3+ hour, 50+ min ago  (772+ words) Maine service providers and advocates are raising the alarm about the possibility that recruiters may be targeting homeless people to go to out-of-state detox centers. The Maine Statewide Homeless Council this week issued an announcement, warning about reports of individuals…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1553+ words) Top police officials in Portland and South Portland communicated regularly with a federal agent during the immigration enforcement surge in late January, according to records released Thursday. Text messages obtained by the Portland Press Herald show that while the local…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (706+ words) BOOTHBAY HARBOR " Boothbay's elementary and high schools will soon be among the first in Maine with bullet-resistant body shields in every classroom. The town's police department on Wednesday handed out 105 bulletproof backpacks to teachers at the town's regional schools. One…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (201+ words) The Maine Commission on Public Defense Services announced Wednesday it has run out of funding to pay private lawyers who provide legal services. The commission is about $13 million short of what it needs this fiscal year to pay private attorneys…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (354+ words) The Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor may be sold as part of a pending settlement in an antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation. The Justice Department sued Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, in 2024, accusing them of…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (306+ words) AUBURN " An Edgecomb man was sentenced to 30 years in prison Tuesday, with all but 10 years suspended, after admitting to the 2024 murder of a Virginia man in Turner. Luke Krott, 27, was sentenced for the killing of 34-year-old William "Nate" Robinson, whose…...

2+ day, 54+ min ago  (396+ words) Federal agents on Tuesday raided a Park Street business that had previously been connected to a larger tax fraud investigation. During the late morning and early afternoon, more than a dozen agents were seen entering the offices of Bright Future…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (492+ words) A man will serve two years in prison after being sentenced Tuesday in connection with the death of a Waldoboro man. Jason Goucher Hewett, 41, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Knox County Superior Court last week in the death of Kyle…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago  (291+ words) The Boothbay Region Elementary and High schools will soon receive Maine-made backpacks that police believe could save lives in a school shooting. The Boothbay Harbor Police Department will distribute the Mundbora Body Shield backpacks at the two schools on Wednesday,…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago  (148+ words) A Wiscasset man accused of setting fire to the bed he and his girlfriend were in has been charged with attempted murder. First responders were dispatched to 154 Beechnut Hill Road on Monday following a report of an intentionally set fire…...