BIDDEFORD (AP) — A $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health represents the largest research award in the history of the University of New England. UNE officials said Monday that the five-year award will be used to create a research center to study the neurobiology of chronic pain and sensory function, facilitating development […]

CARIBOU (AP) — A Maine man is dead and another man injured after an early morning car crash in Caribou. Police say 36-year-old Wayne Carter was killed shortly after 4 a.m. Monday when his car went off the road and rolled over. Carter and a passenger, 21- year-old Patrick Strainge of Stockholm, were ejected from […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Concerns about the rights of property owners led a state senator who pressed for an east-west highway feasibility study to slow things down. Republican Doug Thomas of Ripley said Monday that he’s asked Gov. Paul LePage to suspend the study until property owners’ concerns can be addressed. Thomas supports the proposal for […]

BANGOR (AP) — As police continue to investigate a burning car with three bodies inside, the state medical examiner’s office is moving forward with autopsies as it seeks to determine the victims’ identities and how they died. The burning car with Rhode Island license plates was reported to emergency officials by a woman who saw […]

LEWISTON (AP) — Authorities in Lewiston are looking for the person who tossed four newborn kittens into a large trash container. Animal Control Officer Wendell Strout says if that person is located, they could face charges. The kittens, covered with fleas and maggots and with their umbilical cords still attached, were discovered Friday by a […]