Maine

Maine State Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a woman who was found dead Thursday at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth

A Boston man was found shot to death inside a Maine home early Wednesday morning, and police say a murder investigation is now underway. Maine State Police said dispatchers received a 911 call around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday reporting a shooting at a residence at 531 Madawaska Road in Palmyra in the central part of the state. Deputies from the Somerset…

Investigators believe they have solved the killings of an elderly woman and her adult daughter, whose bodies were discovered after Christmas 2023 at a Maine dog kennel.

Two people were found dead in separate fires in Maine on Sunday, investigators said, the causes of which remained under investigation on Wednesday.

Maine State Police are investigating after a fuel truck rolled over on Interstate 295 north in Brunswick overnight. State police troopers responded to the fuel truck rollover around 2:43 a.m. A Kenworth fuel truck owned by Irving Oil Company and loaded with 2,900 gallons of off-road diesel had left the roadway to the right and overturned. The driver, identified by…

One hundred and seven great white sharks were tracked from Cape Cod to the Maine coast, according to a new study released by New England scientists. Researchers tagged sharks off Cape Cod and followed their movements using acoustic receivers from 2012 to 2023. Their tracking efforts increased after the first ever fatal shark attack in Maine in 2020. The majority…

The Wentworth School in Scarborough, Maine, was evacuated after multiple children reported feeling ill; the cause is under investigation.

One person died and four others were injured in a house fire overnight in Portland, Maine.

A man was found fatally shot at a Maine home he’d been staying in Saturday, and a man who lives at the home was arrested on a murder charge, state police said.

Gov. Janet Mills warned over the weekend that President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Canadian goods will mean higher prices for Mainers on heating oil, gasoline, food and other everyday essentials. “When Maine businesses have to pay higher tariffs to import materials they need, building supplies or other things, or pay to export their finished products, they will be…

The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans.

The waters off New England had another warm year but didn’t heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of higher warming worldwide, said scientists who study the Atlantic Ocean near Maine.

The University of Maine will undergo a “compliance review” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture focused on whether the university is complying with a recent executive order, NEWS CENTER Maine reports.

During a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, President Trump asked Maine Gov. Janet Mills if she would comply with his order barring transgender female athletes from competing at schools receiving federal funding.

A 48-year-old man was critically injured after he was trapped in his car following a rollover crash on the Maine Turnpike overnight. Maine State Police said they responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 95 south in Kittery around 12:10 a.m. Friday. Troopers arrived at the scene to find a gold Buick sedan on its roof, blocking…

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says a conservative group’s petition for a voter ID measure “far exceeded” the requirement to get it on the ballot

A man has been charged with murder in the killing of his wife at his parents’ home in Readfield, Maine, on Wednesday, police announced Thursday, announcing the identities of the people involved.

Town leaders in Scarborough, Maine, are considering a proposal to increase non-resident beach pass fees as they grapple with a surge in demand in recent years, NEWS CENTER Maine reports. Currently, Scarborough offers non-resident beach passes for $150. The proposal would raise that fee $30 to $180, and limit the number of available passes to 400. Leaders are also considering…

Police found a dead woman outside a Maine home and another woman critically injured inside before taking a man related to them into custody who’d fled the scene nearby on Wednesday morning, authorities said.