BRUNSWICK — Darcy Baggett had just returned from a long winter walk with her fiance and their two dogs, Sherman and Nala, when she noticed the animals weren’t acting quite right. It was meal time, but the dogs weren’t interested in their food – one of them just looked at it and started swaying back […]

GARDINER — A man fatally shot a woman and then killed himself Tuesday in what authorities called a domestic violence murder-suicide that has been linked to a house fire earlier in the day in Sidney. Police went to 16 Fairview St. in Gardiner at 11:21 a.m. Tuesday and found two people who had been shot. […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — A proposal to trade the Columbus Day holiday for a tribute to Native Americans has received initial approval in the Maine House. The House voted 88-51 Wednesday in support of the bill, which faces further votes. Democratic Rep. Benjamin Collings of Portland sponsored the bill renaming the state holiday celebrated on the […]

AUGUSTA — A bill that would allow police armed with a court order to confiscate guns from people deemed to be a threat to themselves or others because of a mental health crisis is back before the Maine Legislature. The so-called “red flag” bill, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, is similar to a […]

Westbrook native Shawn Mckeough tackled an armed robber, likely protecting several innocent people in the process, only to be shot in the face by another assailant, court documents revealed. Mckeough was killed inside a Valero Big Red gas station and convenience store in North Little Rock, Arkansas, on Friday night. He was 23. Police arrested […]

A Portland man confessed to killing his longtime girlfriend over the weekend in phone calls to his daughter and ex-wife, according to court documents. Gregory Vance, 61, has been charged with murder in the death of Patricia Grassi, 59. Her body was discovered Sunday morning in their apartment on Cumberland Avenue. She had been strangled, […]

Police arrested an Old Orchard Beach man Tuesday and charged him with murder in the slaying of his roommate. Dustan Bentley, 40, was charged with killing William Popplewell, 65, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Steve McCausland said in a news release Tuesday night. Popplewell died from stabbing and blunt force trauma, according to an […]

DURHAM — A new Durham comprehensive plan aims to preserve the community’s rural small-town character and its small-town numbers. The town is hosting a public hearing Monday, March 25, to review a draft of the comprehensive plan, which would replace the one adopted in 2002 if approved at the April 6 town meeting.  Comprehensive plans […]