Emergency medical technicians in southern Maine are beginning to receive the coronavirus vaccine. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention says thousands of people have been vaccinated in the state. Maine is focusing its early efforts on front-line health care providers and residents of long-term care facilities. The York County Incident Management Team says […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine home sales increased by more than 30% in November compared to the previous year as home prices continued to climb as well. The Maine Association of Realtors says 1,965 single-family existing homes changed hands last month. The association says values also increased 20% to a median sales price of $270,000. […]
WARREN, Maine (AP) — The Maine Department of Corrections says an inmate at Maine State Prison died in custody on Christmas Day. The department says 48-year-old George Riddle, formerly of Sanford, died around 11 a.m. on the holiday. The department says Riddle was attended by medical personal at the time of his death, which was […]
Residents of long-term care facilities in Maine have begun receiving the new coronavirus vaccine in a major step toward broader vaccination of the general pubic. The roll-out began on Monday. The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention has said more than 4,600 people have been administered the vaccine in the state. However, the state […]
Maine Gov. Janet Mills says she tested negative for the virus that causes COVID-19 after a member of her security team tested positive. In a statement distributed by her office Saturday, Mills says her case is proof that masks work. Mills says she rode in a vehicle last Saturday with a member of her team […]
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. […]
