Local & State

Published
July 19, 2013

I-295 in Portland reopens after morning shutdown

Downed utility lines closed the interstate in both directions for several hours early this morning.
Published
July 18, 2013

Former York emergency room nurse arrested

Police say they found drugs, ammunition and guns at the home of Michael Worrick-Soule, in violation of bail conditions for a previous arrest.
Published
July 18, 2013

Maine’s jobless rate unchanged for June

The unemployment rate stays at 6.8 percent, better than the national rate and the lowest it has been since November 2008.
Published
July 18, 2013

Small business chief Karen Mills heading to Harvard

The Maine resident has led the agency since 2009.
Published
July 18, 2013

Spectators get warning in Chelsea fraud trial

A Whitefield contractor is back on the stand today in the trial of a former selectwoman who is accused of taking kickbacks.
Published
July 18, 2013

Powerball winner from Maine buys home in Fla.

Gloria MacKenzie, 84, has bought a 6,322-square-foot, five-bedroom home in a gated golf course community. She formerly lived in a rented apartment.
Published
July 18, 2013

Lightning blamed for fire at Portland car dealership

The fire was reported at 11 p.m. and caused substantial damage to the attic and roof of the building housing Bay City Motors, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Wassick.
Published
July 18, 2013

Weather service: 7,500 lightning strikes in Maine, N.H.

That figure doesn't include far northern Maine, which experienced some of the heaviest thunderstorms Wednesday night.
Published
July 18, 2013

Two men arrested in Chelsea on kidnapping charges

Ricardo David Perry, 18, from East Stroudsburg, Pa., and Eugene Charleston, 19, of Bridgeport, Conn., are facing charges after allegedly kidnapping a man and holding him against his will inside a Hankerson Road home.
Published
July 18, 2013

Class-action suit initiated against Maine company in train crash

Residents of a devastated Quebec town are seeking compensation for victims of the disaster, which killed 50 people.

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