PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pilot error following engine maintenance problems caused the helicopter crash that killed Montgomery Gentry singer Troy Gentry and the pilot at a small airport where he was to perform that night, federal investigators said. The pilot cut the engine too soon as he tried an emergency landing, leading to an uncontrolled descent, […]

LEWISTON — An Androscoggin County grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former teacher at Pine Tree Academy in Freeport on 26 charges related to his alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old female student at the Seventh-day Adventist school on Pownal Road. Derek Michael Boyce, 37, of Woolwich admitted to police that he had sexual contact with […]

A senior Central Maine Power Co. executive told state regulators that the company won’t ask to have ratepayers cover the costs of thousands of new customers who weren’t billed for their electric service. The Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram reported Sunday that about 3,400 new electric customers weren’t billed for months because of company delays in setting […]

AUGUSTA — In recognition of the National Day of Mourning for the late U.S. President George H.W. Bush, all Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicle offices will be closed today, Dec. 5,  including the office in Kennebunk. According to a press release, the Maine Department of the Secretary of State also will be closed on Wednesday by […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital bids its final farewell to the late president, George H.W. Bush, in a service of prayer and praise that is drawing together world envoys, Americans of high office and a guy from Maine who used to fix things in Bush’s house on the water. The ceremony Wednesday at Washington […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital embraced George H.W. Bush in death with solemn ceremony and high tributes to his service and decency, as the remains of the 41st president took their place in the Capitol rotunda for three days of mourning and praise by the political elite and everyday citizens alike. With Bush’s casket […]

State fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire early Saturday that destroyed an abandoned house at 570 North Ave. in Skowhegan, on property where police earlier this year searched for Tina Stadig, a woman missing for more than a year. Investigators from the state Fire Marshal’s Office were called to the fire, reported […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Queen and Adam Lambert are launching a six-week North American tour following the release of the Freddie Mercury biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Live Nation announced the 23-date tour Monday. It will feature original band members Brian May and Roger Taylor with Adam Lambert singing lead. It will kick off in Vancouver, British […]

Maine education officials have received a 5-year, $2.9 million federal grant to help schools with training and materials for local school safety plans. The grant from the U.S. Department of Education is for a state Department of Education initiative that helps districts develop school emergency operations plans. All districts are required to have such plans, […]

KENNEBUNKPORT — When he was Vice President, George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara shared their home with a Cocker Spaniel named C. Fred Bush. Later, during his Presidency, Springer Spaniel Millie was the Bush canine. C. Fred Bush and Millie were famous as the President’s dogs – and they were famous too, because they […]