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Maine power crews wind down restoration efforts following April nor’easter

Crews are wrapping up restoration efforts following a nor’easter that caused hundreds of thousands of Central Maine Power customers to lose service on Thursday.

Total solar eclipse darkens skies over Maine

A total solar eclipse has raced across North America.

Joe Brennan, Democratic former governor of Maine and US congressman, dies at 89

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) Democrat Joseph E. Brennan, whose hardscrabble childhood shaped his working-class views in a political career that included two terms as Maine’s governor and two terms in the U.S. House, died Friday evening at his home in Portland. He was 89.

Maine Republican lawmaker says neo-Nazi comments taken out of context in debate over paramilitary training

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) A Republican state lawmaker is accusing Democrats of misrepresenting her remarks to make her sound like a Nazi sympathizer during a debate about a bill to restrict paramilitary training in the state.

‘Red flag’ bill debated for hours in Maine months after mass shooting that killed 18

(AP) Months after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, state lawmakers held an hourslong hearing Friday to debate a so-called red flag bill that would let family members petition a judge to remove guns from someone experiencing a psychiatric crisis.

Fugitive wanted out of Connecticut arrested after crash in Maine

A crash on I-295 in Freeport during Thursday’s Nor’easter led to the arrest of a woman wanted on a kidnapping charge out of Connecticut.

Death of man after altercation in Bangor ruled a homicide

Bangor Police say an altercation that left one man dead is being investigated as a homicide.

Body recovered from Androscoggin River near Lisbon dam

Police are investigating after a man’s body was recovered from the Androscoggin River on Wednesday.

Flyers informing Portland residents about increased parking meter prices and other parking changes are fake, city says

The City of Portland says flyers distributed throughout the city warning residents about new parking policies are fake.

Portland issues parking ban, postpones trash pickup due to April snow storm

PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN) Portland officials have declared a citywide parking ban that begins Wednesday at 10 p.m.

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