As of April, 36 million Americans received food stamps, with an average monthly benefit of $121 per person, according to the Department of Agriculture.
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Paris residents spar with town officials over drainage ditch
By the end of the meeting, the group of ten Paris Hill residents came to a solution with the Board of Selectmen.
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Police: Woman drunk and texting crashes into trooper’s cruiser
Maine State Police said the driver was charged with OUI and driving to endanger and cited for texting while driving.
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Waterboro couple found dead in apparent murder-suicide, police say
Detectives say Christopher Denis, 45, shot his wife, Christal, also 45, and then turned the gun on himself.
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Son charged in splitting maul attack in Harrison
A 49-year old Harrison woman was taken to Maine Medical Center Friday evening with stab wounds and her son was charged in the attack, according to Maine State Police.
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Judge denies latest request in Maine man’s 17-year fight to overturn murder conviction
A jury convicted Foster Bates in 2002 of gross sexual assault and murder in the death of Tammy Dickson in 1994.
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Auburn driver hurt in turnpike overpass crash
Loel Faulkinham, 58, sustained multiple injuries when the man lift owned by WD Matthews Machinery Co. of Auburn hit a bridge overpass at mile 45 in South Portland.
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Anderson misses qualifying for U.S. Amateur by two shots
Maine Amateur champ Cole Anderson will be the first alternate from a qualifier at the Ledges Golf Club in York.
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Scientists close in on blood test for Alzheimer’s disease
A blood test — rather than subjective estimates of thinking skills — could get the right people into studies sooner.
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Screening machine error at jetport leads to flight delays
Nearly 200 checked bags fail to be loaded on flights after security screening machines shut down.