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A 6-year-old boy was hit and killed by a school bus Wednesday in Rumford, Maine. Police told necn and NBC affiliate WCSH that the child fell off his bicycle at the intersection of Waldo Street and Lincoln Avenue, where a bus hit him. School officials later announced that the boy had passed away.

A huge floating ice disk has been found rotating in the Presumpscot River in Westbrook, Maine. Tina Radel, a city employee, told WCSH that birds have been sitting on the disk as it slowly turns counterclockwise. She called the disk a natural phenomenon.

Police are investigating after a suspicious letter was sent to the Maine home of U.S. Sen. Susan Collins. Bangor police said officers responded to Collins’ West Broadway home just before 2 p.m. Monday for a report of a suspicious envelope that had been delivered to the home. Firefighters and a local hazardous materials crew also responded to the scene, according...

A Maine law enforcement officer posed as a panhandler to catch drivers distracted by their mobile devices. WCSH reports that Zach Kinderlan, a Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s deputy, stood in street clothes with a cardboard sign as he attempted to catch people texting Tuesday. “Hello! I’m a Deputy and if you’re TEXTING you’re about to get a TICKET,” the sign read....

A father and son from Dracut, Massachusetts, suffered third-degree burns when a home they were repairing in Waldoboro, Maine exploded Thursday night.

Several law enforcement agencies in Maine are looking for an “armed and dangerous” suspect who stole a police cruiser.

Slain Somerset County Cpl. Eugene Cole’s brother, Tom Cole, says he is feeling relieved after authorities arrested suspected killer John Williams on Saturday. Tom Cole is offering forgiveness to Williams, but would like him to say he was sorry and see sincere remorse for what he has done. 

The search for a missing 5-year-old boy who fell into a river near Auburn, Maine continues, although WCSH is reporting that police are now treating the search as a “recovery” rather than a “rescue.”

The wooden hull from ship comes up from sands of Short Sands Beach in York, Maine

A large fire broke out Friday at an abandoned mill building in Sanford, Maine.

A rare Rolls-Royce worth $1 million was vandalized overnight in Portland, Maine.