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State officials say road salt runoff is contaminating private wells
BELGRADE, Maine — Maine officials say private wells are being contaminated from road salt runoff. State Department of Transportation hydrogeologist Dwight Doughty tells the Kennebec Journal road salt...
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Record number of Maine nursing homes closed this year, displacing hundreds
Roger Wilday’s family ran the Ledgeview Living Center in West Paris for nearly five decades, first managing the nursing home on behalf of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and then buying the facility...
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Waterville man arrested after Christmas Day stabbing
Police arrested a Waterville man after a stabbing in Bridgton Christmas morning. Tyler Loisel, 18, was arrested in Casco around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday after he allegedly assaulted a man at a home Bridgton...
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Two people die in overnight crash in Oxford County
Two people have died in a car crash in Canton on Christmas night, according to the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they responded to a motor vehicle crash on Canton Point Road Tuesday....
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The record that made Maine humor famous
Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series, looking at the meaning, origin and future of Maine’s Down East storytelling tradition in the wake of Robert Bryan’s death earlier this month....
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Firefighters battle blaze at Dixfield home
A fire broke out Wednesday night at a home in Dixfield. The Dixfield Fire Company told CBS 13 the house is located on Holt Hill Road. Firefighters said units from multiple departments responded,...
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Logging truck topples in Naples during Wednesday storm
NAPLES, Maine —The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says a logging truck overturned on Sebago Road, also known as Route 114, on Wednesday. Deputies say the truck overturned around 11:55 a.m. due to...
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Gas leak at Jay mill sends 4 to hospital
Officials at a Maine mill say a gas leak Wednesday forced an evacuation of the building and sent four contractors to the hospital. Verso Androscoggin Mill spokeswoman says Kathi Rowzie says a valve...
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Embattled RSU 73 superintendent resigns
A western Maine school district has voted to move on without its embattled superintendent. At a packed meeting, the school board in Regional School Unit 73 voted unanimously to accept the resignation...
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Man dies in Buckfield crash
A 24-year-old man died in a crash Wednesday evening in Buckfield when the Volkswagen Beetle he was driving crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into a pickup truck, according to state police....
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Andover man dies in Rumford snowmobile crash
A man from Andover died Thursday in a snowmobile crash in Rumford, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Gregory Simmons, 47, died when he was thrown from his snowmobile...
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Step by step, 2 women detail Maine university’s failings in their rape cases
Update: The interim president of the University of Maine at Farmington responded Tuesday to this story, which details how the school failed two female students who reported being raped. Read his...
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What you need to know about the CMP transmission line proposed for Maine
Central Maine Power is seeking permission from state regulatory authorities to build a transmission line, called the New England Clean Energy Connect, across much of western Maine. Here’s what you...
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As Maine debates 145-mile electric line, energy giant with billions at stake...
As Maine regulators are deciding whether to approve the construction of a $1 billion transmission line across much of western Maine, the Canadian hydroelectric utility poised to make billions of...
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Police arrest 10-year-old for bomb threat hoax at Maine school
Police have charged a 10-year-old elementary school student with felony terrorizing in connection to a bomb threat to school buses in Maine. Regional School Unit 9 Superintendent Tina Meserve says...
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More women step forward about sexual assault cases at UMF to spark changes
Students at the University of Maine at Farmington are continuing to push the school to improve its response to victims of sexual violence, and the school recently announced additional plans to enhance...
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5 women say a man UMF cleared of rape also assaulted or harassed them
Update: The University of Maine at Farmington responded Tuesday to this story. Read the response here. For the last four years, Olivia Cyr was mostly silent about the night in 2015 when a male student...
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No guarantee $1 billion CMP line will deliver new energy, Massachusetts AG warns
While Maine continues to debate the potential environmental impacts of Central Maine Power Co.’s proposed 145-mile transmission line, the Massachusetts attorney general and environmental groups have...
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Police fatally shoot suspect after 12-hour standoff in Hiram
Police fatally shot a gunman after a nearly 12-hour standoff in Hiram, authorities said. Reed Rickabaugh, 59, shot at police several times from inside his home on Tripptown Road during the standoff,...
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A historic library is for sale in western Maine
HARRISON, Maine — The former Caswell Library, a historic building whose Romanesque Revival architecture stands out in this southwestern Maine resort town of 2,500 people, is for sale, the second...
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