Knowing when and where different crimes occur helps police figure out where and when to deploy resources. It also can help residents and visitors take steps to enhance their security.

The children’s mother told a friend that her husband, who suffered from depression, had threatened suicide.

Most of Matt Dyer’s injuries from the terrifying ordeal have healed, he is back to work and plans to hike again.

Police say Fuquan Prince Wilson is likely no longer in Maine and may have acted in self-defense.

Other Maine communities show interest in the technology, which lets police track the signal from a radio beacon the person wears like a watch.

No one was injured in the fire, which is under investigation.

They – and their handlers – better stay that way if they’re to be recertified this week at a program in Yarmouth.

Accomplished climber Brian Delaney, 56, had just finished a White Mountains ascent and was still in his safety harness when ‘something went wrong.’