December 21, 2012
FAIRFIELD -- In the wake of last week's mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., two local business owners have found a way to reduce the number of guns in the community.
December 21, 2012
AUGUSTA -- High winds knocked out electricity to about 28,600 Central Maine Power customers, mostly in Cumberland and York counties, Friday evening, according to the company.
December 21, 2012
AUGUSTA -- Local lawmakers say they are poised to roll up their sleeves and get to work on their committees, where the real give and take of crafting new laws takes place.
December 21, 2012
With the horrible specter of the fiscal cliff approaching, the "shudder" has become the national gesture. It's almost Christmas, and people are looking scared. I've seen that look before. As most of you know, I'm a lot older than I seem. I may appear to be 38, but it's an illusion.
December 21, 2012
FARMINGTON --The downtown development plan will be revised again after a town selectmen and residents expressed concern about the draft's language.
December 21, 2012
With a federal farm bill expired and nothing to take its place, the price of milk and other dairy products could jump on Jan. 1 if Congress fails to act.
December 21, 2012
IN CLINTON, Thursday at 2:58 p.m., someone came to the Police Department to report a case involving identity theft.
December 21, 2012
A drug-sniffing dog found the drugs in her vehicle at the border between Maine and Canada.
December 22, 2012
A powerful wind- and rainstorm pounded coastal and inland areas of Maine on Friday, knocking down trees and power lines and causing chaos.
December 22, 2012
WATERVILLE — Losing a pet can be painful -- as painful as losing a family member.
December 21, 2012
The doomsayers who had predicted apocalypse were nowhere to be seen. Instead, people showed up in T-shirts reading "The End of the World: I Was There."
December 21, 2012
His staff now includes a veteran of Obama's campaigns in Maine and a political consultant with Republican ties.
December 21, 2012
Steven Shaw, 26, allegedly posed as a police officer to extort a man out of an undisclosed amount of money.
December 26, 2012
Kennebunk police charge a Shapleigh woman – as well as her husband – with engaging a prostitute.
December 21, 2012
December 21, 2012
Rep. Brian Duprey, R-Hamden, confirms that he's submitted a bill to allow concealed firearms permit holders to bring guns to public schools.
December 21, 2012
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The group's leader said guards need to be in place quickly because "the next Adam Lanza," the shooter in Newtown, Conn., is already planning an attack on another school.
December 21, 2012
Maine's unemployment rate was 7.2 percent in November, down from 7.4 percent in October.
December 21, 2012
"Few individuals know as many presidents and prime ministers or grasp our policies as firmly as John Kerry."
December 22, 2012
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Nancy Lanza was planning to move out West with her son, shooter Adam Lanza, possibly to Washington state.
December 21, 2012
A committee has voted in favor of a ban on firearms inside the House floor, gallery and adjacent areas, where guns are currently allowed.
December 21, 2012
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December 21, 2012
Cases in point: Sunday's "Homeland" was the highest-rated episode in the two years the series has been on the air. "Dexter" was the top-rated episode of any series in Showtime history.
December 21, 2012
Every afternoon and night, he stuffs his red sack with presents and heads out to storm-ravaged homes, personally delivering toys to awestruck kids. Watch slideshow.
December 22, 2012
Although Boehner's stature appears diminished because his GOP colleagues didn't support his tax plan, Republicans will ultimately have to agree to some compromise or else across-the-board tax hikes and cuts will go into effect.
December 21, 2012
Joseph "Jose" Banks was captured without incident in Chicago Thursday night. The search continues for Kenneth Conley, who fled the jail with Banks early Tuesday.
December 21, 2012
At L.L. Bean, top executives are abandoning their desks to work in the shipping department and answer customers' phone calls as retailers nationwide increasingly focus on speed.
December 21, 2012
The observance begins at 4 p.m. with a candlelight procession from the Preble Street Resource Center to Monument Square.
December 21, 2012
He joins other governors in asking state residents to observe a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. today.
December 21, 2012
The five-member Commission to Study the Conduct of Elections has completed series of hearings around the state to gather public input.
December 21, 2012
SKOWHEGAN -- The following cases were closed from Nov. 19 to Nov. 23, 2012, in Skowhegan District Court.
December 21, 2012
WATERVILLE -- The following cases, listed alphabetically A-H, were closed from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, 2012, in Waterville District Court.
December 21, 2012
AUGUSTA -- Democratic legislative leaders announced Wednesday that they will form a committee to try to strengthen Maine's workforce.
December 21, 2012
A Cheverus High School alumnus, former trustee and major donor was one of two former hedge-fund managers convicted Monday for their roles in an insider-trading scheme that illegally netted more than $72 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Southern District of New York.
December 21, 2012
BANGOR -- Gov. Paul LePage says he agrees with an assessment by Forbes Magazine that Maine has the worst business climate in the nation.
December 21, 2012
AUGUSTA -- Kennebec County jail officials have used fingerprint records from a national database to determine the identities of two people in custody who allegedly gave fake names.
December 21, 2012
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine surged 23.6 percent in November, outpacing national gains, as buyers took advantage of low interest rates and a large inventory of homes on the market.
December 21, 2012
After a couple of days of rumors, public warnings and plans for heightened security, state and local police determined Thursday that there was no message threatening schools in southern Maine.
December 21, 2012
AUGUSTA -- Fifteen of the 57 hunting violations against a Mount Vernon man have been condensed by the district attorney's office into a single felony charge.
December 21, 2012
The appointed time comes and goes at the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza today with no sign of the apocalypse.
December 20, 2012
Maine's 2012 legislative elections have broken another record.
December 20, 2012
After a couple of days of rumors, public warnings and plans for heightened security, state and local police determined Thursday that there was no message threatening schools in southern Maine.
December 20, 2012
Sales of existing single-family homes in Maine surged 23.6 percent in November, outpacing national gains, as buyers took advantage of low interest rates and a large inventory of homes on the market.
December 20, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Confronted with a revolt among the rank and file, House Republicans abruptly put off a vote Thursday night on legislation allowing tax rates to rise for households earning $1 million and up, complicating attempts to avoid a year-end fiscal cliff that threatens to send the economy into recession.
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