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The campus of a liberal arts college in Maine was on a temporary lockdown early Saturday after a shot was fired in a student housing complex during what one student called a massive annual party.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to temporarily order thousands of residents not to drink the water.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — One person died and three others were injured when a floor of an apartment building for senior residents caught fire on Monday morning, authorities in Maine said.
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WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The Maine Attorney General’s Office has ruled that the fatal shooting of a man in Waterville by police last year was justified.
FAIRFIELD, Maine (AP) — Maine health authorities are advising limitations and prohibitions on consumption of freshwater fish from several waterways due to the discovery of persistent chemicals.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing his longtime girlfriend and the mother of his two children.
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — An 18-year-old charged with having homemade explosive devices that he intended to use to attack a mosque and other houses of worship in Chicago pleaded not guilty to federal charges.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The father of a Maine toddler who went missing more than a decade ago and was later declared dead has attempted to reject an effort to expand a wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that the statute of limitations for the new allegations has expired.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An 18-year-old charged with having homemade explosive devices in his backpack discussed plans to travel to Chicago to attack a mosque and other houses of worship, federal prosecutors said.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The mother of a toddler who went missing more than a decade ago wants to expand her wrongful death lawsuit following a review of newly obtained police evidence.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A state land use commission voted unanimously on Wednesday to hold a public hearing on a proposed project to develop a ski resort, marina and housing at Moosehead Lake in Maine.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A legislative committee on Monday approved a bill that would make interfering with an election worker a crime — but the amended version no longer makes the crime a felony.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Officials with Colby College said Thursday the school has taken over stewardship of two islands off the coast of Maine.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Attorneys for a Maine college and five female athletics coaches said Friday they have reached a settlement stemming from a lawsuit over fair pay and working conditions.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The father of a missing Maine toddler is expected to be interviewed 10 years after the disappearance, as part of a civil lawsuit seeking to hold him accountable for her death.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A Maine doctor whose license was temporarily suspended over claims he spread misinformation about COVID-19 is declining to comment on the charges.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A regulatory board in Maine has temporarily suspended the license of a physician because of claims he inappropriately signed COVID-19 exemption letters.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A Maine motorist accused of striking three vehicles while under the influence was arrested twice in the same day on Interstate 95 — the first time for driving and the second time for walking.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The superintendent of a private school who previously referred to COVID-19 restrictions as “twisted and sick” has tested positive for the virus as infections remain high across Maine.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s bipartisan redistricting commission has agreed to move the state capital of Augusta into the 2nd Congressional District while leaving the city of Waterville in the 1st.
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Colby College has celebrated a groundbreaking for its $85 million Gordon Center for Creative and Performing Arts.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A proposal from Democrats in Maine would potentially move thousands of Democratic voters into the state’s competitive 2nd Congressional District.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — The nation’s first small liberal arts college to create an institute devoted to artificial intelligence now has a director.
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The U.S. Supreme Court decided on Friday that it will hear a case brought by families from Maine who want to use a state tuition program to send their children to religious schools.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College graduates were treated Sunday to a poem in their honor by a presidential inaugural poet, who urged them to stay grounded during turbulent times.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A Maine man has been charged with killing a woman who disappeared 34 years ago in Waterville on Christmas Eve, police said Friday.
Amtrak is asking Congress for funds as a part of the president’s infrastructure bill to extend passenger rail service up the coast to Rockland, but cities in central Maine, including the state capital, would be left out.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The owner of four dams on the Kennebec River is suing to stop the governor’s plan that could imperil the dams.
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — A motorist was talking on her cellphone to her future wife when powerful winds blew a tree limb onto her car and killed her, authorities said.