Firefighters extinguish a fire in a trash container and in the wall of an apartment.
David Hench
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Collins, King announce grants to help fight opioid abuse in Maine
Three health agencies will receive awards of $100,000 each.
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Early-morning fire in Portland’s East End is quickly extinguished
The fire is confined to a stairwell and all residents of the house on Smith Street are safely evacuated.
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Portland man, woman charged with assault in New Gloucester
The pair were discovered lying in the road late Thursday night.
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Westbrook man turns himself in to Portland police after hit-and-run crashes
Three cars on Market Street were damaged Thursday evening by the driver of a Jeep Cherokee, who then drove off.
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Scarborough police to launch innovative program to help drug addicts
The town will try to put them in recovery instead of jail, a spreading strategy in the battle against addiction.
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What’s behind this year’s surge in Maine motorcycle deaths?
Some say good summer weather drew more riders to the roads, at least 19 of the 28 victims were not wearing helmets, and others were just going too fast.
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Saco police officer facing OUI charge
The police sergeant was pulled over in Arundel on Sept. 5.
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Maine ranks 9th nationally in rate of women killed by men
The per capita ranking is part of a study released Tuesday to draw attention to the toll of domestic violence.
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Connor MacCalister indicted in Saco supermarket knife killing
He’s charged with murder in the stabbing of Wendy Boudreau in an apparently random attack.