PORTLAND (AP) — State officials say red tide killed a number of endangered sturgeon that were found floating in the Kennebec River last July. Officials say it was the first recorded case along the coast of Maine of fish being killed by toxic red tide. Scientists say 14 Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, an endangered species, […]

SOUTHWEST HARBOR (AP) — A 12-year-old girl from Belfast who was swept out to sea with others by a rogue wave at Maine’s Acadia National Park gave thanks to her Coast Guard rescuers Friday. Simone Pelletier and her parents were at the Coast Guard station in Southwest Harbor as six guardsmen were given commendation and […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A 30-year-old New Hampshire man is going to prison for 11 years for setting a fire in Yarmouth, Maine, that destroyed 26 businesses. Everett Stickney of Exeter was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland. Stickney pleaded guilty in June to arson and firearms charges. Investigators say Stickney set a Jan. […]

PORTLAND (AP) — A new survey shows that nearly half of Mainers believe they are worse off than a year ago. Market Decisions’ poll of 400 Mainers was conducted from Oct. 19 to Nov. 2. While 48 percent saw themselves as worse off, only 27 percent expect to be better off in the next year. […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The load carried by Army Col. Jack Mosher on his run to the top of Mount Washington was much more than just the stone on his back. Mosher, the deputy chief of staff of operations for the Maine National Guard, was also carrying the stress of returning from a deployment, a recent […]

Maine Guard conducts M-16 training for Afghan army KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan – U.S. Soldiers from the Maine National Guard 286th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion trained Afghan National Army soldiers on the basic functions of M-16 rifles in September at Camp Hero. Many ANA soldiers have previously used AK-47 rifles, but learned to use the M-16 […]

LEWISTON – Veterans Council Chairman Paul Bernard has announced that the L and A Veterans Council will hold a brief unveiling ceremony of the 18th veterans memorial stone on Veterans Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 1:30 p.m. Any honorably discharged veteran who resides in Maine or had ties to Maine can be listed on the […]

OSSIPEE, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire deer hunter has accidentally shot himself in the right hand while trying to lift his loaded rifle into a tree stand using a rope tied around the weapon. A state conservation officer says a branch or stick apparently got stuck in the trigger of Robert Lapointe’s 50-caliber muzzleloader, […]

AUGUSTA (AP) — Gov. John Baldacci says Maine is facing more difficult budget choices in the months ahead. In his weekly radio address, Baldacci says that despite deep cuts in the last budget, it looks like the Legislature will have to slash even more after it returns in January. The governor’s asked his department heads […]

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A Portsmouth man is free on bail after police say he plowed into a stack of pumpkins on a church lawn while driving drunk. Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Brennan was charged with aggravated drunken driving Monday after his Toyota Camry veered off Miller Avenue and smashed into pumpkins outside First United Methodist Church. […]