SOUTH BRISTOL (AP) — Police in Maine say a woman shot and wounded her husband over the weekend. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office says the 39-year-old South Bristol woman faces domestic violence and aggravated assault charges. The woman’s husband has been released from the hospital following the shooting Friday night. Authorities say the husband suffered […]

WINDHAM (AP) — Researchers in Maine say a lake’s recent algal blooms are prompting concerns over the health of the body of water. Beginning in May, water quality tests will begin at Highland Lake in Windham and Falmouth, after a mysterious algal bloom has reappeared every July for the last four summers. The nonprofit Highland […]

CARIBOU (AP) — Don Collins, the father of Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and a former mayor of a northern Maine city, has died at age 92. Collins, a Republican like his daughter, was a longstanding figure in Maine politics. He spent five terms in the Maine legislature from the 1970s to the 1990s, and […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Three Maine bridges will be replaced thanks to a $10.8 million federal grant. A federal TIGER grant will replace bridges deemed structurally deficient or at risk of fracture in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties. The Maine Department of Transportation says it wants to replace the bridges before they fall into complete disrepair and […]