CARIBOU (AP) — The Maine moose hunt is back open for a few days in the far northern part of the state. The moose hunt begins in September, lasts until late November and is broken up into four stretches. The third stretch began on Monday and lasts until Oct. 28. It’s limited mostly to four wildlife management […]

LEWISTON (AP) — A Maine man says his brother was one of the more than 300 people killed in a bomb blast in Mogadishu, Somalia. Iman Osman, 27, of Lewiston, says the explosion was so powerful that debris killed his brother even though he was 1,000 feet (304 meters) away when the truck bomb detonated. He told […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A worker at a Maine psychiatric hospital is suing a former patient who was later sentenced to prison for assaulting her. The Kennebec Journal reports that Sally Nichols, an employee of Riverview Psychiatric Center in Augusta, is suing former patient Arlene Edson. Edson pleaded guilty to four assault charges last year and is in […]

ORRINGTON (AP) — A Maine woman with Alzheimer’s disease has been found safe after she was reported missing for hours. Officials say 73-year-old Joan Warren went missing around last week after she left her Orrington home for a walk. WABI-TV reports her husband reported her missing and multiple agencies searched the area after she didn’t return. She […]