PORTLAND — A bomb threat closed one of the state’s busiest transportation centers for more than three hours Tuesday and a man wound up under arrest, according to police. Rodney Jewell, 44, of Portland allegedly entered the Portland Transportation Center at 6:30 a.m. and stated to a Concord Coach Lines employee that he had two […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Maine state prosecutor Alan Kelley has retired after 33 years on the job. The 62-year-old Kelley has most recently been acting district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties. Kelley had been the go-to attorney for years in Kennebec County, taking on difficult cases involving more serious crimes and specializing in prosecuting people […]

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK — A 19-year-old woman who wasn’t dressed for the conditions had to be rescued Tuesday morning from Cadillac Mountain. Supervisory Park Ranger Richard Rechholtz said the 911 call came in around 7:30 a.m. that a woman was “kind of conscious, not alert and had some heart issues.” Rechholtz and a paramedic from […]

BOOTHBAY HARBOR (AP) — A series of forums seeking public input into the state of the Maine lobster industry are getting under way. Maine fishery officials are holding 16 public meetings through January in coastal towns from York to Machias. The first meeting is Wednesday in Boothbay Harbor. Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher says he’s […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Wildlife officials say hunters killed more than 21,000 deer in Maine this fall, representing an 11 percent increase from 2011. The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife on Monday released its estimate for this year’s deer harvest, with the official tally scheduled to come out in February. Biologist Lee Kantar said […]