AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage is waiving state park fees for residents as a show of appreciation. His office said that day use fees will be waived for residents at Maine State Parks and Historic Sites from Saturday through Labor Day. LePage said it’s a way of saying thank you to the […]
GARDINER, Maine (AP) — State Police say they found a body in the trunk of a car after a motorist killed himself alongside a road in central Maine. Troopers say the motorist took his life late Thursday afternoon after his car was pulled over by troopers, who had been warned of erratic driving on I-295. […]
BUCKSPORT, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a groundhog that attacked a dog has tested positive for rabies. WGME-TV reports the groundhog charged at a dog near its owner’s home in Bucksport last week. Maine Centers for Disease Control biologist Eris Kilham says the animal’s carcass tested positive for rabies a day after the […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Regulators say the U.S.’s only significant fishery for baby eels will not be allowed to expand next year. Maine fishermen seek the elvers in rivers and streams so they can be sold to Asian aquaculture companies. They often fetch more than $2,000 per pound, and the state is limited to a […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a resident of Guatemala has been sentenced to time served for illegally entering the United States through the border of Canada and Maine. U.S. Attorney Halsey Frank says 27-year-old Edwin Antonio Paiz-Morales pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday. A federal judge sentenced him to time served, which […]
ROCKPORT, Maine (AP) — A Maine woman is due to be sentenced for a fatal stabbing in the town of Waldo. Victoria Scott was convicted of manslaughter in the death of 43-year-old Edwin Littlefield, who was found dead outside a friend’s home in February 2017. The sentencing is on Wednesday for Scott, who claimed she […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Canadian government says it’s investigating a series of encounters in which U.S. border patrols have approached Canadian fishing vessels in a disputed island area off the East Coast. The area in question is around Machias Seal Island, a 20-acre (8-hectare) rock island at the Maine-New Brunswick border. U.S Customs and […]
