19 May 2012, 1:44 am
Posted May 18, 2012, at 3:51 p.m. Nearly 50 years ago a Maine State Prison inmate escaped from the former prison at Thomaston, disappearing into dense fog and remaining at large for 11 days before state police collared him at Wiscasset.... Read More »
19 May 2012, 1:44 am
Former Maine Gov. Angus King announces his independent candidacy for the U.S. Senate Monday night March 5, 2012, after giving a lecture on leadership at Bowdoin College in Brunswick.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 3:59 pm
Posted May 18, 2012, at 12:08 p.m. Last modified May 18, 2012, at 1:03 p.m. Maine has fewer residents who claim a religious affiliation than any other state in the union.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 12:45 pm
PORTLAND, Maine -- President Barack Obama's support for gay marriage has emboldened activists and politicians on both sides of the issue, setting off a flurry of political activity in a number of states and serving as a rallying point in others where gay marriage votes are being held this fall.... Read More »
18 May 2012, 1:44 am
PORTLAND, Maine and#8212; The mother of a toddler missing for five months says sheand#8217;s begging, pleading and praying for someone to come forward with information that will help solve the mystery of what happened to her child, who disappeared from her bed just a week before Christmas.... Read More »
17 May 2012, 7:30 am
The mother of a toddler missing for five months says she's begging, pleading and praying for someone to come forward with information that will help solve the mystery of what happened to her child, who disappeared from her bed just a week before Christmas.... Read More »
16 May 2012, 11:59 pm
Posted May 16, 2012, at 8:08 p.m. STANDISH, Maine — One after another, students of the late P. Michael Bourgoin recalled how he used theater — the art of playing a character — to help unsure teenagers grow comfortable with themselves.... Read More »
16 May 2012, 1:55 pm
Part of the fleet of fishing boats moored at Pine Point in Scarborough. Lobstermen there and across southern Maine report an earlier shed in the lobster population than they've ever seen, but are unsure what that means for the rest of the season.... Read More »
16 May 2012, 1:59 am
Posted May 15, 2012, at 6:57 p.m. If the litmus test for a compromise is it makes no one happy, then it’s mission accomplished for a bill to restructure Maine’s workers’ compensation laws recently signed by Gov. Paul LePage.... Read More »
15 May 2012, 8:55 am
The Nature Conservancy, the Forest Society of Maine and Plum Creek today announced an historic conservation easement on 363,000 acres near Greenville, ME. The easement is one of th... Read More »