Maine

New England’s 2020 tornado drought ended Saturday. There was a confirmed tornado north west of Sebago Lake in Maine. This is the first tornado in New England of the season. As Fay departed, we were left with significant amounts of directional windshear. This increased the threat of damaging winds and an isolated tornado today.  The rating of this tornado was…

The rating of this tornado was an EF-0 with winds of 80 MPH, and the path length was 4.8 miles long.

A 33-year-old Maine woman died Saturday after falling out of a whitewater raft on the Kennebec River, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said Saturday. Emily Fournier, of Fairfield, and her family were whitewater rafting with the Magic Falls Rafting company around 11:30 a.m. when she and two others were ejected from the raft as they paddled through…

There was a confirmed tornado Saturday north west of Sebago Lake in Maine.

Despite a law forbidding them, the names of some privately owned islands in Maine still refer to racial slurs and other derogatory terms, according to a reporter with The Portland Press Herald. Reporter Colin Woodard got a tip from a reader this week saying that, among the words in the names of some of the privately owned islands, is a…

The governors of Massachusetts and Maine got on the phone this week to discuss Maine’s out-of-state visitor quarantine, but the call didn’t change either of their minds. Last week, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker said he’d call Maine Gov. Janet Mills about why his state was still on Maine’s quarantine list — Bay State residents either have to show proof...

A call between Maine and Massachusetts’ governors didn’t help changing the Maine quarantine rules.

A few years ago, the owners of the Owls Head General Store in Midcoast Maine basically locked the doors and left, shutting down a business once lauded by Food Network for having Maine’s best hamburger. Now, in an interesting twist of fate brought on by COVID-19, the store has a new owner with a vision for its future. Earlier...

Maine has extended its state of civil emergency and is requiring masks in more places. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills said Wednesday that she extended the state of emergency until Aug. 6. Mills has said the state of emergency allows the state’s government to “deploy all available resources to protect the health and safety of Maine people and to respond quickly…

The Owls Head General Store in mid-coast Maine, will be reopening under new ownership.

Two emergencies involving divers unfolded at Maine’s Nubble Lighthouse this week, leading to man’s rescue and another’s death. The first one came Monday morning, when a man became exhausted after diving and trying to swim to shore. He was rescued with the help of bystanders. The second incident, which took place Tuesday afternoon, turned fatal. The U.S. Coast Guard,...

A man died in an emergency at a lighthouse in York, Maine, after another diver had been helped to shore by bystanders.

With news that President Donald Trump is heading to the Granite State to hold a rally later in the week, some business owners in nearby Maine are worried about a potential coronavirus outbreak caused by people attending the event.

With news that President Donald Trump is heading to the Granite State to hold a rally later in the week, some business owners in nearby Maine are worried about a potential coronavirus outbreak caused by people attending the event. Trump is set to hold an outdoor campaign rally at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease at 8 p.m. Saturday, three weeks…

There’s going to be a ripple effect through the Maine economy as colleges decide whether to reopen this fall. A report issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston found that Maine leads the region in terms of the number of communities that are heavily dependent on colleges and universities for their local economies. All told, 19 of the 57…

Police say an argument in a supermarket parking lot escalated into an assault in which the victim said she was targeted by homophobic slurs in Portland, Maine. Police said 63-year-old Michael Roylos, of Portland, shouted at a motorist he accused of reckless driving and then assaulted her when she began recording the confrontation with her cellphone. Police Lt. Robert Martin…

On Memorial Day, seasonal business owners and Mainers were unsure what summer would bring and a strict out-of-state visitor quarantine on all travelers had kept a lot of the usual holiday weekend visitors away.  That was then.  As the Fourth of the July weekend kicked off on Friday, many more cars were visible on the Maine turnpike and a traffic...

While many parades and fireworks displays planned for Saturday were cancelled, at least a couple Maine towns, including Lubec and Jackman, had planned to go ahead with parades and ceremonies.

A day after Maine Gov. Janet Mills lifted the two-week quarantine requirement for some out-of-state visitors, questions remain why two New England states were left out of that decision. Beginning Friday, people from Connecticut, New York and New Jersey can all visit Maine without having to quarantine for two weeks or present proof of a negative coronavirus test, Mills announced…

Maine Gov. Janet Mills has lifted the two-week quarantine requirement for some out-of-state visitors, but Massachusetts and Rhode Island are not included.