Kevin Lully, who worked his way up the ranks of Augusta Police Department for the last 29 years, has served as interim chief since November.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/28/longtime-officer-appointed-as-police-chief-in-augusta/
An Augusta man says Melvin "Mickey" Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
School officials are expected to present the proposed spending plan Tuesday to the City Council.
Julia Gagnon's platinum ticket allows her to skip the first round of Hollywood Week competition, airing Sunday. But on Monday's show, she'll likely find out if she's one of the top 24 singers com...
Cases declined sharply at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but have been rising since.
Thursday’s order came after South Africa sought more provisional measures, including a ceasefire, citing starvation in Gaza. Israel urged the court not to issue new orders.
Prosecutors said Bankman-Fried had cost customers, investors and lenders over $10 billion by misappropriating billions of dollars to fuel his quest for influence and dominance in the new industry...
Among the changes announced, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for species newly classified as threatened.
Darren Laney Jr. was found dead at the Cumberland County Jail on Friday. The medical examiner's office said it is still investigating his cause of death.
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court disagreed with a Readfield couple who argued the ban contradicts a new 'right to food' amendment voters approved in 2021.
It’s been an unusual start to spring in Maine. We’ve had nearly three feet of snow, ice and now comes the rain. All the rapid snowmelt from fog and warmer temps has catapulted us into mud sea...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/28/mud-season-starts-with-threats-of-flooding/
The bill would look at the feasibility of running a passenger rail between Portland and Bangor, with stops in Lewiston, Auburn, Waterville and just west of Augusta.
The evolving process often reflects changes in social attitudes and immigration, as well as a wish for people in an increasingly diverse society to see themselves in the numbers produced by the f...
The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate is the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since the height of the Cold War.
The legendary American mountaineer Lou Whittaker was matter-of-fact about the risks of mountaineering and said he didn't want to die without knowing he'd lived.
The proposed $23.7 million spending plan is 22% greater than the current spending plan, but because revenue that county officials have tapped in the past has either decreased or is no longer avai...
The Portland International Jetport has reduced its proposal by 100 spaces, but that might not satisfy residents of a Stroudwater neighborhood concerned about the $8 million project.
The plan is to look at the roof, heating system, brickwork and other issues.
The Judiciary Committee also will soon take up a last-minute bill that would put in place 'an improved crisis intervention order' for restricting access to firearms when people are deemed to be a...
The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/27/robot-dog-takes-bullets-for-police-on-cape-cod/
The measure would enact strict limits on when a company can collect, store and analyze consumer information, while creating exemptions for nonprofits, educational institutions and hospitals.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 but dropped out after a weak showing in the early primaries.
Baltimore’s port is closed after the container ship Dali slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, causing it to collapse into the water.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/27/baltimore-union-fears-loss-of-2400-jobs-on-bridge-collapse/
The council members pledged to 'execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order.'
Donald Trump complained on social media that the gag order issued Tuesday was 'illegal, un-American, unConstitutional.'
The administrative offices, IT department, EMA and Sheriff's Office would be in the building on County Way.
FARMINGTON — Gov. Janet Mills and U.S. Sen. Susan Collins helped cut the ribbon Wednesday to formally open the new Sweatt-Winter Child Care and Early Education Center at the University of Maine...
The Travis Mills Foundation’s annual Vietnam-Era Veterans Breakfast was held Wednesday at the Augusta Civic Center. The free event hosted 600 veterans and guests for breakfast, speeches and mus...
Nickerson Yard Maintenance recently opened a small hardware store in the town of about 3,000, and the family members who own it said it has been received with excitement — and nostalgia — fro...
Landowner Leo St. Peter still needs to get approval from the City Council for the zone change to build a 725-kilowatt solar farm on Webb Road.
An early spring storm dumped snow and ice over much of the state, keeping many sugarhouses from opening on their most lucrative weekend.
The legislation gives enforcement authority on new permits, restoration of shoreland and allows municipalities and Land Use Planning Commission the right to place a lien on property with unresolv...
The investigation is the latest battle the social media company, which is already fighting against a federal bill that could ban the platform in the U.S. if it doesn’t break ties with its Beiji...
Odds of a cloudy day are high, but hopes remain high.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/27/maine-gets-ready-for-first-total-eclipse-in-6-decades/
The legislation would set required ratios in an effort to improve working conditions and ease a nursing shortage. Opponents say the measure would reduce access to care.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/27/maine-senate-backs-mandatory-nursing-ratios-in-hospitals/
Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray-painting buildings in Bristol, England and has become one of the world’s best-known artists.
The agreement came a day after the appointment of a new board member, replacing a DeSantis-appointed board chairman who was a Disney critic.
Town officials hope to continue working with the state Department of Transportation to minimize the impacts of the proposed Kennebec River crossing near Skowhegan’s downtown.
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said at a news conference that authorities had been informed that the ship was going to undergo maintenance. He added that they were not informed of...
The Skowhegan Regional Chamber of Commerce, which owns the 62-foot-tall sculpture of a Native American fisherman, has offered the artwork to the town of Skowhegan, before seeking other potential ...
The store on Wilton Road was locked down, Farmington police Chief Kenneth Charles said.
Food pantry, fairgrounds, community center and school are the recipients.
Educators, maintenance staff and supervisory staff at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland outlined their concerns and demands in a letter to the Department of Corrections.
Under the agreement, the special prosecutors would drop 3 felony counts against Paxton as long as he pays full restitution to his victims, and completes 100 hours of community service and 15 hour...
Joseph E. McLaughlin of Readfield and Jamie M. Perry of Waterville were both indicted by a Kennebec County grand jury this month.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/26/indictments-handed-up-in-readfield-clinton-home-arson-cases/
Some want a lower minimum wage for young farmworkers, while others advocate preserving the right to sue an agricultural employer for failing to pay minimum wage.
The Navy renewed a contract with ship-building company Bath Iron Works to continue services on three Bath-built Zumwalt destroyers.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/26/biw-gets-contract-to-maintain-zumwalt-class-destroyers/
Selectman Stephan Bunker and Budget Committee member Lloyd Smith were recognized for their many years of service.
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
More than 1,000 marijuana plants, over 30 pounds of processed cannabis, and other "drug paraphernalia and documentation" was confiscated when authorities executed search warrants at two residence...