BANGOR (AP) — Relatives and friends of three Maine residents found dead inside a burning car in Bangor last week say the victims were at a small gathering before their deaths and left in a white Pontiac with Rhode Island plates. They tell the Bangor Daily News that the car was driven by an out-of-state […]

SCARBOROUGH (AP) — An ice cream flavor created in honor of L.L. Bean’s 100th anniversary is going on sale in retail stores. Gov. Paul LePage and other dignitaries are encouraged to wear their Bean boots to celebrate the Giffords ice cream flavor, “Muddy Bean Boots.” The retail launch is being celebrated today at a Hannaford […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A hearing on the conduct of elections in Maine, stemming from allegations improprieties last year, is scheduled for this week. The Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections in Maine will hold its hearing Thursday at the University of Maine in Augusta. The commission was formed as a result of legislation that […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s Department of Education is inviting the public to weigh in one last time on its plan for holding schools accountable and helping them improve. The public comments will be considered for the department’s formal request for flexibility to the U.S. Department of Education. That will be filed by Sept. 6. Since […]

PORTLAND (AP) — What could be the last “Run for the Fallen” road race to raise money for families of Maine military personnel killed in combat featured more than 200 runners. The participants, escorted by Maine State Police cruisers, departed Sunday morning from Ogunquit for the run up U.S. 1 to the finish line in […]

BAR HARBOR (AP) — Officials say a climber who fell 40 feet in Acadia National Park is recovering at a Bangor hospital. Supervisory Park Ranger Richard Rechholtz says Kevin Hills of Kittery slipped while climbing on rocks near Old Soaker on Saturday afternoon. Officials say Hills bandaged his own head after a companion threw a […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Police in Portsmouth, N.H., have detained 27 underage party-goers after breaking up a teenage drinking party. Police Sgt. Kuffer Kaltenborn says officers arrived at the home late Saturday to see several dozen teens fleeing on foot. The scene was cleared by early Sunday. Kaltenborn told the Portsmouth Herald that 18- year-old […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Maine Transportation Department says two ramps to Interstate 295 in Portland will be reopening soon. The I-295 northbound onramp at Park Avenue reopens during the day today. A second on-ramp, from Congress Street to I-295 northbound, is scheduled to reopen by Aug. 31, easing the number of vehicles using alternate routes […]

BOSTON (AP) — At 215 years old, the USS Constitution is the U.S. Navy’s oldest commissioned warship afloat. But it’s not too old to take a quick sail. For 17 minutes on Sunday, the ship cruised west across Boston Harbor, reaching a maximum speed of 3.1 knots. It was its first sail under its own […]