Harris have been briefed

Gunshots were reported in Donald Trump’s vicinity Sunday afternoon. The former president is safe. U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire after…

Harris is visiting New Hampshire, away from bigger swing states, to tout her small business tax plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is using a New Hampshire campaign stop on Wednesday to propose an expansion of tax incentives…

Scientist say Passamaquoddy Bay has highest amount of breeding Great White Sharks on the East Coast.

Steve Crawford from the University of Guelph in Ontario says that because of data from sharks tagged with acoustic receivers, there could be up to nearly 1,000 of them in the Passamaquoddy Bay region during a mating season.

Police fatally shoot man on New Hampshire-Maine bridge along I-95; child, 8, found dead in vehicle

A man being pursued in the killing of a woman in New Hampshire was fatally shot by police on a bridge that connects the state to Maine, authorities said Thursday. An 8-year-old child was found shot to death in the man’s car.

Former Somali Refugee-Turned Mainer Returns to Africa to Run for Office.

50-year-old Abdullahi Ail returned to Africa to run for president of his home state, Jubaland, after visiting it in 2021 and seeing the problems people faced.

Army and police missed chances to intervene before Maine mass shootings, final report says

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Both the Army Reserves and local police missed out on opportunities to intervene in a gunman’s…