Supper Club dinners resume at Flanagan Farms in Buxton.
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Posted inAnimals, Business, Maine
Cat lovers craft at Meow Lounge in Westbrook
Guests crafted and played with more than 20 adoptable cats from local shelters at Meow Cat Lounge on Saturday.
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Posted inHealth, Maine
Browntail moth populations in Maine crashed in 2024, so expect a less itchy spring
Hairs from the browntail moth caterpillar cause a red, itchy rash that can linger for weeks.
Posted inNation & World, News
First major winter storm of the season will bring heavy snow and ice to millions
A wide-reaching winter storm will bring significant impacts to more than a dozen states from Saturday through Monday.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Biddeford police assist in Friday morning raid
A dispatcher confirmed that the incident happened at 16 Clifford St., a few blocks from the city’s downtown strip, but declined to identify the agencies involved.
Posted inCops & Courts, Maine, News
Judge rules Maine is denying constitutional rights of people accused of crimes
Superior Court Justice Michaela Murphy will hold a hearing this month to determine how the state should remedy what she says is a violation of the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Posted inHealth, Maine, News
Overdoses up in Portland, but deaths decline 55%
The city’s 2024 drop in fatal overdoses follows the statewide trend, though the local decrease is more pronounced.
Posted inNation & World, News
Soldier who died in Las Vegas explosion left note saying it was to be a wakeup for country’s ills
Matthew Livelsberger, a 37-year-old Green Beret from Colorado Springs, Colorado, also wrote in the note that he needed to ‘cleanse my mind’ of the lives lost of people he knew and ‘the burden of the lives I took.’
Posted inNation & World, News
New Orleans attacker had suspected bomb materials at home, reserved truck weeks ago, officials say
Authorities say 14 people were killed and about 30 were injured in the attack early Wednesday by Jabbar, a former Army soldier who posted social media messages saying he was inspired by the Islamic State militant group.
Posted inMaine, News
Pedestrian sustains life-threatening injuries in Portland crash
The man was hit near the intersection of Fore and India streets.