VASSALBORO ( AP) — Maine law enforcement authorities are investigating the shooting of a 22-year-old New York man inside a Vassalboro home. State police say they responded to the home just after midnight Tuesday and found Rafael Encarnacion of New York City with a gunshot wound in the abdomen. He was flown by helicopter to […]

FARMINGTON ( AP) — Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington has launched a review into an ambulance crew’s actions while transporting a man who died on the way to the hospital after a skiing accident at Sugarloaf resort. David Morse of Nova Scotia, Canada died en route to the hospital after striking a tree at the […]

SACO (AP) — Police say a man working on a utility pole in Saco has fallen to his death. Sgt. Chris Handiman tells WCSH-TV that the man fell about 55 feet from a pole on Boom Road at about 4 p.m. on Monday. Authorities say the man was 44 years old and from Maine but […]

PORTLAND Occupy Maine demonstrators who say police got a chuckle over the theft of dozens of signs from their encampment hope to get some respect for their movement when they go before a judge next week. John Branson, the group’s attorney, suggested Tuesday that demonstrators have been disrespected by city officials who don’t see the […]

PORTLAND Community members and relatives of a toddler reported missing from her father’s Waterville home a month ago are trying to keep her disappearance from fading from public view. About 35 people, including the girl’s father and his family, attended a candlelight vigil on Tuesday night aimed to keep Ayla Reynolds’ name in the forefront […]

BATH — The City Council will hold a workshop at 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss bylaws of a board of directors created in December to manage the former National Guard Armory building now owned by the city. The Bath Youth Meetinghouse and Skatepark and an antique fire engines group are slated to move into the armory […]

BATH — An automated teller machine at Savings Bank of Maine in the Bath Shopping Center was vandalized overnight Tuesday, but no cash was stolen, police said this morning. The machine, located near the building but not attached to it, sustained an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 damage, Bath Police Lt. Stan Cielinski said today. Police responded […]

HARPSWELL — An incumbent selectwoman and school board member are the lone candidates who have submitted nomination papers in Harpswell with a week to go before the filing deadline. According to the town clerk’s office, Selectwoman Elinor Multer and School Administrative District 75 board member Joanne M. Rogers have both turned in nomination papers to appear […]

BATH — A 32-year-old Brunswick man was stabbed Friday night during a fight with his cousin at their grandmother’s home on Office Drive. The man allegedly arrived at the house just after 11:30 a.m. Friday. Reportedly wielding a bat, he accused his cousin, a 41-year-old Bath man, of stealing “ a large amount” of money, Bath […]

BATH — A dryer vent clogged with lint triggered a fire Monday night that left the occupants of three apartments in Bath without a home. Bath Fire Chief Steve Hinds said one of the occupants, who called 911 before evacuating his neighbors from the building, “did everything right” and likely minimized the damage to more apartments […]