AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine State Police say foul play is suspected in the disappearance of a Florida firefighter who’s been missing in Maine since Feb. 16. State police detectives and Bangor police searched a home in the Waldo County town of Jackson over the weekend, which is believed to be where Jerry Perdomo of Orange […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A nonprofit group is promoting its new report aimed at giving Maine consumers facts about different home heating options. Environment Northeast says it has produced heating facts reports outlining the costs of different heating options in Maine and other New England states. They serve as guides to residential heating energy usage, costs […]

AUGUSTA ( AP) — A legislative committee this week will take another look at a bill to authorize payments to people who report MaineCare fraud. The Judiciary Committee has scheduled a work session on the bill for Tuesday afternoon. At a hearing last week, the committee heard from some individuals and groups who praised the […]

MOUNT DESERT (AP) — The victim of a single-vehicle crash on Mount Desert Island over the weekend has been identified by police as a 43- year-old Trenton woman. Investigators say Hope Cummings was driving north on Route 102 at about 2 p.m. Saturday when her car went off the side of the road, struck a […]

SKOWHEGAN ( AP) — A Skowhegan homeless shelter and the town have come up with a way for the facility to pay a $4,000 sewer hookup fee. Some residents of the Skowhegan Miracle Homeless Shelter have started working for the town, and will get paid $7.50 an hour until the bill is paid. The Board […]

KABUL, Afghanistan ( AP) — A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into the gates of a NATO base and airport in eastern Afghanistan today, triggering a blast that killed nine Afghans, officials said. The Taliban claimed the attack was revenge for U. S. troops burning copies of the Quran. The bombing in the city […]