Maine

School staff in Bangor, Maine, now have a way to lock down their classrooms hanging around their necks. The city is the first in New England, and the Northeast, to implement a lanyard-based emergency alert system, school officials say, one that lets teachers, staff and substitutes send out notifications about things like fights or medical problems and, in a more…

NOAA’s announcement came a week after Maine’s congressional delegation announced plans to use the federal spending bill to attempt to delay new protections for the whales for six years.

The menu for President Joe Biden’s glitzy state dinner Thursday night has embroiled the White House in a simmering controversy over Maine’s signature culinary offering.

A terrifying video of a truck crash in Maine has received hundreds of thousands of views. The incident happened last Friday in New Sharon, which is near Farmington, and was captured on a dashboard camera by Julia Burdin. According to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, 41-year-old Jean Fanfan of Raynham, Massachusetts, was driving a tractor-trailer on Mile Hill Road...

Two children who’d went missing from Maine Monday night have been found safe, police say, and their mother was in custody in Massachusetts. The woman, 27-year-old Alexandra Vincent, took her young children from a home in Saco, Maine, according to the initial Amber Alert. Police didn’t initially give more information about how they found Vincent or what led to...

A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine looking for a KitchenAid mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure.

In some ways, it might be a college student’s dream: the ability to get hot food on-campus without having to leave your dorm room on a cold winter night. Over the past few weeks, University of Southern Maine students in Portland and Gorham have been getting used to that convenience thanks to 15 delivery robots. They’re called Kiwibots and...

A Maine Uber driver has been charged with sexually assaulting a woman he’d picked up from a nightclub in Bangor in June, police said. The woman called police the next morning to report the assault, Bangor police said, according to NewsCenter Maine. Joseph Graston, a 28-year-old Milo resident, was arrested on charges of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual...

A 30-year-old Brookfield man will spend close to twelve years behind bars after authorities say he engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a minor. According to the Maine Department of Justice, Devin Melycher traveled to Gorham, Maine back in August of 2020 where he had sex with a thirteen-year-old girl. Documents show that Melycher had been corresponding with the teen…

Members of a charter group fishing off Monhegan, Maine, in late August were startled when a seven-foot mako shark landed in their boat.

A wild meeting with a high-flying shark caught on camera in Maine is going viral.

Promoters envision a relaxed ride with a meal and sleep before arriving bright-eyed at the destination. The 14-hour ride would travel through Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Quebec.

Some retailers are taking lobster off the menu after an assessment from an influential conservation group that the seafood poses too much of a risk to rare whales and should be avoided. Seafood Watch, which rates the sustainability of different seafoods, said this week it has added the American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its “red list” of species to…

As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as a seafood to avoid.

A major New England staple is now red-listed by a sustainability group that works with Whole Foods, The Cheesecake Factory and other national brands. As of this week, Seafood Watch announced that it has classified American lobster, including Maine lobster, as seafood to avoid. The group, which is a program of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California, said in a…

An airplane part fell out of the sky and crashed to the ground just outside of the Maine State Capitol building last week, narrowly missing a police officer, officials said Monday.

Police are asking for the public’s help as they continue to search for a Maine couple and their 2-year-old daughter who have been missing since last month. Sanford police are looking for Jill Sidebotham, her 2-year-old daughter Lydia Hansen and Nicholas Hansen, whom family have told News Center Maine is Sidebotham’s ex boyfriend. They were last seen at a Walmart in...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is prompting efforts in liberal states to protect providers and patients who have traveled for a legal procedure.

A Connecticut man capped a grueling, monthslong run from Florida to Maine with a surprise proposal to his partner, who was with him the entire way.

Shan Riggs got down on one knee to propose to his partner, Joshuaine (Josh) Grant, after crossing the finish line of the 3,000 mile run up the East Coast Greenway, from Florida to Maine over the Fourth of July weekend.