It was 4:30 p.m. on a Monday this spring when the caseworker came to Stefanie Millette’s house to collect the teenager. The child, one of hundreds in foster care in Maine, was supposed to be with Millette only for a weekend, but two days had turned into two months. Millette provides respite foster care but […]

BANGOR — The mother of a New Orleans man who was shot to death in Bangor last year says she’s pleased with the killer’s conviction. A jury convicted Antoinne “Prince” Bethea of New Haven, Connecticut, on Wednesday of manslaughter in the death of Terrance Durel Sr. Durel was shot outside a home that Bethea shared […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A huge fire engulfed Brazil’s 200-year-old National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, lighting up the night sky with towering flames as firefighters and museum workers raced to save historical relics from the blaze. The esteemed museum, which houses artifacts from Egypt, Greco-Roman art and some of the first fossils found […]

AUGUSTA — Postal employees across the state will pause this weekend to join our customers in celebrating the American workforce. More than half a million employees nationwide will take a brief rest on Monday as it prepares for the fall and holiday shipping seasons.  There will be no regular delivery or collection of mail on Labor […]

ALFRED — A juvenile was seriously injured during an ATV accident in Alfred on Sunday morning. According to Capt. Jarrett Clarke of Alfred Fire and EMS, crews responded to a report of an ATV accident on Fort Rdge Road about 10:47 a.m. Sunday. Clarke said crews arriving at the scene found a juvenile suffering from […]