SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine residents spent more than $250,000 on marijuana over the course of the first weekend of legal retail sales of the drug in the state. Voters in the state chose to legalize adult use marijuana in 2016, but retail sales didn’t become legal until this month. The Maine Office of […]
LEBANON, Maine (AP) — A woman who died in a fire at a home in the southern Maine community of Lebanon has been identified. The state medical examiner’s office said 46-year-old April S. Patch, of Lebanon, died from smoke inhalation. Rescuers found her body in an apartment over a garage early Sunday evening; she was […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — With the election three weeks away, more than 133,000 Mainers already have voted by absentee ballot with Democrats outpacing Republicans in both requesting and returning ballots. Mainers are being encouraged to vote via absentee ballot during the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus, including by reducing congestion at polling […]
LINCOLN, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police say a woman was killed and a man was arrested for murder following a shooting in the town of Lincoln. Police discovered 63-year-old Pauline Taylor had been shot in her home after receiving a 911 call Wednesday evening. She died from her injuries and a second person was […]
SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — Two of 10 mail-sorting machines have been removed over the past two months from the U.S. Postal Service Southern Maine Processing and Distribution Center, in Scarborough. Electronic technician Tim Doughty told WMTW-TV that he helped to dismantle one of the machines and put it into storage. The other was scrapped altogether. […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Congressional delegation has urged the Trump administration to make good on its promise to come to the aid of the lobster industry. President Donald Trump issued a memorandum in June that called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide assistance to the lobster industry to offset the losses suffered […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Maine Principals’ Association is delaying the start of fall sports in hopes of salvaging a shortened season during the pandemic. The start of fall practice has been delayed from Aug. 17 to Sept. 8, which is the day after Labor Day. The first games will be played on Sept.18. The […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A data breach has impacted Maine State Police’s information sharing database for federal, state and local law enforcement officials. Thee agency confirmed late Friday it was notified on June 20 by Netsential that a data breach may have included information from the Maine Information and Analysis Center, or MIAC. State Police […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top election official is encouraging people to vote via absentee ballot during the July primary election to limit the exposure that voters and polling workers have to the coronavirus. The state will still hold in-person balloting on July 14 with social distancing and safety protocols in place. But Secretary of […]
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — A community foundation in Maine is providing more than $200,000 in grants to a marine science institution, a gay advocacy group and others. The Maine Community Foundation says it’s giving the grants to 24 nonprofits in the state. The Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland will receive a grant for […]
