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Troy R. Bennett/BDNFour juveniles escaped from Long Creek in South Portland in two separate incidents over the summer. -
A message on the health center's website says that two providers will relocate to Topsham Family Medicine. A third provider is leaving the practice.
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Iman Osman listed his address as a condemned building undergoing renovation during his campaign. Concerns have been raised over whether he was legally allowed to call it his permanent residence.
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Will Harlan, a senior scientist at the Center, says since 2000, horseshoe crab populations have crashed by more than 70% across their range from Maine to Louisiana. -
The capture of Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has sent political shockwaves around the world and drawn protests, but many in the Venezuelan diaspora have celebrated the move. -
The state's public retirement system says actively selling off fossil fuel assets could threaten the financial interests of its members. -
Maine's minimum wage jumped 45 cents on Jan. 1, from $14.65 to $15.10. The minimum wage also applies to Maine agricultural workers, under a new state law. -
The machines look like ATM's and allow users to transfer cash to digital wallets. According to the FBI, Bitcoin kiosk fraud in the U.S. hit $333 million in losses in 2025.
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The Maine attorney general's office says that more than 478,000 people were affected by the data breach last spring at Covenant Health, many more than the roughly 8,000 originally reported.
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Gov. Janet Mills has been holding the bills since the summer after the Legislature adjourned the 2025 session. She now has two options: either let the bills become law without her signature or veto them now that lawmakers are returning to Augusta. -
Early snowfall was washed away by a December rainstorm leaving icy, hazardous conditions.
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The project, led by conservation science group Manomet, is testing the viability growing and seeding quahogs.
