AUGUSTA Over the last decade, the Maine Legislature has received two complaints of sexual misconduct or harassment against legislators, records obtained Thursday by The Associated Press through a public records request show. Both complaints were against House lawmakers. The Maine Senate has not received any such complaints since 2008. The Maine Legislature’s executive director’s office […]

(AP) The first of a threepart dose of winter weather is arriving in northern New England. The National Weather Service says snow will fall Friday across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, with the heaviest accumulations of up to 6 inches in southern Maine and New Hampshire. Meteorologist John Cannon says that fast on the heels […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine’s unemployment rate fell slightly in November. The Maine Department of Labor says the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.3 percent in November was down 0.2 percentage points from October. It was also slightly down from 3.8 percent a year ago. Maine’s unemployment rate was lower than the national rate of […]

PORTLAND (AP) — An attorney claims state police engaged in racial profiling when they stopped a van filled with immigrants on Interstate 295 in Maine. The Portland Press Herald reports attorney Robert Andrews presented his argument Wednesday during a court hearing for his client Mario Ernesto Garcia- Zavala. The 22-year-old pleaded not guilty to illegally […]

LEBANON (AP) — The State Medical Examiner’s Office says a man whose body was found in a burned out home in southern Maine had killed himself. Officials say they found the body of 58-year-old James Avery on the second floor when they responded to the fire on Wednesday afternoon. Investigators say Avery set the Lebanon […]

GORHAM (AP) — The Maine Department of Public Safety says a retired state trooper has been charged with selling cocaine and fentanyl. The Maine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested 51- year-old Jeffrey Linscott late Wednesday in Gorham, where he was allegedly making a drug transaction in a grocery store parking lot. Several grams of suspected fentanyl, […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A Maine police officer’s rendition of “O Holy Night” is winning accolades online. Portland Police Officer Jeremy Turner was a music major at the University of Southern Maine before walking a beat. He recently decided to put his voice to use to spread Yuletide cheer in a city park. The video posted […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Maine Department of Corrections representatives say they are exploring using secure, regional psychiatric facilities to serve young people with serious mental illness. The Bangor Daily News reports Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick said Thursday the move could ease pressure on Long Creek Youth Development Center staff. A recent report by the Center for Children’s […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — Police have arrested the owners of two pit bills that were ordered to be put down for killing a Boston terrier and seriously injuring a woman in Maine. Waterville police Chief Joseph Massey tells The Morning Sentinel 28-year-old Danielle Jones and 33-yearold Brandon Ross were arrested Wednesday and charged with refusing to […]