ROCKLAND (AP) — A Maine man accused of shooting a man multiple times, killing him, is scheduled for a court appearance. Andrew Kierstead of Tenants Harbor has been charged with murder in the death of 48-year-old Richard Mills on Thursday. Mills was found in his driveway in Cushing. Kierstead is scheduled for an appearance in […]

BANGOR — When the Waterbury “Spin Doctors” team arrived at Davenport Park on Saturday for its Fireball Run Adventurally stop, the team jumped out of its ambulance and real emergency room doctor Peter Jacoby put on his real-world hat. A member of the Maine Troop Greeters, on hand to greet the nearly 40 rally vehicles, […]

WATERVILLE (AP) — A new 40-bed homeless shelter is almost ready to open in Waterville, and guests could move in within a couple of weeks. The Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter on Colby Street is scheduled to host an open house next week with a speech by Gov. Paul R. LePage. Betty Palmer, the shelter’s executive director, […]

MACHIAS (AP) — Maine fishery officials are holding public hearings on proposed rules for the upcoming scallop fishing season. The Department of Marine Resources has proposed rules that create three scallop zones along the coast, with some localized areas in eastern Maine being open and closed to fishing year-to-year on a rotational basis. For the […]

YARMOUTH (AP) — Two people are in custody after at least 12 rounds were fired in an exchange of gunfire outside a Yarmouth home over the weekend. No one was hurt during the shooting at about 1 a.m. Sunday, but bullets struck a parked car and the house. Police say 47-year-old Michael Lovering of North […]

BANGOR — Robberies were reported at three pharmacies in greater Bangor within a two-hour span Sunday afternoon, and one man was arrested. Emergency calls to police were placed from Rite Aid pharmacies in Bangor and Brewer within minutes of each other, and the pharmacy at the Hannaford grocery store on Union Street in Bangor was […]

BATH — In 1607, a group of Englishmen who were among the first Europeans in the New World made history with the construction of a ship called the Virginia at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Cold, isolated and suffering from a loss of leadership, the settlers of the Popham Colony boarded the pinnace Virginia […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has pulled the state out of membership in the National Governors Association because he says the state is not getting enough benefits for its $60,000 a year membership fee. He is also urging other state officials to review whether they are getting value from the various national groups and associations […]