ORONO — Police in Maine say four people arrested for trespassing in the late-night hours told them they were hunting for ghosts and had brought along a camera in hopes of documenting paranormal activity. Orono police Officer Wilfred King says two men and two women between 19 and 25 were issued summons shortly after midnight […]

AUGUSTA — Maine is honoring its law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty. More than 350 people including Gov. Paul LePage, uniformed police, legislators and civilians attended a memorial service Thursday. The event was moved from the Law Enforcement Officers’ memorial near the State House indoors to the State Armory on […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Even as her son’s image was plastered across TV and computer screens nationwide while authorities worked to identify the little boy found dead along a dirt road in Maine, his mother dutifully called his Texas school daily to report his absence. Julianne McCrery, 42, of Irving, Texas, was ordered held without bail […]

BIDDEFORD — The University of New England has named Dora Anne Mills, former Maine health director, as its vice president for clinical affairs She will join UNE on Sept. 1. Mills, who was director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention for nearly 15 years, was fired by Gov. Paul LePage from her […]

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Maine health officials say the first case of a potentially fatal respiratory condition spread by the common house mouse has been diagnosed in the state. Officials say the case reported last month in Somerset County was in a man in his 70s. He is recovering. Officials say hantavirus pulmonary syndrome comes […]

LINCOLN — A blimp on its maiden voyage has made an unscheduled stop in Lincoln. Lincoln Regional Airport manager David Lloyd said the Hangar 1 Vodka blimp had to land Wednesday afternoon after one of the three pickup trucks that were following it on the ground broke down. He said the blimp itself wasn’t experiencing […]

AUGUSTA — Bills relating to abortion await House and Senate action in Maine. How they’ll fare is in question, given divided committee sentiment. On Wednesday, activists plan a news conference to ask lawmakers to reject a bill that would create a new class of crime for harming a fetus. The Family Planning Association of Maine […]

MADISON — A report by the Maine Department of Corrections says the staff at the Somerset County Jail followed correct procedures in its handling of the death of an inmate. Sixty-one-year-old Richard Bruce Greco of Dixfield was serving a 90-day sentence at the Madison jail for his involvement in a 2009 fatal crash in Wilton […]