FREEPORT, Maine (AP) — Outdoors retailer L.L. Bean is providing $1 million to a campaign to create parks.The Trust for Public Land has set a goal of ensuring there’s a quality park that’s within a 10-minute walk of every person in the U.S. regardless of background, income or zip code. The partnership will fund five […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A judge is set to hear arguments over claims that police beat a man accused of killing a Maine sheriff’s deputy.Bangor Daily News reports lawyers for 29-year-old John Williams are claiming that police officer’s “brutal physical force” led to Williams appearing to confess to the April killing of Somerset County Sheriff’s deputy Cpl. […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A critic of wind turbines is resigning his seat on Republican Gov. Paul LePage’s secretive Maine Wind Energy Advisory Commission, saying he’s served more than four months without any meeting. Chris O’Neil said in a letter that the commission “lacks urgency, credibility and focus.” The Portland Press Herald reports that it’s […]
MEDWAY, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say a 43-year-old man has been injured in a shooting.WABI-TV reports the shooting happened at a Medway home Sunday morning. The man was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center where his condition is unknown.Police haven’t released the victim’s identity.No arrests have been reported. Authorities say there’s no threat to the […]
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lobster boat captain charged in the death of a pair of crewmen has pleaded guilty. Christopher Hutchinson of Cushing agreed to a four-year prison sentence for two counts of seaman’s manslaughter on Tuesday in federal court. Prosecutors have said he had been using alcohol and drugs when he took his […]
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 […]
