Former treasurer pleads guilty to stealing from Hallowell’s Gaslight Theater

Travis J. Burnham, as part of a plea agreement, required to pay $5,000 in restitution to Maine's oldest continuously running community theater.

Juvenile charged after string of car thefts in Oakland

The thefts began in Oakland when a pickup truck was stolen out of a parking lot.

Clinton woman admits she lied about living alone to receive Social Security benefits

Katherine Prosper, 61, pleaded guilty to federal charges that she concealed the presence of her husband in her household for 13 years so she'd be eligible to receive Supplemental Security Income, a U.S. attorney said.

Waterville man pleads not guilty to murder charge in girlfriend’s shooting

Nicholas P. Lovejoy, 28, is charged with murder in the October 2019 death of Melissa Sousa, his girlfriend at the time and mother of their twin daughters.

What is ‘clean’ or ‘green’ energy? Definitions differ across regions.

Differing descriptions of renewable and green energy drive state and regional approaches, with the definitions set by Massachusetts driving the current New England Clean Energy Connect project, a $950 million power line that would carry up to 1,200 megawatts of hydropower from Canada, across Maine, to Massachusetts.

Photo gallery: Inside the way of life in Rigolet, Labrador

In an isolated Inuit community, concern is strong over water toxins from hydropower expansion

The emerging international electric grid with a 1,000-mile supply chain is pitting New England’s hunger for renewable energy against the indigenous peoples' hunger for life-sustaining food. Read our special report produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

‘Her Flag’ project comes to Maine State Museum

The 36-state project adds a stripe representing each state in the order that it ratified the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote a century ago.

Madison-Skowhegan firefighters and game wardens rescue trapped deer

Firefighters from Madison and Skowhegan were dispatched to the scene 200 yards off Weston Avenue in Madison where they deployed firefighter Brad Bosworth with Skowhegan's Rescue Alive sled to retrieve the deer.

State police continue investigation into Newport woman’s death

Frederick Allen, 40, charged with killing his wife, Anielka Allen, made an initial court appearance Friday.