BATH — Morse High School girls’ soccer team recently raised nearly $2,000 this year for the American Cancer Society. The team has been involved in the Coaches vs Cancer program for several years, raising more money for the cause than any other high school team in Maine. To date, the team has raised more than […]

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. Visiting the country’s most popular national parks would get more costly under a federal proposal released this week. The National Park Service says its goal is to cut down on the nearly $12 billion in maintenance projects that have been put off under budget constraints. Under the plan, visitors driving into 17 of […]

The agency collected nearly $200 million in entrance fees in the last fiscal year. It expects to raise an additional $70 million annually by charging visitors more to get into the 17 parks during the five busiest months of the year. Those parks generate 70 percent of the revenue from entrance fees. The outcome is […]

WINSLOW (AP) — The Maine Department of Transportation says it is spearheading a new project to make the roads safer for state residents who like to walk. The Morning Sentinel reports 15 pedestrians have died from traffic-related causes so far this year. On Wednesday, DOT program manager Patrick Adams held a forum in Winslow with […]

GROTON, Mass. (AP) — Newly released documents are shedding light on the state of mind of a recent college graduate accused of fatally beating his mother, grandparents and their caretaker with a baseball bat in Massachusetts. The Boston Globe reports the mother of 22-year-old Orion Krause called 911 on Sept. 7 worried that he was […]

BUCKSPORT (AP) — Maine police say a suspect is in custody after two people were shot in Bucksport. Bucksport police have not released any information about the shooting. Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland says two people were shot Wednesday night and one person is in custody. The extent of the injuries to […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — The Maine Association of Realtors says the median sales price for existing, single-family homes in the state jumped more than 10 percent from September 2016 to September of this year. The association says the median sales price climbed to a little more than $207,000 in that time. The highest price in the […]

BELFAST (AP) — Jury selection is getting underway in the trial of a Maine woman charged in the death of her infant son. Miranda Hopkins, of Troy, originally was charged with murder in the January death of 7-week-old Jaxon Hopkins. But a grand jury reduced the charge to manslaughter. She’s been free on bail while […]

ALFRED (AP) — A former Maine fire chief has pleaded guilty to setting a wildfire that burned 42 acres in 2016. The Journal Tribune reports that 61-year-old Ricky Plummer pleaded guilty Wednesday to starting the fire when he was chief, under an agreement in which he’d be sentenced to two years in prison. Firefighters from […]

PORTLAND (AP) — Police say an absent-minded shopper at a Maine grocery store took somebody else’s cart with a sleeping baby inside, causing a lockdown and a police investigation. Portland police say the shopper was mortified when he realized his mistake but didn’t bother to alert anyone on Friday. Instead, the shopper left the cart […]