BRUNSWICK — Ted Chamberlain always smiles when he thinks about the two little boys from Kentucky who were so enamored by his portrayal of Civil War General Joshua Chamberlain — decked out in resplendent mustache and decorated uniform — that they dressed up as union soldiers for Halloween.  For Chamberlain, a relative of the war […]

RUMFORD — The Rumford man accused of cutting off the tail of an opossum has died.  Erik Matthews, 32, was hit by a car while walking on Route 302 in Windham shortly before 4 a.m on July 20.  Windham police said Matthews was in the roadway when he was hit by Demetrio Lenoardo, 46, of Methuen, Massachusetts.  Matthews was taken to a […]

AUBURN — It has been less than three weeks since 41-year-old Jean Donald Fournier was gunned down in the Walmart parking lot. His son Justin Karcher is still grieving the loss of his dad, and one thing in particular is making it difficult.  “All these people are saying that this is a gun-control problem,” Karcher said Wednesday. […]

In Maine and across the United States, prescriptions for a life-saving opioid antidote have escalated since 2016, according to federal and state statistics. Meanwhile, after climbing for years, drug overdose deaths started declining for the first time in 2018. Experts say there’s a strong correlation between the two trends, as the use of the antidote […]

Seeking to restore consumer confidence and move past its lingering billing system controversy, Central Maine Power is launching a plan that includes a $6 million compensation fund for home customers who have unresolved bill disputes.  The proposal also includes a unique partnership with Efficiency Maine to troubleshoot high-use complaints and newly created management and technical-support […]

Nesting pairs of endangered piping plovers have fledged 165 chicks so far this summer, a 29 percent increase over last year and a new record for the state, Maine Audubon reported Tuesday.  The number of piping plovers nesting along the Maine coast jumped by more than 30 percent from last summer, also a record, the […]

PORTLAND — The Maine Public Utilities Commission’s approval of a proposed 145-mile  transmission line that would bring Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid was “replete with errors,” according to a company that’s suing to stop the project.  In an appeal of that approval to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, NextEra Energy Resources accused the […]

MECHANIC FALLS — Town Manager Zakk Maher, who was returned to his position by a vote of the Town Council on Monday night after having been fired in June, said in a statement Tuesday morning he was “apprehensive but optimistic” about his return.  He added he is committed to moving forward “transparently … in hopes […]