STOCKTON SPRINGS (AP) — The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office is looking into a mobile home fire in Stockton Springs. Crews responded to the fire about 8:40 a.m. Saturday. Fire Chief Harry Patterson said the homeowner made it through a window and was hospitalized with injuries. The extent of the injuries wasn’t known. The fire was […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A Maine man who state game wardens say was involved in the illegal killing or wounding of more than a dozen deer has been indicted on more than 50 fish and wildlife charges. The Maine Warden’s Service says 38-year-old Joseph Dalesky of Mount Vernon was indicted Friday on charges including night hunting, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Central Maine Power says a telephone scam aimed at taking money from small businesses in southern Maine is continuing. The utility says customers report getting a call, and sometimes personal visits, from a man named “Carlos” who tells the businesses that they must deposit cash or a money order into an account […]

CAPE ELIZABETH (AP) — Maine’s largest state worker union is urging Gov. Paul LePage not to privatize a popular beach, Crescent Beach State Park in Cape Elizabeth. The state’s lease on land that makes up more than half of Crescent Beach State Park will expire early next year, and negotiations for an extension have stalled. […]

BREWER (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of a 55-year-old man who was staying at a Brewer home. Police Chief Perry Antone says officers were called to the scene just after 6 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report of an unresponsive man. The state medical examiner and detectives with the Maine State Police also […]

CARIBOU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Susan Collins was married Saturday to consultant Thomas Daffron in a ceremony that featured her closeknit family and friends, not Washington’s power brokers. The Maine Republican and the Washington consultant wed in front of family and friends at Gray Memorial United Methodist Church in Caribou, where a former teacher of […]

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — At the mercy of Mother Nature, apple growers in northern New England are often pessimistic at the start of the season. So when an early spring was followed by a frost, they watched closely in the coming months for signs of damage. Instead, they have been pleasantly surprised. Turns out, not […]

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — More than 500 beekeepers and honeybee experts from the eastern United States and Canada are expected to attend a conference at the University of Vermont this week. The Vermont Beekeepers Association and the Eastern Apicultural Society is holding the five-day conference called Bees and Beyond starting today. Participants can take part […]