Maine

One hundred and seven great white sharks were tracked from Cape Cod to the Maine coast, according to a new study released by New England scientists. Researchers tagged sharks off Cape Cod and followed their movements using acoustic receivers from 2012 to 2023. Their tracking efforts increased after the first ever fatal shark attack in Maine in 2020. The majority…

The Wentworth School in Scarborough, Maine, was evacuated after multiple children reported feeling ill; the cause is under investigation.

One person died and four others were injured in a house fire overnight in Portland, Maine.

A man was found fatally shot at a Maine home he’d been staying in Saturday, and a man who lives at the home was arrested on a murder charge, state police said.

Gov. Janet Mills warned over the weekend that President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on Canadian goods will mean higher prices for Mainers on heating oil, gasoline, food and other everyday essentials. “When Maine businesses have to pay higher tariffs to import materials they need, building supplies or other things, or pay to export their finished products, they will be…

The U.S. lobster industry’s catch keeps sliding as fishermen contend with the northward migration of the valuable crustaceans.

The waters off New England had another warm year but didn’t heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of higher warming worldwide, said scientists who study the Atlantic Ocean near Maine.

The University of Maine will undergo a “compliance review” by the U.S. Department of Agriculture focused on whether the university is complying with a recent executive order, NEWS CENTER Maine reports.

During a meeting of governors at the White House on Friday, President Trump asked Maine Gov. Janet Mills if she would comply with his order barring transgender female athletes from competing at schools receiving federal funding.

A 48-year-old man was critically injured after he was trapped in his car following a rollover crash on the Maine Turnpike overnight. Maine State Police said they responded to a report of a single-vehicle rollover on Interstate 95 south in Kittery around 12:10 a.m. Friday. Troopers arrived at the scene to find a gold Buick sedan on its roof, blocking…

The Maine Department of the Secretary of State says a conservative group’s petition for a voter ID measure “far exceeded” the requirement to get it on the ballot

A man has been charged with murder in the killing of his wife at his parents’ home in Readfield, Maine, on Wednesday, police announced Thursday, announcing the identities of the people involved.

Town leaders in Scarborough, Maine, are considering a proposal to increase non-resident beach pass fees as they grapple with a surge in demand in recent years, NEWS CENTER Maine reports. Currently, Scarborough offers non-resident beach passes for $150. The proposal would raise that fee $30 to $180, and limit the number of available passes to 400. Leaders are also considering…

Police found a dead woman outside a Maine home and another woman critically injured inside before taking a man related to them into custody who’d fled the scene nearby on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

The Maine Turnpike northbound in York was temporarily shut down due to a multiple vehicle crash, state police said. State police sent an alert about the crash at 5:30 p.m., saying traffic was being diverted off the Kittery rest area exit. There was no immediate word on injuries. 🚧 TRAFFIC ALERT 🚧 A multi-vehicle crash going northbound on the Turnpike…

Fire officials say employees at a day care in Kittery, Maine, helped prevent a tragedy by quickly evacuating children who began feeling sick during a carbon monoxide incident on Wednesday....

Seven people from the Building Blocks Learning Center on Route 236 were hospitalized Wednesday afternoon but none were seriously injured....

The Maine Fire Marshal’s Office said staff at the day care noticed...

Police in Lincoln, Maine, shot and killed a man on Wednesday night after he lunged at officers with a knife. Lincoln police said officers from their department responded to a trespassing complaint at an address on Whalen Street at 8:36 p.m. Wednesday. The caller said a man they identified as Derek Beach was there despite an active protection from abuse…

Two drivers were killed when a truck lost control and crashed into oncoming traffic on the Maine Turnpike during wintry weather Thursday morning, police said.

The highway was shut down in both directions in Ogunquit on Thursday morning due to the crash.

Seven people were taken to hospitals from a day care in Kittery, Maine, on Wednesday, local fire officials said. None of the patients had life-threatening or serious injuries. The incident at Building Blocks day care on Route 236 was reported as potentially involving carbon monoxide at about 3:19 p.m., Kittery firefighters said. The state fire marshal’s office was set to...