Robert Infante, the Alfred man who allegedly blew a piece of his finger off with an illegal pipe bomb Friday, had his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Portland this morning.

The ex-Boston firefighter is sentenced to eight months in prison for cultivating marijuana in Bridgton.

The moose first was reported at 8 a.m. on Ridge Road walking toward the high school, then it was spotted swimming out off Long Beach.

Crews in several York County towns are at work cleaning up after Thursday’s intense storms that twisted off the tops of trees and leveled utility poles.

York County towns and a campground are hit hard by high winds, and more than 6,000 lose electricity.

Severe thunderstorms knocked out power to thousands of customers in York County today.

Central Maine Power Co. is warning customers about a scam that attempts to get customers to give private banking information over the telephone.

The man purchased the ticket at the local Big Apple convenience store.

Robert Sirois gets a nine-month term after admitting to growing and selling pot illegally.