Most officers in Portland and elsewhere in Maine are learning how to intervene amid a mental health crisis.

One of Maine’s best-known labor leaders has died. Charles John “Chick” O’Leary, who served as president of the Maine AFL-CIO for 20 years, passed away at his home in Orono on Friday. Mr. O’Leary, who was diagnosed with lung cancer in September, was 76. “He was always a champion of the underdog,” said his wife, […]

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The man apparently shot himself in the face.

Four riders died while snowmobiling on Rangeley Lake.

The 2009 drug bust in Washington County led to the seizure of $9 million in marijuana, among the biggest in state history.