LISBON An elderly man was not injured after backing through a garage on Pike Street in Lisbon Sunday afternoon. The incident was reported at 2:49 p.m. at 8 Pike St., in Lisbon Falls. Lisbon Police Department officers and members of Lisbon Fire Department and Lisbon Emergency responded and found that 79- year-old David Menasco had […]

PORTLAND Maine law enforcement officials who have their hands full with the continuing heroin epidemic are now grappling with a growing meth problem. The number of law enforcement responses to methamphetamine labs and discarded meth-making materials doubled to 125 in 2016 — compared to 56 the year before — and the trend shows no sign […]

PETERSHAM, Mass. In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it’s easy to miss one of the tree’s nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually killing the tree. The bug is one in an expanding army of insects draining […]

ROCKLAND (AP) — Officials say a firefighter was hurt while battling a fire at a Rockland home over the weekend. WCSH-TV reports officials say the blaze began on Sunday afternoon in a home across the street from the home of the town’s fire chief. He and 15 other town fire and emergency workers responded. Officials […]

KITTERY (AP) — The U.S. Navy is going to give a Maine company nearly $27 million for construction and dock repairs at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Cianbro Corp. of Pittsfield is getting the contract. Maine Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King say the work will help make sure the shipyard is able to fulfill its role […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Northern New England officials have scheduled their annual tri-state reciprocal snowmobile weekend. From Friday Jan. 27 through Sunday Jan. 29, snowmobile enthusiasts can explore trails in other states without registering in those states. All snowmobiles registered in New Hampshire may operate in Vermont and Maine, and all snowmobiles registered in Vermont […]

PORTLAND (AP) — It’s going to be illegal to import 33 types of plants and trees into Maine under proposed rules under consideration by the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry. The proposed rule would make it illegal to buy, sell, import, export or grow 33 plants considered invasive, likely invasive or potentially invasive. The […]

OLD ORCHARD BEACH (AP) — Many Mainers are ringing in the new year with an icy dip into the Atlantic Ocean. The Lobster Dip at Old Orchard Beach is the biggest of Maine’s polar plunges. Each of the entrants agreed to raise at least $ 100 for the Maine Special Olympics. Other events were being […]