Maine

Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a report of a “forced entry” with possible hostages in Livermore Falls, Maine, on Monday morning. The incident was first reported around 5:45 a.m. on Knapp Street. Maine State Police said they initially responded to a report of an armed intruder. The man barricaded himself within the residence and state police tactical and negotiations…

Maine will drop quarantine and testing requirements for visitors from all New England states, effective immediately, Gov. Mills announced said Friday as the state prepares for the spring and summer tourism seasons. In a press conference, Mills also announced a timeline for the state to ease or lift capacity limits for indoor and outdoor activities and that bars can reopen…

There are a lot of big changes for anyone thinking of a going on a trip to Maine or planning an event there this year. As of Friday morning, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island are no longer on the state’s travel advisory list, which requires residents of certain states to quarantine for 10 days or test negative for COVID-19 when…

Massachusetts is no longer on Maine’s travel advisory list, and soon, more places could join them as Vacationland officials say vaccines make events and travel safer.

Ahead of Maine’s tourism season, Gov. Janet Mills allows visitors from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to visit the state without quarantining or testing negative for COVID-19.

In Maine, K-12 teachers and school staff are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccines after a change from Gov. Janet Mills’ office late Thursday. Less than a week ago, Maine teachers were told they would part of the state’s age-based rollout like most Mainers. But a day after President Joe Biden asked states to get at least one dose of...

Roughly 200,000 new people are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccines in Maine as of Wednesday, when the state entered a new tier of its days-old age-based vaccination plan. Maine residents aged 60-70 can now sign up to get the shots at all vaccine clinics in the state. In addition, late Wednesday, Gov. Janet Mills announced she would allow “school…

Residents from age 60-70 were able to get their vaccine shots for the first time in Maine today.

A vaccine rollout plan in Maine that blended age prioritization with priority for frontline workers is now replaced with an outline that is completely age-based. Beginning on Wednesday, Maine residents who are 60 and up will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, making roughly 200,000 more people eligible to get the shots. According to officials, that will be followed in April…

More Maine residents are another step closer to being vaccinated more quickly, as Walgreens stores are now offering the shots to eligible people in the state. As of Thursday, that includes people 70 and older, patient-facing health care personnel, long-term care facility staff, public safety personnel and coronavirus response personnel.

Maine is adopting an “age-based approach” to coronavirus vaccine eligibility that will allow residents 60 years and older to make appointments starting this coming week, Gov. Janet Mills announced Friday. She said the new strategy prioritizes older people who are more likely to get seriously ill and die from COVID-19. As part of the move, Maine will expand vaccination eligibility…

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic canceled both the Yarmouth Clam Festival and Maine Maple Sunday, two major events that thousands of people in the state look forward to. This year, Maine Maple Sunday will return but the full Yarmouth Clam Festival is canceled again.

Maine Maple Sunday will return in-person this year during the March 27-28 weekend with COVID-19 safe guidelines.

Mainers are able to get their vaccine shots at Walgreens starting on Thursday.

There were more than 500 fatal overdoses in Maine in 2020, setting a new state record.

Some Maine seafood distributors are feeling the impact of recent severe winter weather in the southern United States and Texas. One of the Mainers affected is Togue Brawn, the owner of Downeast Dayboat, a company that sends seafood like fresh, raw scallops all over the country within 24 hours. “Anyone who ships perishable seafood … when they hear the word…

Some Maine seafood distributors are feeling the impact of the freezing weather that crippled Texas and parts of the South.

The show will not go on for New Hampshire-based movie theater company Cinemagic. All of the movie theater’s franchises are closed permanently, according to Newscenter Maine.

The Maine mansion that actor John Travolta shared with his late wife, actor Kelly Preston, has been put up for sale. The 67-year-old star of “Grease” and “Saturday Night Fever” recently listed the home on Islesboro, an island off the coast of Maine, for $5 million, according to the Portland Press Herald. The couple bought the home in 1991 as newlyweds…

A snowmobile rider was killed on Friday when his sled veered off a trail and crashed into a stand of trees, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Ryan Ducharme, 34, of Spencer, Massachusetts, was on a connector trail on Beech Hill Road in Madrid around 10:30 p.m. when he crashed. He had been with his brother…