CORINTH, Maine (AP) — Fire officials say a blaze has completely destroyed a Maine plant that makes wood pellet fuel. Crews from 25 towns helped fight the fire at Corinth Wood Pellet Manufacturing Wednesday night. The fire chief in Corinth was treated for smoke inhalation and later released. Officials say an overheated piece of equipment […]
BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Park officials say visits to Maine’s only national park are on pace to exceed the total visits from 2017.Acadia National Park officials say the number of visits is estimated to be slightly ahead for July and August of this year compared to last year. The Bangor Daily News reports the park estimated […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A teenager charged with the fatal stabbing of the 19-year-old’s parents and a pet dog is set to plead guilty. Andrew Balcer has said parents Alice and Antonio Balcer weren’t supportive of his transition to Andrea Balcer. Balcer is scheduled for an afternoon change-of-plea hearing Wednesday. Balcer’s brother contends their parents […]
CHARLESTON, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement authorities have captured a convicted murderer who escaped for a third time from prison in Maine. Officials say a sheriff’s deputy found 65-year-old Arnold Nash walking alongside a road Tuesday morning in Dover-Foxcroft, in Piscataquis County. Nash was last seen Thursday evening at the minimum-security unit at Mountain View […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top election official says that ballots are being printed despite the GOP governor’s veto of an election funding bill.Maine Public reports that Democratic Secretary of State Matt Dunlap says the veto means Maine will pay its bills late for the November election and end up paying it back with interest.Dunlap said the […]
Two defendants in high-profile homicides in Maine are due to appear in court for change-of-plea hearings this week. Nineteen-year-old Andrew Balcer is scheduled to plead guilty Wednesday in Superior Court in Augusta to fatally stabbing his parents on Oct. 31, 2016. He was 16 at the time but was going to be tried as an […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s top court could weigh in on whether a tribe could run a casino on tribal land without state permission. The House last month approved Rep. Henry Bear’s order asking the Maine Supreme Judicial Court to consider whether a U.S. Supreme Court decision would allow the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican governor is using his likely last veto message to chastise the Democratic secretary of state over an election funding bill. Gov. Paul LePage on Tuesday vetoed a bill to provide an additional $334,330 to cover the cost of November elections. LePage said taxpayers didn’t get a chance to weigh […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — A campaign urging Republican Sen. Susan Collins to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has generated more than $1 million in pledges, money that would go to her opponent in 2020 if she decides to support the judge. The senator and her Republican colleagues are decrying the effort in Maine as […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is seeking a marijuana consultant to advise officials on how to set up regulations for the state’s recreational and medical pot markets. The Portland Press Herald reports the state Department of Administrative and Financial Services issued a proposal request Monday for a cannabis consultant. Officials say the consultant will write […]
