Federal agriculture officials are set to disperse rabies vaccine baits targeted at raccoons across a wide swath of northeast Maine. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will spread the baits over a 2,405-square-mile area by land and air-drops between Saturday and Aug. 7. Raccoons have the highest number of rabies cases in the eastern U.S. A […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — It’s been a slow lobster season so far in Maine, but the lack of crustaceans isn’t translating into high prices for consumers, and fishermen are still hopeful for a bump in catch this summer. The harvest of the valuable bottom dwellers in America’s biggest lobstering state is usually in full swing […]
ELLSWORTH, Maine (AP) — Police say the driver of a pick-up truck has died following a crash. WABI-TV reports that the man died at the scene of the Thursday afternoon crash on Route 1A in Ellsworth. Police have not released the man’s name. A passenger of that truck and the driver of another vehicle received […]
WATERBORO, Maine (AP) — Maine State Police detectives are investigating the deaths of a couple from Waterboro as a murder-suicide. Police says the bodies of Christal and Christopher Denis, who were both 45, were found in their home on New Dam Road just before 8 p.m. Saturday by York County deputies who had been called […]
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A Maine senator says a plan to boost innovation and job growth in rural areas by providing money for broadband access would benefit his state, much of which is forested and sparsely populated. Independent Sen. Angus King says he’s getting behind the Revitalizing Underdeveloped Rural Areas and Lands Act, which is […]
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Drug overdose deaths in Maine have declined about 14% in the first quarter of the year. The report Thursday indicates there were 74 drug fatalities from January to March, compared to 86 the year before. Attorney General Aaron Frey says he remains concerned about the opioid epidemic — and a shift […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The number of cities and towns opting in to legalized marijuana is slowly growing in Maine as the state gets closer to accepting applications for licenses. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill in late June that sets up a legal framework for recreational sales. The state Office of Marijuana Policy […]
