Maine’s “most excellent moose” died this week at the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray, where he had lived since 2004. George, who was nearly 15 when he died of old age, was seen by over 1.6 million visitors from around the world, the park announced in a Facebook post that included an album of photos […]

AUGUSTA — Gov. Janet Mills has signed an executive order effectively ending a moratorium on wind turbine permits that was in place under her predecessor, Gov. Paul LePage. The order by Mills, a Democrat, clarifies that state agencies with the legal authority to issue permits can again work with Maine’s local communities and stakeholders to […]

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police late Friday released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioning them. “The individuals questioned by police in the Empire case have now been released without charging and detectives have additional […]

Heidi Sampson found herself in a roomful of 50 newly hired teenagers and couldn’t believe it. Only a few could sign their employment paperwork for the ski school she runs. So she took it upon herself to teach them cursive and was struck by how many of them said they felt “deprived” of that skill. […]

The medical examiner who suddenly reversed his opinion Tuesday about key evidence in the murder trial of a 36-year-old Windham man has overseen thousands of death investigations in a two-decade-long career that included work in New York City and Boston. But Dr. Mark Flomenbaum also has been dogged by questions about his management skills from […]

SANFORD – A 16-year old Sanford girl who went missing for a second time this week has been found safe, police say. Ellie Thompson, had first  left home on  Tuesday, was found in Alfred on Thursday afternoon – and then went missing again late Thursday night. In a social media posting issued on Friday, Sanford […]

SANFORD — Pending approval by the Sanford City Council on Tuesday, a proposed new restaurant, called Pilot’s Cove Cafe, could open at Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport in early April. That means diners could be tucking into eggs Benedict or over easy with all the fixings for breakfast, and for lunch fried chicken, a burger or […]

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — A 15-year employee being fired from a suburban Chicago manufacturing company started shooting Friday, killing five co-workers and wounding five police officers before he was killed by police, authorities said. Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief Kristen Ziman said 45-year-old Gary Martin “was being terminated” before he started shooting at the Henry Pratt […]

ALFRED — The owner of an Alfred carpet cleaning business was ordered to serve 60 days in jail as part of her sentence following her guilty plea on Friday afternoon to several tax fraud charges. Rachel Roux, 64, who operates L & R Carpet, entered guilty pleas to two felonies and three misdemeanor tax charges […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The so-called “Cupid of Chaos” who is charged with bigamy in New Hampshire and also faces multiples charges in Maine should be returning to one of those states within about the next two weeks. He waived extradition on Friday morning during a court proceeding in Franklin County, Ohio, and is being held […]