EAST BOOTHBAY (AP) — Sixteen Maine high school students will participate in the 25th annual Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science mentoring program. The students will begin the program at the East Boothbay laboratory on Sunday. They will work with scientist mentors, collect samples, conduct lab experiments, analyze data and present scientific findings. The laboratory has […]

BUXTON (AP) — A suspect in a Buxton home invasion has turned himself in after hiding in the woods for several days and getting assurances he would be fed. Authorities say 30-year-old Michael Crockett Jr. surrendered Sunday after negotiating with police through his attorney. Crockett said through a lawyer that he would give himself up […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The victim of a weekend car crash in Augusta has been identified as a woman from Weld. Police say 21-year-old Karen Schwartz was pronounced dead at the scene of the single-vehicle crash on Route 17 at about 3 a.m. Sunday. Police say the car went off the road and into the woods, […]

BANGOR (AP) — The defense is beginning its case in the trial of two men prosecutors say killed three people and burning their bodies after a Bangor drug dispute. One of the defendants, Nicholas Sexton of Warwick, R.I., is expected to be called to the stand to testify in his own defense today. After his […]

NORTH WATERBORO (AP) — Maine officials say the body found near Lake Arrowhead Saturday is that of 15-year-old boy who was reported missing May 8. WMUR reports that the Maine Warden Service extends its condolences to the family of 15-year-old Jaden Dremsa. His body was taken to the state medical examiner’s office to determine the […]

FALMOUTH (AP) — Maine Audubon, Trout Unlimited and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife are seeking volunteer anglers to participate in a trout survey this season. Anglers are needed to survey remote ponds and coastal streams in Maine, which are believed to be home to 97 percent of the wild brook trout habitats […]

MACHIAS (AP) — Maine’s Washington County sheriff says his chief deputy has died. Sheriff Donnie Smith says in a news release that 41- year-old Chief Deputy Shawn Donahue died Saturday of “natural causes.” Smith did not elaborate on the circumstances of Donahue’s death but said it was unexpected and the sheriff ’s office is “in […]