ELLSWORTH Geraldo Rivera, the Fox News host and television personality, has donated his 68- foot sailboat to the Maine Maritime Academy in Castine. “Not a sailboat, the sailboat,” Rivera said in a phone interview about Voyager, an aluminium ketch. The boat, which Rivera considers almost a member of his family, will be used to train […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Several Augusta residents called police to report a UFO hovering over the capital city this week. But there were no little green men invading. Just chimichangas and fajitas. Deputy Police Chief Jared Mills saidthe source of the UFO rumor turned out to be a spotlight being used by Margaritas Mexican Restaurant to […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A man authorities say sold fake federal identification cards to people in Maine who were in the U.S. illegally has pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge. Roman Garcia-Lopez, also known as Romeo Bartalon, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland to conspiracy to produce false identification documents as part of […]

PARIS (AP) — A jury in Maine has acquitted a Rhode Island man of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. Kyle Sanville of Richmond, R.I., was found not guilty Thursday of gross sexual assault after about three hours of deliberations by the Oxford County Superior Court jury. Prosecutors say the girl was assaulted in November 2011 […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine state employees and retirees are launching their annual campaign to raise money for community organizations. Republican Gov. Paul Le- Page is helping kick off the 34th annual Maine State Employees’ Combined Charitable Appeal at an event at the State House today. LePage was to be joined by Department of Environmental Protection […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Four chefs have been named finalists in this year’s Maine Lobster Chef of the Year competition. The Convention and Visitors Bureau in Portland says chef Jon Gaboric from Natalie’s in Camden, Shanna O’Hea from the Kennebunk Inn, Brandon Blethen from Robert’s Maine Grill in Kittery and Chris Long from Natalie’s in Camden […]

OAKFIELD (AP) — Authorities say the woman found dead in a burning home in Oakfield earlier this week had been shot. The medical examiner Thursday officially identified the woman found Monday as 49-year-old Heidi Pratt and the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the neck. Prosecutors had previously identified Pratt as a victim. […]

ORONO (AP) — The University of Maine is hosting a conference for school administrators, counselors and faculty on the topic of bullying. Today’s event at the university’s Wells Conference Center in Orono will focus on working with students that experience bullying. Presentations topics include bullying prevention and intervention, hazing in high school and legal issues […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A South Carolina man is going to prison for 40 years for sending pictures of himself engaged in sexual activity with two young girls over the Internet to a Maine man. Daniel Cobb of Rock Hill, S.C., was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland for production of child pornography. Authorities […]