WOOLWICH Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Office believes that a collision between a car and tractor trailer truck that closed Route 1 in Woolwich for more than six hours Thursday night was intentional. The crash involving a 2008 Peterbuilt and a 2012 Ford Focus was reported shortly after 4 p.m., and occurred just north of the […]

CORINTH Minutes before setting off on a deer-hunting trip in East Corinth, Maison Goodrich said it was pretty funny that the mainstream media describe Donald Trump’s election as an “upset.” Goodrich sat at a local coffee shop, laughing with a group of men decked in blaze orange shirts about elite media’s failure to see Trump’s […]

BOWDOIN A woman escaped major injury after her car rolled along Route 125 in Bowdoin early Sunday afternoon, leaving her trapped in the vehicle. The crash was reported near Store Road at 12:38 p.m. Sagadahoc County Sheriff ’s Deputy Al Huntington said Tiffanie Taylor, 33, of Topsham was traveling west on Route 125 toward Store […]

HAMPDEN (AP) — Authorities say an elderly woman was killed in a wrong-way crash in Hampden, adding to several motor vehicle fatalities in Maine over the weekend. Police say the crash happened Sunday night on U.S. Route 202. They say the woman was driving the wrong way and hit another car head-on. She was pronounced […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s annual hunting seasons for bear, deer and moose are heading into their final two weeks. The seasons draw thousands of hunters from Maine and elsewhere every year. All three end on Nov. 26. The firearm season for deer will be followed by a season in which it is legal to hunt […]

PORTLAND (AP) — The Girl Scouts of Maine are about to start earning “Sustainable Maine” patches for actions they take to help the planet. The scouts are partnering with Natural Resources Council of Maine on the new patch. The scouts and the council say the patch will be awarded to Girl Scouts who take “personal […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A group of environmentalists, academics and state leaders are hosting an event in the state’s capital city to discuss approaches to ocean pollution in Maine. The event will be held at the State House Legislative Council Room in Augusta on Tuesday and will focus on ocean acidification. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

ALFRED (AP) — Maine State Police say four people were killed in three separate motor vehicle crashes over the weekend. The most recent crash was late Saturday night in Alfred when 31-year-old Joseph Barbarino died after being thrown from his vehicle after it went off Mouse Lane, struck a ditch and overturned several times. Early […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine will begin shipping wood chips to Europe next year if plans remain on track for two methods of treating the wood with heat to kill pests. In Eastport, the port authority has been working with others to develop a system of heating the wood after it’s loaded into the hulls of […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The federal government is giving Maine nearly $300,000 to improve screening and access to treatment for people who suffer from mental health and substance abuse disorders. The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is providing the money to fund programs in Maine that promote screening, brief intervention and referral to […]